Lately I’ve been picking up day labor for some much needed quick cash.
Carrying shit for long hours is something that is just different than the gym.
Very quickly you’ll realize why laborers often have far stronger hands than lifters, and why many laborers are built quite wiry.
Being on your feet all day long, moving uncalibrated moderate to heavy shit, and having a lot of time under tension while resting very little will do that to you.
A lean body, with disproportionately overgrown forearms and hands.
The hands need and respond well to all the weird stimulus, and mentally you’ll have no choice to get tougher as the work is hard….far harder than the gym, while your warm ups and stretching are non-existent.
Quickly you’ll realize that pain, the hurt kind is just temporary, it’ll go away. (Remember I don’t get injured, your results may vary.)
Labor will test your commitment to the gym. Will you puss out of it, or will you go hit it anyway?
I can already tell that doing this will solid my hand strength right up, from getting good to STRONG.
It’s too soon to tell whether this will have me lean out or not.
Do I want to do this for life? No, but right now it has its benefits:
Mental toughness, hand strength, cardio, and cash.
Time to squat, the big guy ball n’ thigh sweat chafe from that 12hr doesn’t matter…if you don’t let it haha.
Get it!
-J