It makes you hard, but broken. See guys my age doing things my body is already giving up on. Knees and wrists. Joints/hip and my back got screwed up about 14 years ago. Sciatic nerve pain almost daily. Sucks. It’s probably how we build. We don’t use skyhooks or the like. Cost is to high for the use. Got my right shoulder for beams and heavy lifting. Yea, “look” wise I look fit and built. But reality is, quite the opposite. It’s just like song from Toby Keith. “Not as good as I once was, but I’m as good once, as I ever was”.
Oh, and all my shirts are wore clean through on my right shoulder too. Just 1 sheet of plywood at a time, no more 2 or 3 sheets. My friends used to call me the human crane
My joints have suffered but they are definitely getting better the past few years. Lift lighter weights as you get older. It's hard to discipline yourself when you still have the strength to lift heavy things. Slow your pace but keep busy. It does hit harder but when you notice men the same age that don't have half your capacity and you notice how many prescriptions they take, it starts to hit you that you're in better shape than you realize. Slow the pace, lift lighter things (I mess this up too often and will hurt for days), and take some breaks throughout the day.
Good advice. Yeah it’s that time of life when your brain knows you can lift it, but the body starts to fail. Easy to get hurt in those years. We definitely work smarter nowadays. Lots of pulley’s and lever tactics. Of course it only takes one dumb decision and, done. That’s what happened to my grandad. He tried to save someone rolling down the roof. He stopped the man, but got thrown off, through some scaffolding boards and to the ground. Broke his hip terribly. Never was the same after that. Sometimes working around lesser experienced people is very dangerous. Their incompetence gets other people hurt. I prefer just working around my brother. We know each other. Been working together forever. So we know each others moves and capabilities.
It takes a few years for those joints to get better. I feel worthless when I'm not pushing myself but I need to remember that my value is in teaching others how to be more productive and the techniques to make it easier
It makes you hard, but broken. See guys my age doing things my body is already giving up on. Knees and wrists. Joints/hip and my back got screwed up about 14 years ago. Sciatic nerve pain almost daily. Sucks. It’s probably how we build. We don’t use skyhooks or the like. Cost is to high for the use. Got my right shoulder for beams and heavy lifting. Yea, “look” wise I look fit and built. But reality is, quite the opposite. It’s just like song from Toby Keith. “Not as good as I once was, but I’m as good once, as I ever was”.
Oh, and all my shirts are wore clean through on my right shoulder too. Just 1 sheet of plywood at a time, no more 2 or 3 sheets. My friends used to call me the human crane
I used to have slight aches and pains I attributed to the tolls the physical labor jobs took on my body.
However, after I quit eating the Standard American Diet full of seed oils and processed carbs, and went carnivore, the aches and pains went away.
My joints have suffered but they are definitely getting better the past few years. Lift lighter weights as you get older. It's hard to discipline yourself when you still have the strength to lift heavy things. Slow your pace but keep busy. It does hit harder but when you notice men the same age that don't have half your capacity and you notice how many prescriptions they take, it starts to hit you that you're in better shape than you realize. Slow the pace, lift lighter things (I mess this up too often and will hurt for days), and take some breaks throughout the day.
Good advice. Yeah it’s that time of life when your brain knows you can lift it, but the body starts to fail. Easy to get hurt in those years. We definitely work smarter nowadays. Lots of pulley’s and lever tactics. Of course it only takes one dumb decision and, done. That’s what happened to my grandad. He tried to save someone rolling down the roof. He stopped the man, but got thrown off, through some scaffolding boards and to the ground. Broke his hip terribly. Never was the same after that. Sometimes working around lesser experienced people is very dangerous. Their incompetence gets other people hurt. I prefer just working around my brother. We know each other. Been working together forever. So we know each others moves and capabilities.
It takes a few years for those joints to get better. I feel worthless when I'm not pushing myself but I need to remember that my value is in teaching others how to be more productive and the techniques to make it easier