How to balance work & lifting?

SauliusTRP · 2019-03-24T15:05:54+00:00

You are not a snowflake. There are many people who work hard and still workout. All you need is to eat more for your job and even more for bulk. So calculate and just eat more. Drink kcal if you can’t stuff it normally.

Pete_Worst · 2019-03-24T15:33:24+00:00

I'm in my 30's, work in construction and still manage to hit the gym 6 days a week after (and I do fasting so I don't even eat until after the gym at night). Get yourself used to doing it, stick with it, and you'll toughen up.

teveza11 · 2019-03-24T14:58:34+00:00

If you have a physically demanding job, nutrition is probably your biggest foe.

A lot of my construction worker friends have terrible bodies. I suspect it is because of alcohol and poor nutrition.

If your job is really physical demanding, I would only do minimal lifting but would concentrate on eating a LOT more clean protein and eliminating junk from your body.

SgtRimjob · 2019-03-24T15:08:43+00:00

Wake up early and lift first thing. It’s going to suck for the first couple of weeks, but you will get used to it fairly quickly. Your work performance may suffer at first as well, but eventually it will actually improve. Just make sure to incorporate a decent amount of time for “cool down” and static stretching after you lift and before you go into work. Depending just how physically demanding your job is, you may want to stretch after work too. I’ve heard good things about yoga being beneficial for weightlifters, but personally I have never tried it.

CaptainKidd96 · 2019-03-24T19:29:21+00:00

If you have a physically demanding job I think your best bet is to do a HST program or a full body 3x a week. Whatever you do don't go to failure, instead stop a rep before your muscles will give up.

vullnet123 · 2019-03-24T17:40:54+00:00

Im a plumbing apprentice, up at 5, out by 530, home by 430, and I usually lift after work. Leave your gym gear in your car, easier to go straight to the gym after work, then go home. Still gives me 4~ hours to myself.

Project_Zero_Betas · 2019-03-24T20:44:09+00:00

You're probably burning close to 3,000 calories a day for a 9 hour shift if you're lifting as much as you're saying there. Factor in bodyweight training, that's another few hundred calories. So you need to be taking in close to 4,000 calories a day if you want to see gains. I'd guess you're just not eating enough.

Title	How to balance work & lifting?
Author	thenewyorkmind
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Date	March 24, 2019 2:53 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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