Is it true manual jobs destroy your body?

Is it true manual jobs destroy your body?

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Yes, that's largely why they pay so much up-front. You can work them for a few years, but anything longer than a decade will leave you with irrecoverable damage.
Not to mention the higher liklihood of getting hurt or dying on the job.

Go talk to someone who's been doing manual labour for decades and see what their body is like.

In general, yes.

More specifically if you’re incredibly careful, wear copious protective and preventative gear, and regularly stretch and exercise it’ll destroy your body quite a bit more slowly.

t-t-thanks

And fuck biz in general for never mentioning it in all the trade shilling threads.

Basically yes its mostly skeletal damage around the joints plus in some circumstances dust inhalation. I laboured for about 5 years from 2011-2016 (put about 50% of my surplus into BTC every friday so I was able to quit and basically retire because that surplus was not bad as I was living with my parents) so I know for experience if I had to go back to doing it I'd say I'd have about another 5-6 years doing my old job before I was fucked up but it was perhaps the most physically intense job in construction (drylining labourer). Although with that said nobody realistically labours for that long in fact one of those years I spent on the tools, once you know a trade you tend to suffer much less because of the variation in movement, that's the main thing. With varied movements, not being on price work (makes you go like fuck so you can earn £120-£150 a day just labouring, £200+ on the tools), proper sleep + rest, rehab for any injuries, proper diet and you can last much longer. But yeh like the other user said go speak to a 40-60 year something tradie chances they don't have something wrong with them is very slim. The most common issues are lower back blowouts, sciatica (from going up and down hop ups), general joint issues.

Constructionfag here. You'll probably have some kind of joint problem/injury if you work long enough. You crouch a lot too so usually knees.
In early 20s and my knees and fingers hurt sometimes, but I do demolition which is way worse desu.
A lot of it depends on if you wear a mask, hearing protection etc.
Sitting in an office all day presents its own health risks though like hemorrhoids (painful) and bad circulation which can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease and kidney stones.
At the end of the work day I feel tired and in pain but better than if I sit all day

I worked construction for 5 years. My skin was burned to the point where I have scaring and wrinkles. My back and shoulder are fucked up. Gotta stretch just to get the nerves in my back to not hurt. It was drainin too. After a ten hour day in the sun digging and lifting, I'd go home and not do anything. That's why lifelong construction workers are so fucked up look8ng. Leathery skin, yellow eye whites, sunken faces, bad teeth from overtime without brushing, flappy skin and fat from convenience store food or the same shit diet every day. I do not recomend. Plus if you're a gringo have fun convincing your boss you need a decent wage when there are illegals that will work for 6 dollars an hour. Manual labor in construction won't be worth it for first worlders until illegal immigration is largely taken care of, and innovation in the industries gives us better business practices, technology, and equipment. It's probably different in other industries but construction and agrobusiness is fucked in the US.

Only if you're a a absoulte retard who can't into proper movements I used to hand ductwork and it was the comfys time of my young life

It depends if you use proper techniques, wear property equipment, aren't fat and if you lift weights.

The issue is if sometimes you working for someone else or even for yourself and you're rushed you tend to do things sloppily which can and will result in injury.

Manual labor is hard. Do it the smart way and you can make money before you do too much lasting damage.

Keep in mind tons of people get lower back injuries from never exercising, too.

Welder here the bloke i work with is 60 he has breathing issues, bad knees and joints, my boss is going deaf as well. Alway use safety gear when possible. Us boomer are gonna have to work till we are 85 probably lol

>Every trade is manual labor
Fucking retard.

Yes. I can't do manual labor for more than 3 months, then I just NEET it up. Too much pain and other weird shit like hands shaking. It wrecks your body and the pay isn't even that good.

listen to the replies in this thread OP
hard manual labor AND partying on the weekend is something you can do when youre young
30+ you need extreme discipline to keep your body fit. i worked on a horse ranch when i was 16-19 years old and my body adapted significantly. i got very in a very short amount of time but i remember that my body was forcing me to rest, i basically slept 10 hours a night after working for 8 hours every day monday-sunday during the summer vacations. all the older dudes on the ranch had fucked up joints from the work, but they all drank every day, or during the weekends.
you basically need to dedicate 10 hours a day to work and then do another 2 hours every day of exercise to make sure you dont get hurt/overuse your body. i mean light exercise like swimming or something like that.
what you really shouldnt do is slave away 10 hours a day and then drink and sleep. you will regret if when youre 40

no, retired construction worker at 60 here and feel great, no injuries and in good shape just dont get overweight. some hearing loss yes but not to bad

This. I used to be a builder and although I worked out by friday my body would be sore as fuck. Wouldn't want to do that bullshit for too long.

Another great point: if you do manual labor all day, you can’t afford to be carrying around 15-30 extra pounds everywhere you go.

Yeah so if you're gonna do it your plan should be to eventually have your own biz and hire subbies to do the shit stuff for you.

there are a lot of lard ass workers, also the ones crying about muh back pain or whatever. just brainlets