I leave the window mostly up as a courtesy to them, having heard “well not open open – it’s not summertime my guy” to which I laughed “you don’t know me yet – I drive windows down year round.
Then they both smoked/vaped.
It’s about the only aspect of moving that I truly dislike.
All the second hand smoke which I find both clogs my nose, and bugs my eyes a little.
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Man, labor feels good to me.
Running up the ramp in the cold air, 8am – exhilarating.
It’s honest work, and feels better to my soul than just about every other job has to me – though I prefer teaching people to train.
Men need to be able to be physical, and not have nags nagging while they’re trying to efficiently work.
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The woman managing the moving company is rough around the edges, though admittedly it’s a hard life that sees you learning stick shift on the fly in a moving truck to support yourself the day you turned 18 and in a rough area to boot – that’s her story.
However I can work with/for her, and seeing all these pothead chain smokers…it’s, again, a wake up call – these dudes who never have seen the inside of a gym, and never will, put the vast majority of gym goers to shame in ability to be physical in a labor job type setting.
Whether lanky or stocky, they’re all 5’7″-5’9”, with large hands, and I know they’re far more effective at moving than just about any gym dude I’ve met.
Gym dudes who can hack it on a moving truck are pretty few and far between.
I’m one of only a handful that I’ve come across.
It’s a rarity, and we’ve even discussed this in years past.
Gym strength carries over, it shines, only on pianos, the odd 600lb gun safe into a basement (a fun day that was), or other such ridiculous delivery.
From the mover’s standpoint it’s nearly useless. See again lanky potheads carrying everything down two flights of stairs, not wind, but need to smoke a cigarette their only possible issue.
I lift because I like lifting.
It’d be better to run loads of bleachers, and carry weird shit as pastimes from a carryover to work standpoint.
Heavy hiking too.
Lifting :
Out of work early enough so as to still have daylight…
And on the note – I do my daily pushups EVERY DAY before work.
Press :
1×215
8×185
3×185 STRICT
3×185 STRICT
10×165
This felt real good after work, used the remaining daylight. Glutes pumped up. Quads and triceps too fired well.
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#1 right now is – under no circumstances am I to do anything causing compulsion to shave.
Get the beard back.
The rest is negligible.
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My mother and I went out to eat tonight.
I had expected to be fasted or nearly so.
I’d eaten my half sandwich at work.
However upon arriving home I drank both a 16oz bottle of milk and one of cranberry juice.
Then after lifting – ravenous – instead of waiting a few hours for the anticipated restaurant dinner I pounded oreos and slices of american cheese.
That was unexpected.
It too is an interesting combination – higher activity and you crave deserts, then the sugar causes you to crave saturated fat to blunt the response.
An oreo or two, a slice of american cheese, repeat a few times while pumped up from some good overhead pressing.
My metabolism is up – I expect to get lean with the moving job.
While again today I had the urge to go run bleachers, however I wasn’t going to back out of plans with my mom to do so.
But the urges are there, to be both highly physical and outgoing/social.
This is great!
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It was nice to eat at a restaurant – food you didn’t make – sitting down, enjoying the experience.
Not being the line cook yourself!
A tv show being called hell’s kitchen – well hell’s kitchen is an apt name for describing many a line cooking job.
I’ll never see restaurants in the same light again.
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