Getting fit through hard labor?

I worked for my uncle in construction. He made us do various things. I actually gained weight because of people bringing beer, sharing food around on break. I also recall them always having snacks on them and sharing. I will say this tho. Your forearms will get huge from hammering shit.

Plently of guys get by without back pain. The ones that don't are the ones that tried too hard to be macho and lift 300 pound masses of brick by themselves

>It's serious down there. We do dangerous stuff, man. >This is shenanigans, foolishness, Nerf-ball. >You live a sweet, little, Nerf-y life. >Sittin' on your biscuit. >Never havin' to risk it.
The virgin office worker vs the Chad Manuel labor

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It’s different when it’s 9 hours a day with a 40 minute drive to and from

>dig shittons of fundation laying and shit with dad as a teen
>tfw lunch time, piglet cooked under tar
>tfw strongfat as soon as I hit 15
too bad I work in an office now

I worked in warehouse and all guys including me were either skinny or fat. No one was built or stronger.

hard labor sucks , it will not gget you fit
you will require very careful nutrition if you want to have mass and be lean.

but you only get one break per day
and its barely long enough to take a shit and drink water

try it if you must

no cause hard labor also comes with ampm cheeseburgers for lunch. you will get dadstrength but not asthetics

hey, its me

>Chad Manuel labor
>get's paid less
>less respect
>broken by 40 years of age
>probably ugly wife and shitty house
Sure sounds Chad m8y.

Good way to fuck up your back

Fucking up.your.joints is no.good

Only labor job I see built dudes are movers

Those fucking arm gains

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Moving actually will get you huge.
Doesn't have to furniture either.
Knew a dude who just moved paint cans all day, strongest arms I've known.
Since all day long all he does is hold 30-40lb paint cans. Forearms are either open or closed, if he doesn't want to let you go. You wouldn't be able to break free without knocking him out.

Depends on your diet. Most labor dudes despite their moderate to heavy physically laborious jobs just use that 8 hours of labor to go grab some mcdonalds and a big ass soda followed by a few beers as a reward for their hard work

getting fit is 90% diet. there are a ton of dudes in the trades doing labor and lifting daily yet are still huge fat fucks

Can you take a scoop of mass gainer to fix the calorie deficit?

Rest is more important than actual excercise in building muscle and strength. Physical labor really limits that.

physical labor is the worst way to get fit. Because it is your job, you can't always get enough recovery time. This leads to many kinds of over-use injuries like your father's bad knees or your uncle's tennis elbow.

The problem is that you think of the gym as an chore, rather than something you can get better at, like carpentry.

Yep, I work a manual job and it's just dull. It's mostly digging so rarely anything heavy enough to actually give you any substantial strength gains, but tires you out for actual lifting

Wildland Fire Fighter Hand crewman here, usually I agree with the whole "labor jobs are shit for staying/getting fit" thing Ive seen 18 y.o men go from skele mode/fat to fit in a season. We usually burn 4-6k cals a days and use our legs and upper body constantly, pair that with decent pay and never really being bored (exept on mop-up) and Id say this is a very fit job.

Carpentry isnt hard labour per se. Ive been in logging and arboury for a good while now and its decent for forearms and fast twitch muscles would definitely rec getting yourself a good axe and get chopping

i got 2 40 minute breaks when i done labouring

>t. never done a college math course and had to wrote learn trig identities and angles

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Started get into plumbing in 2006 and done it since. Id say if you eat lean, you'll be lean and have good allround functional strenght and pretty good wrist gains. I started to go to an armwrestling club some years ago and they could tell by my wrist strenght I was doing hard labour. You can end up looking good but you'll never be buffer than your average soccer player.

Idk, I've made 3500€ a month plumbing and I am now getting a new job next month being basically a janitor for 5000€ a month.
Suck it office rats.

>Less respect
Implying women would prefer your soft girly hands and pasty skin
>Broken by 40 years of age
People here really have no idea how humans actually age. You can be a joiner into your 70s mate

>used to pride myself on being Mexican wrestler mode
>some twink comedian says that American wrestlers are jacked, Mexican wrestlers just look like that guy who brings your shit in from IKEA
I'm cutting now

>friend who is a welder
>comes along with lifting one day
>does a 1pl8 OHP in his first workout

labor gains are real

Yeah first time I started lifting I did 1pl8 ohp, maybe 75kg bench, 100kg squat and 120kg diddly after some years of plumbing and doing sports growing up.

I probably out earn you with my labor job

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Paid less? I stack boxes for a loving and I might make 70k this year from OT

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Depending on what type of hard labour it is, you will get big forearms and decent arms and shoulders, but without back/external rotation movements/legs work you will developed severe muscles imbalances and joint problems. Also, if you don't check your diet, you will have a big belly.

Source: Some parents working in farms and me occasionally work there too. Everyone has strong arm and shoulder but belly fat and multiple hernyas. They are 50-60 but physical problems and pains of a 65-70 years old

Wouldn't recommend it. It's not like you're gonna be necessarily working all your muscle groups, and it being a job incentives you to work quickly so your form is not always going to be perfect. These two things combined can lead to muscle imbalances if you're not also hitting the gym.

Pic related me on the left

Listen to me. I am a boxer and Ive never been dropped. I got a job loading trucks full of wine and beer and I set records for the most loaded in a certain time. Anyway
You will only get so much out of it and its not worth it because I became physically drained every single day and I would spar and LOSE and overtime it got to my mentality and I became mentally weak. I thought I actually sucked, my body could not keep up with my mind! I got used to it. One day I hurt my back and told someone but they expected me to remain as beast as I was at my job and they didnt understand my words meant what my words were supposed to mean. I didnt say my back is injured until it was actually injured. Everyone else bitched loading the trucks and they assumed I was a bitch who just had a little back pain. All I got out of it was a certain level of endurance and maintained my strength. Did not gain much because I was always too tired. Now I have a job at Walmart and Im happy because I have energy after work to be as good as I am in my mind and I have energy to lift.
Not recommended

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Oh no, not trig identities!
You're the brainlet pal. Those early college math courses are easy as shit

Unpopular opinion incoming

Hard labor is romanticized heavily in circles like this when overall it is taxing on your body over a long period of time and has a cap to how much you can earn over time. It's a respectable profession but to even have the option to choose between hard labor and something else is a luxury only afforded in a prosperous society. Most people that do it throughout the world do it for subsistence and lack of opportunity.

You would be better off getting a desk job and staying active elsewhere. Your body and wallet will thank you.

t. 40 year old construction worker

how are you gonna progressive overload such labor? also it's 99% just endurance work