How To Adapt Your Workout If You Have A Labor Intensive Job

In this QUAH Sal, Adam, & Justin answer the question "I have a fairly high labored intensive job that involves a lot of bending and lifting in front of me. How should I adapt my workout to fit my activity? Should I focus on pressing movements to counter the pulling I do at work? Or should I just stick to a balanced routine?".

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[YungTrinidad]

It is hard to lift while working a physical job but i promise it will make you stronger, more flexible, more conditioned and better equipped for your job, I just count it as extra calories burned, make sure to add stretching it will undo most of the damage done at worm

[aarionlynch]

Guys, I have an education in personal training. Fitness have four years of experience in it. I moved to a new town, couldn't find a job in my industry. So I took a job and I do merchandising. Which is nothing but labor all day every day. For 8 to 10 hours sometimes 12. So what I did is I cut back from going six times seven times a week to the gym to three times a week. Full body still do the same amount of sets per workout I used to do. And I just make sure I don't go too hard so I don't get sore. But as far as moving properly, if you use your legs during the day it's going to help a lot. But no matter what you do, your back feels it. So stretching mobility and when you do work out try to keep it on your days off so you can actually recover and then maybe a day or two when you're working but just go a little lighter. That's what I do and it's worked. When I first started the job I didn't go to the gym for 3 weeks because I was like what the f***

[Itsmekrisss]

25 y old petite female here. I work a super intense warehouse job right now while having hashimotos & anaemia 😅 needles to say just how hard it is to find the energy to even do basic everyday chores ( especially on the days I work), but I’m desperately trying to somehow fit working out regularly in my routine. Sleep, caloric surplus, nutrients & hydration are the things I’m trying to get in order now & I’ll definitely implement the workout routine tips from this video 🙌🏻

[stefansly]

I like a combination of the foam roller and massage gun especially on a budget.

[kvltizt]

the movement thing is very true. I consciously save my back by squatting to pick stuff up but a lot of guys just bend unthinkingly until they’re hurt.

[chrism]

Hey mind pump . Great podcast. An additional help is a simple broom stick to hang from . As a mechanic and entrepreneur I'm always busy and training. 7 min in the morning. Stretch, foam roll . hanging, and light band stretch .night and day difference . Hope you can pass it on cheers 🍺

[OfficialKhaliRose]

I walk over 20 miles in 4 days at my current job, bringing heavy bags up and down 4 flights of stairs. I was so soar when i first started. It’s still hard and we have to work fast, but I would like to incorporate weight lifting back into my life again, I will just have to adapt. Thanks for the video 👍🏽

[felixk]

I see my job as part of my workout
I dont train the muscles that are sore, I only do stretching for those muscles and train other stuff, e.g. in my case no lower back or neck (even tho I have a 165kg deadlift without deadlifting regularly), but anything else goes
Furthermore I use my job as a big part of my cardio

[PortgasDASCE]

So here are things I do on a daily basis as a bait farmer:

Load a truck with 300 gallons of minnows (which involves walking 100 buckets two at a time about fifty feet then lifting said buckets above my head each weighing roughly 55 pounds). Then go to a pond and unload a boat, drag the boat through the weed bed so we don’t mess up the motor. This can be anywhere from not at all to 100 feet. This time of year it’s about 100 feet long. Then I pull up 40-60 traps weighing anywhere from twenty five to eighty pounds, and dump them in a tub. Every twenty traps or so we have to go back, drag the boat to shore, put the fish in the bucket, then walk 10-15 buckets and dump them into the tank above our heads. Then do this 2-3 more times, then finally load the boat by hand. Then we do it one or two more times. M-F and most Saturdays I start at 4 am and can get off anywhere from 12pm-8pm. Honest to god man I physically can’t work out during the summer season cause I have a full body workout every day six days a week and it keeps me in phenomenal shape. In the winter I’ll do calisthenics six days a week, but I swear on my life I’m in better shape in the summer then winter 😂

Not saying it’s the most physically demanding job out there, but it’s a rough one for sure

[sneedler]

I work forestry and i walk up and down hills all day cutting down trees and scrub. I've been finding it soo hard to do anything after it. I used to work out soo much throughout my week, now i barely keep a hold of 2 days a week. Ive been working 8 sometimes 10 days, its been crazy.

[peba-moanatemoapunguika]

I act asif my job (concreting) is a sport. And train like i used to train during my rugby seasons. Allowing me to stay capable of of carrying timbers and steel and working the slab but also seeing a huge diffrence in my body and stamina

[traviscalhoun]

My job got a heavy load but I know my limits I really don't hurt too much I think ppl with intense jobs should train in a environment thats similar to they work like most time if you in a intense work environment it's either cold or hot train your body to handle how to over heat or how to be wet or cold we get comfortable with working out in room temperature

[liansangkima]

Been working out 2 month with out work. Now i have 8 hour work carpenter work a day and at night i do strength training, we are tired and cant do reps and weight to our max but it is helpful alot

[dailymotivtion]

Im a warehouse picker working from 8-5pm and i hit the gym at 20:00 to 22:00 sometimes im so tired that when i come from my work i just sleep through and wake up the next day

[OldSchoolLD-zbkt]

I'm very fortunate for having a cheap very well educated personal coach in fitness based on science. I got to the point i work very hard fast and not much tired or injuries hes exercises very basic and from comfort of your home. Its pretty much just endurance training

[jackdeith]

Scaffolding in london yoga for half hour every morning weights 3 times a week at home weighted run to and from training jiu jiutsu 3 times a week and getting blazed up on sundays ive never felt better it took literally months to break myself into a routine but now its basically maintanance and ive never looked or felt better in my life and i genuinly feel im at my healthiest and ideal weight strength power etc for my body type

[Rick_Johnson]

I’ve been a flooring installer for over 20 years. I’ve been trying my best to lift but it all fails cuz my muscles sting and become tight ( quads back glutes arms wrists shoulders. Knees ) so I’m
going to try your method. Thanks you for the information. I greatly appreciate it. If this works. I’ll be for ever in debt to you guys. Because I’ve been suffering with this since I started.

[speakingforcrows]

Thank you for the tips, I'm watching this as a mom believe it or not, bending and lifting is something I do all day, and I have EDS so I've had my shoulder and lower back overused and now I'm on anti-inflammatory medication for my shoulder. I used to do a lot of working out but now that I'm a mom I find it hard to find that balance and not over load myself. Thank you for the tips.

[jorgeeee]

It sucks i love lifting but I am a roofer I train 3 times per week one being Saturday and it’s not too bad

[jrudymorganclark]

I work on a watermelon packing my job involves in alot of bending lifting and throwing and catching watermelons, and I just want a good workout just to make me more efficient at those movements.