Starting to work in construction while lifting. Any tips?

jojojijo333 · 2020-05-18T20:40:32+00:00

Learn how to manage volume. Less volume for you because you work a physical job unless you want to fuck up your joints like I did (ACL tear from weightlifting+soccer). Even less volume if also cutting unless you want to fuck your hormonal system and your body with it.

barn3r · 2020-05-18T21:57:25+00:00

What trade are you doing or are you general labor?

I’m a electrician. Some days can be a bit physically demanding others can be pretty laid back. Like today was pretty chill. Cut and threaded aluminum pipe then stuck them on stub-ups all day for 10 hours. I recommend eating a lot of carbs and protein. Your caloric needs will be very high with both working out and doing labor for a living. Constantly drink water especially if you’re in a southern state like me.

As far as working out, not sure what to tell you because I’m on a different playing field being juiced up. My work outs don’t really suffer, because of that.

theunconquored · 2020-05-18T20:54:15+00:00

What are you trying to accomplish? Do you have fat to lose? Do you need to get stronger? Do you want to gain muscle mass? What is your body type, weight, body fat, and max lifts?

I'd be hard pressed to have you on a calorie deficit if you're lifting and working a physical job. You need fuel.

goldenpoopstain · 2020-05-18T22:23:00+00:00

I think cutting is the wrong idea here. You're about my weight and I'm 5'11. As previously stated, cutting will fuck your body up with relatively new stimulus coming in from long work days and weight lifting.

You should bulk or maintain while your body adapts to the load and then try slowly cutting if you really want to. But like I said, it doesn't seem like you have much to cut in the first place.

DatRiggz · 2020-05-20T03:04:17+00:00

Cement mason myself, isn't going to get much more physical than that. Watch your cals, you'll probably have to up them a large amount depending on the trade. Thought everyone on this sub was doing coding tutorials with their smooth like silk lady hands.

What trade you pursuing ?

YoungWhiteAndEnglish · 2020-05-18T21:56:21+00:00

Yeah like jojo said, keep the volume low, stick to compounds like squat, bench and OHP. Keep your sessions intense, they shouldn’t be any longer than an hour.

https://youtu.be/WdNKA9NUtjA

Relaxredditrockstar · 2020-05-18T23:59:11+00:00

You’re going to be exhausted. You’re going to have to eat shitty cold lunches sporadically at work. It’s going to suck. Just keep hitting the gym

KingGerbz · 2020-05-19T00:24:36+00:00

The human body has evolved to adapt. One is my good friends works construction 50 hours a week and lifts 3-5 times a week. He says it’s not easy, but the guy is swole and shredded as fuck and he attests that to the amount of physicality he goes through regularly.

Rolfenstien · 2020-05-19T17:50:46+00:00

really all you're doing is working out twice a day, I recommend saturating your muscles with creatine over a certain period of time (you choose, research it) and maybe taking bcaa as well. keep the diet clean as I know from experience that building work employees can become unhealthy just because its easy to step out for a bacon sandwich on your lunch break, don't follow the crowd. it'll be hard the first couple of weeks but your muscles will get used to it

Title	Starting to work in construction while lifting. Any tips?
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Date	May 18, 2020 8:34 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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