Thread: what does everyone do for a living and does it effect your training?

Production manager in a factory.

7.00am until 5-6ish usually.

No physical graft, I know when my next break is and a few early finishes here and there.

Make food the night before and bring it in so foods not an issue. Train in the evenings when it's a bit cooler (when we get a bit of nice weather).

All in all, not too bad.

Work on Coke ovens, can be hot, dusty conditions. 12 hour days and nights. Plenty of time to get in gym on days off, we only work 14 shifts in 4 weeks then we get 10 days off.

Work in telecomms.

Ever changing shift patterns. Changing shift times
Different locations each day.
Might not know till the day before

9 hours driving one day then 1 hour the next

No set break times. Work in comms rooms so food water or dust what so ever

On call sometimes

Travel to work via train or/and van

Day shift one day then nights next.

Working away alot around the country

Very phyisical work

So all you 9-5 office workers think your self lucky!

Originally Posted by andyparry123

I work for Baker Hughes MasterBlaster, heard of them?

Of course I've heard of them. They're big. I work for DDC used to work for Chesapeake Energy.
Tried to get on with baker a couple years ago.

Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

Of course I've heard of them. They're big. I work for DDC used to work for Chesapeake Energy.
Tried to get on with baker a couple years ago.

Going to have a go at getting off-shore with them (or another) myself too hopefully with inroads to a move to the US of A! Will keep you posted about the vacancies if you like? You could keep me informed of any over there!

I work in a Royal Mail mail processing center the place is massssssssive, walking everywhere due to its size is a mini cardio session, im forever pushing cages, filling cages, lifting and tipping sacks of mail. I workout at home(just completed my third week of home working out) twice a day before and after a shift have sunday off from working out. I just do cardio and body weight exercises :-)

I work at a machinist workshop and do shifts. It definitely nackers up my training doing quick turn arounds etc.

I'm a Web designer.... office based...get to rest my muscles most of the day. Always try and move about though and up for water every half your.

Boning hall.

Basically they bone and pack, and i get to weight and label the trays and the bags of meat inside.

And it's damned knackering, during the week im running off numerous bits partly due to dieting, plus i get severe back cramp if i don't.

Trays are around 25kgs and need to be lifted on/off around about every 5 seconds, you need to be very quick to do it.

I wake up around 4.30am and get home about 4pm, it's about a 40 minute drive typically.

But on the upside, breaks are nearly dead on two hours, i can time my meals to near perfection i know exactly how much to eat depending on how busy it'll be.

Originally Posted by Zola

I'm a Web designer.... office based...get to rest my muscles most of the day. Always try and move about though and up for water every half your.

I spent over a year out from exercise and due to the nature of web development (sitting down all day) I found that the ligaments in my inner thighs (think it's the abductor muscle?) had shortened. So when I started running I was somewhat in pain for a while! I hadn't realsied how the job had made me so sedentary!

I manage a gym so my work has definatly effected my traing. I eat when I want and I train when I want *Mint*

Originally Posted by Katy

I spent over a year out from exercise and due to the nature of web development (sitting down all day) I found that the ligaments in my inner thighs (think it's the abductor muscle?) had shortened. So when I started running I was somewhat in pain for a while! I hadn't realsied how the job had made me so sedentary!

Yeah its definitely a very inactive job physically, good for recovery though from the previous night's blast

Originally Posted by Zola

Yeah its definitely a very inactive job physically, good for recovery though from the previous night's blast

Ooo, I don't know...having a splitting headache whilst messing around with code can be unpleasant! Especially when something really really really tiny is wrong in the code and you have to find it!!!