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I strongly disagree about the "stretching is bad for you" part... but I guess he did say "without your body warmed up"... you always want to stretch before working out but get your body warmed up first by jogging in place or doing jumping jacks or something for a few minutes. You want ballistic stretching and static stretching. It has without a doubt helped with my overall fitness while reducing soreness.

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Stretching is best done after a strength workout to dissipate blood pooling and lactic acid build up in the muscles. Doing so will reduce muscle soreness and facilitate the muscle recovery process.

Of course, stretching in and of itself can (and should) be done as an excellent standalone workout!

Have you looked at the relevant studies? Stretching can even cause soreness. (Wikipedia is a good starting point. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_onset_muscle_soreness#P... and just chase the citations.)

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