Ok, so starting the beginning of April I’ll be doing a lot of landscaping up until September. The shifts are from 8am - 8 or 9pm. It’s basicly all labour that one would assume that job would be. So I will always be going at least monday to friday and possibly saturdays as well. (I’m getting a stupid amount of money I need to go to school, support my family and my hopeful bodybuilding career) so it’s damn well worth it.
What I’m worried about is, I’ll have a lot less time for training. For the last year I’ve been going steady since I’ve been doing regular 9-5 jobs. Also, with my hours going to the gym on work days is 100% impossible as I have to be up at 6am and be gone by 6:30. My gym opens at the exact same time, and closes at 10pm when I get home.
Anywho, I’m starting to lose my focus.
But the training, I don’t know how I’ll fit in a proper schedual. I know I’ll be getting plenty of lifting and moving with work, but it’s just not the same to me. All I know is that I’ll still be eating like I’m training (if not more, given the amount of work I’ll be doing)
Any suggestions… especially if you’ve been through this before?
(not doing this job is not an option, $$$ desperately needed)
[quote]Rattler wrote:
Ok, so starting the beginning of April I’ll be doing a lot of landscaping up until September. The shifts are from 8am - 8 or 9pm. It’s basicly all labour that one would assume that job would be. So I will always be going at least monday to friday and possibly saturdays as well. (I’m getting a stupid amount of money I need to go to school, support my family and my hopeful bodybuilding career) so it’s damn well worth it.
What I’m worried about is, I’ll have a lot less time for training. For the last year I’ve been going steady since I’ve been doing regular 9-5 jobs. Also, with my hours going to the gym on work days is 100% impossible as I have to be up at 6am and be gone by 6:30. My gym opens at the exact same time, and closes at 10pm when I get home.
Anywho, I’m starting to lose my focus.
But the training, I don’t know how I’ll fit in a proper schedual. I know I’ll be getting plenty of lifting and moving with work, but it’s just not the same to me. All I know is that I’ll still be eating like I’m training (if not more, given the amount of work I’ll be doing)
Any suggestions… especially if you’ve been through this before?
(not doing this job is not an option, $$$ desperately needed)[/quote]
Not sure if this helps, but if your budget permits you could possibly buy a weight set for your home, and work out at 5-6. You said you got to be up and out the door by 6.30, does that mean you live 1.5hrs from work. Is moving closer to your job feasible.
Or is there a gym close to your work, where you could work out during any breaks?
That is a lot of work on top of training dude!
Landscaping is extremely hard. I bet if you focused on eating really well at the end of the season you will have gained strength and endurance without training.
rock27:
I will eventually have the money for some home equipment, but I really have nowhere for it, nor the room to actually train down here.
The bus comes at 6:40, and arrives near my work at 7:15, plus about a 20min walk to where I wanna go. Moving out, is also a definite no. I need to support my family, and I enjoy my low rent
Dan:
That’s what I figured, I’m just worried that after the last year and my hard work I’ll lose what I got. I’m just really hoping that’s true.
Home gym investment seems like best bet… would also try and stick with shorter routines… not quite sure what your routine currently looks like, but if are into doing hour plus long routines; you may need to shorten to realistically fit your routine in on your schedule as long routine maybe to demanding as well as to time consuming.
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didnt see your last post until after i posted; if home gym is not option and local gym schedules conflicts with your work schedule; seems like your options are limited or maybe there are no options but to forget about lifting?
I know a landscaper. He doesnt lift weights. He doesnt keep a diet log or any of that he just does his job. He is built like a machine. If I posted a picture of him on here there would be people asking him for his “secret” and what he does to get a body like that. He would just say “Working in the damn hot sun”. Landscaping is no easy job dude, If I were you I just would make sure your eating enough cause if you dont you wont make it.
[quote]triple-10sets wrote:
I know a landscaper. He doesnt lift weights. He doesnt keep a diet log or any of that he just does his job. He is built like a machine. If I posted a picture of him on here there would be people asking him for his “secret” and what he does to get a body like that. He would just say “Working in the damn hot sun”. Landscaping is no easy job dude, If I were you I just would make sure your eating enough cause if you dont you wont make it. [/quote]
I’m getting told that, and like I said I’m gonna keep eating huge this summer. If I don’t gain size, it’s fine. I will have made enough money to support my training for the next year.
Hmnn tough one dude, but try to keep things in perspective. Fininancial security outweighs getting to the gym. I’ve had several instances in my life where I couldn’t go to a gym, whether time constraints, money problems, you name it. You may just have to settle for a pullup bar, Pushups, and running stairs/hills for a while. In all seriousness, doing various grip pullups, various types of pushups (diff angles, hand spacing), and some sort of leg work (like I mentioned, hills, or stairs), will definitely act as a better for of maintenance than doing nothing at all. Provided you’ve already got some sort of base, and keep your diet good, you probably wont backslide, and may even make some gains due to the nature of your new workouts.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Hmnn tough one dude, but try to keep things in perspective. Fininancial security outweighs getting to the gym. I’ve had several instances in my life where I couldn’t go to a gym, whether time constraints, money problems, you name it. You may just have to settle for a pullup bar, Pushups, and running stairs/hills for a while. In all seriousness, doing various grip pullups, various types of pushups (diff angles, hand spacing), and some sort of leg work (like I mentioned, hills, or stairs), will definitely act as a better for of maintenance than doing nothing at all. Provided you’ve already got some sort of base, and keep your diet good, you probably wont backslide, and may even make some gains due to the nature of your new workouts.
My 2 cents
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Well said.
It’s not like I won’t be moving at all, it is labour after all.
I will at least get in 1 day a week, that I promise myself. But my hours are as flexible as I want them to be. I just need recoup time as well.
ditto on landscape/hardscape being a lifting schedule of it’s own . my brother did this shit a while back . stayed lean , was probably a lot stronger than he looked ; but he ate like absolute shit(fastfood/soda/chips) . I’d bet he didnt get 50 grams of protien a day . didnt have much muscle mass at all…but he could have . but he was still a machine as far as endurance went . I helped him on a pond project once…no way could I keep up with him .
maybe treat the different days as individual training sessions . like NOT using a wheelbarrow certain day(s) of the week , theres your leg/back day ; or maybe always being the one to pick up a shovel when theres a lot of hand-digging to do…as opposed to jumping into the Cat ; little things like that to increase workload , within reason of course . you’ll get plenty of upper-body work .
and I notice you’re in Canada . you could bulk/lift your ass off all winter , and then treat the work season as a “de-bulking” time . probably with very little lifting . or maybe just weekend sessions aimed at bringing up weak/problem areas .
just my 2 cents worth, i have a manual job as well but not quite those hours, buy a 20/24kg kettlebell and research the ETK routine (mainly military presses) to fit in after work. also deadlift and or squat on your day off. may well be able to work in deadlifts at work of some kind of fashion depending what is to hand, wheelbarrow,blocks etc.(lots of steel bars to move where i work and they use me when the forklift is bust). one thing, you won’t be needing any cardio.
hope this help.
While some my scoff at this, I think that bodyweight exercise might be helpful in your situation, especially if you cant get access to a gym and don’t have the money to buy gym equipment.
One-legged squats
One-arm pushups (or push-up variations)
Dips/Pullups with a heavy backpack on
Tons of possibilities here, really.
Check this out as well - Can get some quality weight for less than $10
