Who here works a hard labour Job?

[DrBones]

OK...
I got laid off doing computer work at the end of last year and have been a lazy ass since....
You know, lifting, preparing meals and sleeping a lot
My old job was not very labour intense, but the IT field just blows lately and I have been thinking about getting into something else...

Who here works a labour intense job, and how does it affect your training? I dont want to get something 'slave' like, if it is either going to eat up all my muscles, or make it absolutely draining to work out..
Thanks

 

[louden_swain]

Man,

first of all I am sorry to hear about your layoff!! I was also released in May 2002 from my intern position. It sucks finding a job, especially with a bad job market.

I hope you can find something in your field. I am not sure if finding a hard labor job is necessary, but if you need to pay the bills, it may be an option.

Good luck my friend!!

 

[DrBones]

Thanks for the support Louden,
I'm actually not too concerned over the situation....
Employment insurance is going to be paying enough money to pay all my bills plus some for spending.. Which is significantly more than minimum wage... So I am going to take my time, and try to find something good....
I have 5 1/2 months to come up with work or they cut me off.. lol...

I think I'll make it.... I've been enjoying all the free time I've had so far... the first month has ripped by at a record pace... I'm finally learning to not hose money down the tube.... lol.. I blew a rediculous ammount of money in 3 weeks since I got laid off... now I have to be stinjy... Hopefully the cheapness will carry on in life.. lol

I'm just curious how labourous work effects the average joe's training... this would be my last resource for some monetary flow

 

[louden_swain]

Thanks for the support Louden,
I'm actually not too concerned over the situation....
Employment insurance is going to be paying enough money to pay all my bills plus some for spending.. Which is significantly more than minimum wage... So I am going to take my time, and try to find something good....
I have 5 1/2 months to come up with work or they cut me off.. lol...

I think I'll make it.... I've been enjoying all the free time I've had so far... the first month has ripped by at a record pace... I'm finally learning to not hose money down the tube.... lol.. I blew a rediculous ammount of money in 3 weeks since I got laid off... now I have to be stinjy... Hopefully the cheapness will carry on in life.. lol

I'm just curious how labourous work effects the average joe's training... this would be my last resource for some monetary flow

I am sure things will work out for you. All you can do is stay positive and eventually something will come up. This is what I did. Believe me, unemployment does help!!! Five and a half months is plenty of time to find something. In the meantime you can focus on your studies if you are a student or your training.

 

[DrBones]

DEFINITELY focussing on my training.... Hopefully the new stretch marks on my pecs are evidence that its working

BTW... I'm still super positive over the situation...

 

[Deepsquat]

I have an extremly hard job ...well now that I have 8 years seniority it is only hard 2 days a week...the rest of the week I get to do relitivly easy jobs...but the tough day ...I pick orders for a magor grocery store chain ...you lift 30-50000lbs each day ....depends on the orders ...for instance an order in the bakery aisle ...where bags of flour and sugar and cake mix ..weigh in a 50 lbs a piece ....a 5000lbs order and 30 minutes to do it in is not unusual ....I don't know how the hell the little guys at my work do it! ...and to top all that off you walk 6-8 miles per day! These numbersa I am quoting are not bullshit ...at the bottom of the page of and order sheet it tells us how much the order weighs...you have to guess on the walking distance ...but i have measured it out with a pedometer.
As for how this affects my training ...you are pretty beat at the end of the day so preformance in the gym is usually not 100% of you best. most people that start at my job lose 10-15 pounds the first month ....the skinny and the fat.

 

[strider364]

My job is 8 hours or more outside labor. I find that i'm used to it, and I have consistently put on lean muscle mass and had good strength. Just keep hitting the protein hard!

 

[NWinters]

8 hrs a day .....i have to babysit a 400 degree 3000 lbs slab of steel....its hot but fun!!!!

 

[Mildot]

I bust ass for 12-14 hours a day in the winter months (but work a normal 8 hour day in the summer) and it really makes it hard to give it everything you got in the gym.
My growth and recovery are MUCH better in the summer.
Sucks, but it pays the bills.
Stay in skool, kids!

 

[nclifter6feet6]

i used to set up scaffolding for three years but recently quit. i handle about 70 pound frames of weight all day long.

i think it helped my back muscles alot and grip and forearm. overall it wasnt a bad job

 

[Hannibal]

I have an extremly hard job ...well now that I have 8 years seniority it is only hard 2 days a week...the rest of the week I get to do relitivly easy jobs...but the tough day ...I pick orders for a magor grocery store chain ...you lift 30-50000lbs each day ....depends on the orders ...for instance an order in the bakery aisle ...where bags of flour and sugar and cake mix ..weigh in a 50 lbs a piece ....a 5000lbs order and 30 minutes to do it in is not unusual ....I don't know how the hell the little guys at my work do it! ...and to top all that off you walk 6-8 miles per day! These numbersa I am quoting are not bullshit ...at the bottom of the page of and order sheet it tells us how much the order weighs...you have to guess on the walking distance ...but i have measured it out with a pedometer.
As for how this affects my training ...you are pretty beat at the end of the day so preformance in the gym is usually not 100% of you best. most people that start at my job lose 10-15 pounds the first month ....the skinny and the fat.

Deepsquat...I did the same thing for a couple years. And yeah it will make you or break you. Have to keep drinking water ALL DAY...and up the caloric intake. Your body adjusts to it overtime as your work capacity increases. In fact I am about to go back to selecting next week. So I know it wont be a great week in the gym because I will be sore. But your body adapts.

 

[WarriorPL]

I think you would benefit from a hard labour job. I know many people who have never lifted a day in their lives, but have been in construction for years and are stronger than the average Joe. I saw a friend lift a 250+ lb man one handed by his neck. Forearms are huge!!!

 

[argent]

For the past four summers I've had a labor intensive job and it CAN drain you at times. It doesn't have to though. I actually started using some of the work as high intensity cardio workouts. For instance, trying to load 40 bags(80lbs) of concrete into the back of a truck bed in 3 min. Just stupid stuff like that.

Anyways, you can still make good gains, just don't expect to hit PR's every week.

 

[Haz]

I used to unload and load trailers for up to 40 hours a week back in my college days. It was grueling work, and I had ALOT of trouble maintaining mass let alone building any. I was making sure I ate a ton, but it never seemed enough. In the summers it was especially rough, i would go through a gallon of water every couple of hours or so. Then after lifting heavy ass boxes for 8 hours (I had to work like maniac because they would always put me in the toughest trailers) I would go to the gym and try and lift heavy ass weights. Ephedrine and caffeine were my friends back then.

So I wouldn't recommend going my route if your goal is to build lots of mass. However, i was cut to shreds and still eating alot of junk food, so I guess its not all bad.

 

[MidwestJ]

Man definately think about this one. I've had labor jobs for like the last - summers when not in school and depending on the job, it makes it awfully hard to get in there and lift. Man...1 job I had workin on a tree crew/landscape outfit COMPLETELY drained me. Man I probably lifted 10 times that summer it sucked so bad. If you don't have to man, definately reconsider. I cringe everytime I see/hear a chipper/chip truck.