Is manual labour a good way to get gains?

>common sense

That's difficult to find in employees and employers.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3795897/?report=classic

>With over 11 million workers, the construction industry represents one of the largest industries in the U.S. 1. The industry faces several occupational health challenges and when compared to other industries they have a significantly higher rate of work-related injuries and very high prevalence of both acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain.

>Back injury/pain is often chronic in these workers, as almost 40% of construction workers older than 50 years report chronic back pain.

I can't even work manual labor because I don't speak Spanish and they would have to pay me minimum wage

This is America user. Speak Spanish or geeeet out

Not financial gains that's for sure.

Oil riggers make mad dosh

Thats a pretty depressing prospect. Because some of these manual jobs pay pretty well.

And I have been doing such a job as well and from my experience, really doing backbreaking work where one is expected to be fast to such a point where you can get injuries, are rare.

98% of the time I had enough time, approval to just use proper techniques from the bosses.

Though I got a completely different injury than with the back now, in my arm, from too much strain.

>industrial electrician working 2 weeks on/2 weeks off
>Pull fucking shit loads of bigass cables
>gain about 3kgs on the 2 weeks off due to having nothing else to do but eat and lift
>lose about 3kgs while I'm at work while still lifting 6 days/week after 12 hour shifts
>constantly gaining strength and muscle mass whilst remaining at the same relative weight

TLDR: Be a sparky for dat recomp

then why are all my rich neighbours tradies

nope

i did manual shit all my life
worked out lots
no gains

got office jobby
got so mad gains it was crazy
your body can recover better when you can sit on your ass all day mang

22 year old electrician on 115k AUD salary isn't that bad

If by manual labor you mean construction, then no.

Plenty of other jobs might want "manual labor" on occasion without the issue of minimum wage and injuries

My uncle works on the rigs and makes 130k a year after taxes, and is strong as fuck. But he doesn't lift because lifting huge ass bits all day and handling the heavy ass tubes is hard fucking work

I worked at a construction site and all the guys there could easily OHP 225lbs cement bags multiple times throughout the day wasn't any push press bullshit too they didn't use their legs at all

>doing manual labour
>finally try ohp acts in seperate arms
>my right shoulder can handle almost 10 pounds more

yes

gained 10kg on ohp over a month

I do HVAC. I don't do a lot of installation stuff, but light duty shit like wire the units. Braze copper line sets, program thermostas, climb rooftops, change filters, replace motors and compressors can be very physically demanding, but is not often.

My back and knees hurt, and I'm 25. Thinking about going to a physical therapist cause my back pain prevent heavy deadlifts/ squats.

got it from 30kg to 40kg nice work!!

>tfw too intellectual for manual labor

aren't those 90lbs?

>tfw too much of a faggot for manual labor.

If you aren't using your hands to build things you aren't a man.

Sitting down at a desk all day hurts my back too

>being this new

I'll keep my money. Thanks though.

You've never worked a labor job obviously.

nigger theres no such thing as a 225 pound cement bag

Eddie Hall was a construction worker and now he deadlifts 500kg

I once had a factory job where I was mixing ingredients for protein bars. I would regularly lift 40-80 lbs of ingredients including oats, whey protein, vitamins, etc. Basically I was working out for 12 hours a day and eating nothing but protein bars. Honestly I feel like that's where most of my strength came from. I did that for about a year before I ever thought about lifting weights.

One thing to be conscious of is that you need to alternate your body movements, make sure you are working your body symmetrically. Sometimes it will involve doing certain tasks using your non dominant hand/body side to even it out. It might not be the best for a bodybuilding competition, but it will help you gain strength for the particular movements/lifts the job requires and help you burn calories. And you get paid!

>fired for being slow

Confirmed for never having done manual labor. Overseers are paranoid about injuries and will pounce on you if you are lifting improperly, lifting too heavy, lifting in a rotating/non stable motion, working at an improperly adjusted workstation, standing on unstable footing and any other situation that might even remotely increase risk of an injury.

Maybe if you work in some dodgy outfit with a bunch of illegal workers who can't complain about the conditions and a boss who knows he won't have to deal with it if they get hurt.

I think he means two 25lbs cement bags. Which is 50lbs obviously.

*two

>Gainz
>No progressive overload

Pick one.

Unless you work a manual labour job that will gradually let you increase what you lift in small increments over a period of time all you're gonna get is RSIs.

spotted the dyel
al strong people through history all had ridiculous work capacity, and how did they get that? they trained fucking hard and heavy in the ym AND did manuel labour NO FUCKING STEROIDS

Depends, some builders are massive from lifting and carrying things for 20 years and eating like an ox.

Most of them are skinny/average with a bad back, joint problems, having shit and dirt fly into their eyes and mouth etc.

Very painful work

Spotted the hamplanet powerlifter.

He said gains, not strength.

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