No, I had an internship at a large-cap company prior. It is about the same as where I am now - lots of beurocracy and repititon
Cool, I only ask because I had a similar issue when I got out of college and started my first full-time job in the private sector. The hour commute each way, traffic, and overall dissatisfaction were a huge training hurdle. Ultimately I had to find a job in a different field (similar though) that cut my commute to about 20 minutes altogether. Iāve also stopped lifting in the evenings, Iāve found the stimulus especially deadlifting and squatting really screws my sleep up. I was able to adjust my hours and train at lunch (what I prefer). Hopefully, the morning routine works better for you.
I know Shaw is a big proponent of mobility work and extensive warm-up. He mentions it briefly in a supertraining video with Mark Bell, but you might be able to find a video or something where he goes into depth. Could be worth a look.
Brian Shaw? The strongman?
I got rid of my commute by living close enough to work to walk. That is really nice. It is only about a quarter mile to a half a mile away. Of course, I had to compromise quality of my apartment (maintenance is a joke and the insulation is shit), but I can deal with those trade offs to get an hour extra out of my day and not put the miles on my car/save gas.
I am considering getting out of my field too, but moreso because my line of work (engineering) attracts a lot of anti-social people. So aside from my two friends at work, I donāt really āget alongā with my coworkers in the sense that I donāt socialize with them outside of a professional setting. I also cant stand sitting at a desk doing paper work. I know it will be a part of life, but having it be 8 hours of my day, everyday, makes me miserable and feel absolutely useless. Ive thought about bartending just to do something different, or taking a year off just to disappear for awhile. I might have aPhD opportunity lined up too. It is really funny, when I take vacations I notice how much more time and how much better I feel. I donāt know how people donāt question their life choices or are at least not happy with themselves.
My old job, while it was also paperwork, had some cool aspects to it because I worked on a wind tunnel doing some experiments. I learned a lot and became one of the most knowledgeable people about its operation since it was mine and my coworkers top priority to get it up and running in 3 months.
Oh, and what did you mean by stimulus? DLing and Squatting after work made it so you couldnāt sleep?
Yup.
I mean the muscle stimulation you get from training. Iāll be tired after I train and I usually fall asleep just fine, but after an hour or so Iāll be wide awake. I notice it mostly on squat and deadlift days as well as the day after each. Iām guessing it has something to do with stimulating the CNS that late in the day. The effect has been noticeably less since I moved my lifting to lunch time.
Iāve also found the lower the carbs I eat the worse I sleep. Iāve been trying to only eat carbs pre training and at night so I can keep them somewhat lowish, but still have energy when I train and also to help me sleep.
As far as sleeping goes I also take the Biotest mineral support and Z12 on my tougher training days and have started reading for 30-60 minutes before sleeping every night. The reading especially has made a big difference for me. The supps can leave you feeling sluggish though so might not be a good idea since youāre lifting in the morning.
Ya, it sounds like you are in the wrong line of work.
Right now I have a soul crushing job full of boredom and monotony, but it puts food on the table and pays the bills.
I choose not to let my profession define who I am. I have work me and not work me, and the two never meet.
1 Like
I had a job suck the life out of me. Made me miserable in all aspects of life. I was incredibly stressed. It definitely affected my training. I got a new job; same field, better work environment fit.
Anyway, if youāre not enjoying training, change it up. As you mentioned, give some higher rep work a shot. You wonāt get weaker doing sets of 10-20. And no one is ever going to say to a guy benching 315x20, āWow, heās got great muscular endurance!ā Itās going to be, āThat guyās strong as fuck.ā (An extreme example for sure, but ā¦ )
I also like training in the morning. The gymās relatively empty, and nothing has happened in my day yet to ruin it.