shift work,anyone else do it?

[freakazoid]

here i go again,coming off a 4 day break from 2nd shift,to 3rd shift for 7 days straight,then 2 days off and go to day shift for 7 more.its really hard to keep my diet,sleep pattern straight,even screws my workouts.just wondering if anyone else does it and how they cope with it?

 

[ThePitbull]

Ya bro, I do it too.

I work 7 on - 3 off, 7 on - 4 off and keeps going like that.

Only two shifts though. 7:00am - 3:00pm and 3:00pm - 11:00pm.

It sucks because I don't have my training partner when I am on 3-11 shift. Days off and 7-3 shift I do. It is harder then if we worked a 9-5 job, but I guess it just takes even more dedication, and that's what it's all about anyway.

 

[freakazoid]

i guess the only thing that gets me is when i go from 2nd to 3rd,im a zombie for about 2 days.sleep pattern stays screwed up.

 

[thefacelessballer]

i do shift work.. it sucks

 

[joeljuice]

yes i do shift work too and it sucks ass. morning 06.00-14.00, evening 14.00-22.00 and night 22.00-06.00 . That is bad becuse i cant have stable teraining days or times.

Altough i have my own company now and i quit shift work, become rich and buy my own gym machines

 

[freakazoid]

I don't do shift work, but I have to travel 2 weeks a month for my job. Try THAT and tell me what takes dedication! LOL Its such a pain in the ass...finding a gym, eating right, getting bored in hotel rooms it sucks in terms of fitness goals!!! I have to brin a handheld blender and all my supps wherever I go!

If I have trouble adjusting to a slepep schedule I just take melatonin and that helps a lot!

on my last job i had to go to rochester ny for 2 months,they would fly us home every 2 weeks for the weekend.i went to a golds gym up there but after about a week of working 12-14 hrs a day i had to lay out of the gym for about a month.and i know what you mean about diet,living at a motel there is not alot of choice except for eating out,gota suck.

 

[w8liftinglady]

I do shift work,and I love it(now)-actually I work 2 days and they pay me for 5.
When I was doing nights (which i did for about 6 years)I really found that I trained better if I just went straight to the gym from work.Pop a few xenadrines,and enjoy the solitude(early morning is actually my favorite time to train).The downside was,my diet sucked(those couch potatoes I worked with ordered takeout EVERY night)
Invest in the darkest,blackest shades you can find for your bedroom,and pop about 9mg of melatonin.You drop off to sleep pretty quickly.

 

[vanillagorilla]

My only problem with working shift work is the scabs that I have to work with.

 

[solidspine]

I hope you really love your job because those hours suck.