Bodybuilding and full time work

[gridlock]

has anybody else found that the more you get into your training, the harder it is to focus at work.

I mean i've sat here the last few days and just been reading about training and nutrition on the net.

occasionally drifting into spats of work but more just thinking about hitting the gym or when i next need to eat.

It just seems to get worse and worse.

 

[Moen]

I've contacted your boss. Your problem will be dealt with asap

 

[michelin]

Totally agree Grid

No matter how busy I am at work, it all stops come meal times and everyone knows that I need to leave before 5 so I can train.

I do know I'm lucky in the current climate to get away with this but as long as the work gets done surely no-one would begrudge me leading a healthy lifestyle would they?

 

[The Booger]

Right now I am working 48 hours a week, plus coaching high school football, AND going to college. My time at the gym is limited and precious.

So I know the feeling. Just have to make due I guess. Sucks....

 

[Flex2019]

I'm the manager of a shop that sells fitness equipment and bicycles...so it really doesn't bother me that much.

 

[gridlock]

I'm the manager of a shop that sells fitness equipment and bicycles...so it really doesn't bother me that much.

lol lucky guy

 

[pumpt73]

I understand you grid. Im a journeyman electrician that works in a coal fired power plant. In the summer it gets brutally hot in here. It makes it hard sometimes to want to train after you've been rolling around in coal dust, grease, oil, etc. Most days my job isn't bad. Reading and interpreting electrical drawings, maybe rewiring something or just preventative maintenance work, but sometimes it gets pretty intense.

One thing I do is while on breaks or lunch, or even if Im waiting for a job I will do research or start planning my training session. Mind you there's times where I pull 10,12, and 16 hour shifts. When it's time to work though, I have to focus. If you don't have your head in the game at my place, there's a big chance, you don't go home.

 

[aeliop]

I feel your pain

has anybody else found that the more you get into your training, the harder it is to focus at work.

I mean i've sat here the last few days and just been reading about training and nutrition on the net.

occasionally drifting into spats of work but more just thinking about hitting the gym or when i next need to eat.

It just seems to get worse and worse.

Grid I feel your pain, I think at one time we did similar things for a living so I can really feel your pain. I was a UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer/Admin and it absolutely bored me to tears and the work environment/paging stressed me and caused me many a sleepness night and many ruined weekends. I kept going though because I thought that was what one is supposed to do, the money, what I went to school for blah, blah, blah. I had to deal with one guy in paticular that was absolute bully behind a keyboard jerk who abused me on a daily basis. He would page me in the middle of the night and make me drive into the office to fix problems that could wait until the morning. No matter what I did right, who chose to only focus on what I did wrong. One day it dawned on me that I have always hated the job, it never interested me but once he came into the picture he made it unbearable. So I made a decision to start making other plans, do something that made me happy and I was interested in, no matter what it paid aka bodybuilding, nutrition, training, etc.. I tuned him out and my thought process I will stay until he bothers me again or I find something that makes me happy. This in itself was very liberating and the last month or so at my job was somewhat painless, that was until "Tumor the Hut" called me into the office with documents and everything all official for me to sign with how bad I have been failing performance and I had 30 days to improve or face discplinary action. He and his boss were like okay do you want to go over this or any questions. I said no where do I sign. I went back to my office called Marilyn, she gave me her blessing, I packed everything up through it in my Jeep, came back in turned in my 2 weeks notice and told them I was taking the rest of the day off and vacation for the next 2 weeks.
Never went back and that was one of the greatest days of my life.

I do wish I could get away with putting my fist down "Tumor the Huts" throat though but in life most times it seems what comes around goes around.

 

[gridlock]

Grid I feel your pain, I think at one time we did similar things for a living so I can really feel your pain. I was a UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer/Admin and it absolutely bored me to tears and the work environment/paging stressed me and caused me many a sleepness night and many ruined weekends. I kept going though because I thought that was what one is supposed to do, the money, what I went to school for blah, blah, blah. I had to deal with one guy in paticular that was absolute bully behind a keyboard jerk who abused me on a daily basis. He would page me in the middle of the night and make me drive into the office to fix problems that could wait until the morning. No matter what I did right, who chose to only focus on what I did wrong. One day it dawned on me that I have always hated the job, it never interested me but once he came into the picture he made it unbearable. So I made a decision to start making other plans, do something that made me happy and I was interested in, no matter what it paid aka bodybuilding, nutrition, training, etc.. I tuned him out and my thought process I will stay until he bothers me again or I find something that makes me happy. This in itself was very liberating and the last month or so at my job was somewhat painless, that was until "Tumor the Hut" called me into the office with documents and everything all official for me to sign with how bad I have been failing performance and I had 30 days to improve or face discplinary action. He and his boss were like okay do you want to go over this or any questions. I said no where do I sign. I went back to my office called Marilyn, she gave me her blessing, I packed everything up through it in my Jeep, came back in turned in my 2 weeks notice and told them I was taking the rest of the day off and vacation for the next 2 weeks.
Never went back and that was one of the greatest days of my life.

I do wish I could get away with putting my fist down "Tumor the Huts" throat though but in life most times it seems what comes around goes around.

you've hit the nail on the head !!!!!

for the last few weeks i've had exactly the same feeling. Its just so fucking mindnumbing here. dont get me wrong i'm grateful i've got a job when so many are in a bad position in the current economic climate.

I've got shares in the company and am one of the directors but our chairman did in acquisition recently and we took this other companies directors and he's a pain in the ass. basically he licks our chairmans ass and will say one thing then in front of him he'll be totally different. he's going to bring the company to its knees as he's scared of saying no if something needs to be stopped. and he's made everyone lazy with his new outlook on how it should be done differently.

Cos i wasnt training for ages I just kind of trundled along with work but now i'm back to it and have a lot more energy and focus i feel like i'm thinking a lot more straight and sit here thinking why the hell am I doing this for when I could be doing something I enjoy a million times more!!! and If i could revolve it around the gym then even better

 

[Nikopapp]

I was in the same boat until last year.

I have always worked for others, and done well, but I just couldn't take working for others and making them money any longer.

I always felt like I was more capable and talented than the owner's I worked for, so I decided to just get the balls to do things on my own.

That was the best decision I have ever made.

I now have the absolute dream of being able to run my own business from my home, which in turn lets me raise my daughter and be a stay at home Dad
instead of having a nanny raise her while I make someone else rich.

I got tired of always bringing the ideas and execution to the table, and my wife always encouraged me with tremendous support so I just thought it was the right time to employ MYSELF.

I couldn't be happier...I make my own hours, have no one to answer to, and I determine my pay.

Well, I do have a new boss who determines my hours.... my daughter!

But I will take that any day!

 

[fatguy]

Internet access + 11-12hr work days = time spent reading car message boards (one of my hobbies), nutrition and exercise message boards, articles about both, and work... in total, i work about 11 minutes a day.

There really is a lot to read online...

The other problem is somehow it costs me money to go to work. As I sit online all day, I always end up buying stuff.

 

[AWN2004]

has anybody else found that the more you get into your training, the harder it is to focus at work.

I mean i've sat here the last few days and just been reading about training and nutrition on the net.

occasionally drifting into spats of work but more just thinking about hitting the gym or when i next need to eat.

It just seems to get worse and worse.

Don't let this sport become your life, let it enrich your life. There is way more to life than eating, sleeping, and training. I think once people grasp that concept, they become better bodybuilders.

 

[thebrick]

Grid I feel your pain, I think at one time we did similar things for a living so I can really feel your pain. I was a UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer/Admin and it absolutely bored me to tears and the work environment/paging stressed me and caused me many a sleepness night and many ruined weekends. I kept going though because I thought that was what one is supposed to do, the money, what I went to school for blah, blah, blah. I had to deal with one guy in paticular that was absolute bully behind a keyboard jerk who abused me on a daily basis. He would page me in the middle of the night and make me drive into the office to fix problems that could wait until the morning. No matter what I did right, who chose to only focus on what I did wrong. One day it dawned on me that I have always hated the job, it never interested me but once he came into the picture he made it unbearable. So I made a decision to start making other plans, do something that made me happy and I was interested in, no matter what it paid aka bodybuilding, nutrition, training, etc.. I tuned him out and my thought process I will stay until he bothers me again or I find something that makes me happy. This in itself was very liberating and the last month or so at my job was somewhat painless, that was until "Tumor the Hut" called me into the office with documents and everything all official for me to sign with how bad I have been failing performance and I had 30 days to improve or face discplinary action. He and his boss were like okay do you want to go over this or any questions. I said no where do I sign. I went back to my office called Marilyn, she gave me her blessing, I packed everything up through it in my Jeep, came back in turned in my 2 weeks notice and told them I was taking the rest of the day off and vacation for the next 2 weeks.
Never went back and that was one of the greatest days of my life.

I do wish I could get away with putting my fist down "Tumor the Huts" throat though but in life most times it seems what comes around goes around.

Wow, Tony. It sounds like that guy almost had it out for you. Let me guess… a very unattractive out-of-shape guy that was more than a tad jealous of you?

Don't let this sport become your life, let it enrich your life. There is way more to life than eating, sleeping, and training. I think once people grasp that concept, they become better bodybuilders.

Great advice right here!!!!!!

 

[betito]

Worrying about bodybuilding at work won´t make you a better bodybuilder

 

[chris250]

Hey guys - I just wish I could find a decent paying full time job !!!

I actully did really well with bodybuilding and a full time job outside of the fitness industry...It keeps you sane...Now I might not have that choice as im in the running for a Anytime Fitness Mang. Job that would pay ok, better than alot of the factory jobs around here...But I actully like having a normal job at times ...

 

[boss]

So so true..

Seriously hit the nail on the head for me with this post...I just re-found my long lost love for this sport. I can say that yeah I'm busy at work but i find time to read PM daily, read about nutrition and think about my next workout...

I've had jobs where I had no time to do much of anything other than accomplish the tasks at hand...after a long lay-off and some time in the friendly So Cal penal system I found a good job that doesn't pay but about 1/2 of what i'm used. I can still afford to live comfortably and i'll take that in stride given the economy, i feel lucky to have a job and secondly a job that allows me considerable time to do the above mentioned...

Good stuff.

 

[malcom young]

I've contacted your boss. Your problem will be dealt with asap

 

[Ashop]

I've contacted your boss. Your problem will be dealt with asap

Great response bro! You caught me with that one,,,thanks for my daily laugh.