Lifting today after work, it’s been a busy week with family stuff, work and side work.
Had a potential side gig ~1 hr away that I stopped at last weekend to get a plan together. Have spent hours on the phone with this guy trying to find something that will work for him and explaining his options, spent many more hours getting those multiple options prices together, and even more hours planning the install (mostly timing between work and other side jobs on my end) to get him a timeline. Sent him a few equipment prices Monday and he basically told me he is backing out. Days of work down the tubes.
I have another side job lined up that needs to be done asap and I should really get started on it this weekend, but I just don’t want to. My wife son and I are going to be heading up to my parents cabin in the Adirondacks and spending the weekend there. It’ll be his first time there and I want to start bringing him regularly. I want to start going in the winter again, but I don’t think my wife would be into that.
My buddy is hosting his first USPA meet at his gym and I am unfortunately going to be missing it this weekend, but I will be signing up for the next one he hosts.
Boilerman certainly is an awesome. I don’t know what I’m looking at either, but it’s cool! (This is why general contractors hire people with specialized MEP knowledge)
@boilerman I love how you can splice wire and create circuits as well. I never even asked you, but are you a stationary engineer?
@SvenG thanks man! Pretty much no-one knows what that is anymore, haha. It’s a sectional low pressure steam boiler for an uppity place around where I live. I appreciate the kind words!
@tlgains electrical is like 85-90% of my job at this point, haha. Lots of controls work too. I assisted in installing the sections and did all of the wiring. The welding and most of the piping was done by a crew of guys.
And nope I’m not a stationary engineer but I did look into becoming one, just didn’t see the benefit at this point in my life.
You’ll typically find these guys sitting in the mechanical room of a building or at some kind of industrial plant. They are the first line of defense if any mechanical equipment gets screwed up (boilers, chillers, ahus, pumps, etc.). They are a jack of all trades and are trained in hvac and electricity.
They will fix equipment if something goes wrong. They will also routinely monitor and inspect equipment daily to make sure everything is going smoothly (inspecting valves, checking meters, etc.)
They have control over the building automation system, which is a computerized program that is connected to the hvac, lighting, and fire alarm system and possibly sprinkler system because I was told by a fire alarm foreman that the control valve on fire sprinkler standpipes is somehow connected to a fire alarm relay.
From my knowledge, these systems are zoned, so it could be used to regulate specific areas in a building for comfort purposes, maintenance, or whatever.
That’s as far as I can explain
@boilerman can give a more thorough explanation if need be
@tlgains did a wonderful job of explaining what a stationary/operating engineer does. NY has a union of stationary and operating engineers that can float from plant to plant (with certain training, it can range from boiler plants to refrigeration, power plants/electrical generation, or a mix of all from what I understand) and oversee the plant, ensure proper maintenance is performed, advise repairs and ensure proper protocol is taken when emergency situations arise.
It’s very cool because we have multiple nuclear power plants, many, many, many very large breweries and a stupid amount of manufacturing because of the proximity to the great lakes and reasonably close proximity to the coast.
If I’m not mistaken you were in Texas before you moved? I’m not too familiar with the landscape there but I’d be hard pressed to believe there are tons of fresh water lakes and rivers.
There are so many plants here in my area that utilize the natural bodies of water and surrounding landscape. It’s actually pretty wild.
Edited to add that the floating thing is also cool. There are a few stationary engineers I know that work for a large company (that I actually used to work for) that would hire out for weeks at a time to just watch plants operate and take care of their equipment. They needed people there 24/7, and at the time couldn’t find a permanent hire.
Nailed it!
Also not much union activity, which i think is related. I&E techs exist and obviously there are plants with operators everywhere, but not generally floaters in my experience.
Back to DC for the time being. The inconsistency in my schedule is killing me at the moment… Lots going on and not enough time to get it all done. Aiming for at least 2 lifting days a week.
I sincerely appreciate the offer my man, and will certainly check out tactical barbell. Is there a certain book(s) in particular that you would recommend looking into? I know nothing about the program/method but have loved your recommendations so far, so I’d assume this would also be the case with the fighter programs (if you have in fact run them).
With you running DoggCrapp, I’m going to assume the goal right now is size rather than strength, in which case “Mass Protocol” would be awesome. It requires NO reading of the previous 2 books to be able to read, understand and execute. He’ll make references to the previous books, but only to say “Don’t confuse this with what we did in book 1: that was a different goal”. So you won’t even have that issue, haha.
I haven’t run Fighter specifically, but I’m running programs from that book right now (Specifically “Grey Man”) and it’s definitely fitting my needs.
