Guys who do manual labour, how do you have energy for anything else?

boy_named_su · 2020-07-05T23:26:04+00:00

my buddy is a brick layer, eats a whole Costco chicken after work, and doesn't really do anything else.

thrwy75479 · 2020-07-06T02:08:09+00:00

There's a sense of reward you get from manual labor that you can't get from sitting on your ass all day.

At the same time, you should do whatever you can to get out of it, it'll destroy your body, and shorten your life.

bbqyak · 2020-07-06T01:54:34+00:00

Naps IMO. No other way. Need more sleep.

beachbbqlover · 2020-07-06T02:23:55+00:00

Electrician here. When I work I dont have energy for fuck all else. Pulling 250-750kcmil for 12 hours is like doing bench for 12 hours.

Whitefarmer · 2020-07-06T03:00:05+00:00

Meat eggs milk in the morning. Cold beer and a hot woman at night. Sleep like a rock

EdvardMunch · 2020-07-06T20:56:41+00:00

I did some of this work... was depressing except for being outside. Having a masters its hard to gel with ex cons and sex offenders.

The shittiest part was living out of an extended stay motel. Definitely hard to get laid in shitty motel.

buttski83 · 2020-07-06T04:16:38+00:00

What I do is as soon as I get in my car to leave work I mix up my pre workout drink and drink it on my 30 min commute home and get to it.

Zombiespire · 2020-07-06T01:11:27+00:00

You eventually learn to let go of neexing it and just do whatever you can.

DatRiggz · 2020-07-14T07:50:14+00:00

Concrete guy here. Up the calories! After awhile of adjusting to work it won't be as bad. Hit the iron before work if that's an option. Also more sleep. Summer is always ruthless though, up at 4am in bed by 7pm.

2020-07-05T23:08:36+00:00

caffeine pills + go to gym before not after + going on weekends, so u only go there in 3 work days.

Or use steroids.

Those crossfit monsters train twice a day for ex and r fit as hell.

JPM10 · 2020-07-06T12:45:06+00:00

Calisthenics I feel will be the best way. Won’t be as demanding as lifting but can still get you fit.

ironrape12 · 2020-07-06T22:23:11+00:00

You really gotta manage your time.

My alarm wakes me up at 7 and I do 100 push-ups to wake me up fully. Then, around 8 I eat breakfast and get ready to go to work at 10:30am . Work ends around 9:30-10pm then I work out until 11. Finally, when I get home I go to sleep.

The weekends are whatever. I can choose to play or work more hours.

LucidBananna · 2020-07-07T00:56:58+00:00

I’m an electrician, manual labor but not the worst. Deff have better work outs on the weekends but just gotta fall in love with it and go when you’re tired too. Diet and eating sleeping enough, correct amount of carbs and protein is important too. Steroids and armodafinil help me as well but wouldn’t recommend lol.

BluzzKill · 2020-07-06T01:25:40+00:00

Always made me have more energy, but I might be ADHD or something

Altin_Beg · 2020-07-06T07:44:28+00:00

You just keep going, don’t fucking stop until your life is how you want it to be. Then just maintain that lifestyle

deeznutsbeswingin · 2020-07-06T03:38:21+00:00

Get off carbs and do keto or carnivore. Your body is running on shit fuel

Title	Guys who do manual labour, how do you have energy for anything else?
Author	Jessor69
Upvotes	9
Comments	54
Date	July 5, 2020 11:02 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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