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post 1683624823 05-29-2023, 04:22 PM
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Take 2-3 months to get in shape for construction job OR get construction job now?

What do misc? I'd be a 'framing helper'
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post 1683624933 05-29-2023, 04:25 PM
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you'll just be a bitch boy carrying tools for a long time anyway.
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post 1683624983 05-29-2023, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted By Archangel_Lost⏩
you'll just be a bitch boy carrying tools for a long time anyway.
yeah i know. the tools are heavy tho. i don't mind.
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post 1683625233 05-29-2023, 04:32 PM
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lol?

most construction workers are either illegals, or HS dropouts addicted to nicotine

lol @ "getting in shape"
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post 1683625243 05-29-2023, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted By Anachron⏩
Get the job first, and get paid to get in shape.

The get laid because you're a tradie ( although you might have to put up with her tasting like cigarettes and tattoos all over the place ).
It sounds good, but the 10 hr work days would be miserable as **** at the start and I'd be soo sore the next day that idk I'd be able to do the job. Hence the getting in shape/lifting beforehand.
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post 1683625323 05-29-2023, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted By xbluexhawkx⏩
lol?

most construction workers are either illegals, or HS dropouts addicted to nicotine

lol @ "getting in shape"
It depends.. but most officels would Def. Die

The only guys not doing a lot have prob been in x trade for a long time

Dig ditches for 8 hours where the foreman gets on your azz for stopping in summer heat. Then get back to me

Nowadays, that doesn't even feel like that much.. it would be everything else on top of that

You are legit active and working for 8 hours most of the time. If the foreman sees you slacking off that much you'd be gone or moved. At least in the ibew anyways

Op, I say get the job cause working out is not gonna get you in the same shape. Not sure you can simulate the environment otherwise. Cardio might get you endurance
post 1683625433 05-29-2023, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted By propreffered7⏩
It depends.. but most officels would Def. Die

The only guys not doing a lot have prob been in x trade for a long time

Dig ditches for 8 hours where the foreman gets on your azz for stopping in summer heat

Nowadays, that doesn't even feel like that much.. it would be everything else on top of that

You are legit active and working for 8 hours most of the time. If the foreman sees you slacking off that much you'd be gone or moved. At least in the ibew anyways
Ye. I've been inactive for a while - just recently started going to the gym(on-off for about 4 months now, gotten more serious the last month). Lost 30 lbs so far...down(or up, however you look at it) to 259 lbs. (still feel fat and like I have a lot more to lose)

I would be working 10 hrs a day as a 'framing helper' - so carrying 2x4s, nailing in nails...idk what else.
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post 1683625453 05-29-2023, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted By Inputlite90⏩
It sounds good, but the 10 hr work days would be miserable as **** at the start and I'd be soo sore the next day that idk I'd be able to do the job. Hence the getting in shape/lifting beforehand.
either you need a job or you dont. You aren't going to start lifting either way
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post 1683625463 05-29-2023, 04:38 PM
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You will need to begin a regimented programme of daily cigarette smoking and monster drinking in order to condition your body for the realities of life on a building site.
post 1683625483 05-29-2023, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted By Techriding101⏩
either you need a job or you dont. You aren't going to start lifting either way
I don't 'need' a job as I live with my parents, but I WANT one.

Just trying to figure out what the best way to go about it is.
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post 1683625513 05-29-2023, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted By Anachron⏩
No one in the brotherhood digs ditches though.
They do in the south... man I did underground for a hospital for like 6 months. Never want to do underground again. This contractor wanted 2 people doing all of the underground for a hospital

I had a shovel and the other guy was a machine operator
post 1683625743 05-29-2023, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted By Anachron⏩
I mean, that's just stupid, they're paying top dollar for unskilled work...
Exactly. Funny thing is, that contractor just went under ~ a month ago. We were legit on site and then had to pack up our tools and everything

Now with a huge company
post 1683625793 05-29-2023, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted By propreffered7⏩
Exactly. Funny thing is, that contractor just went under ~ a month ago. We were legit on site and then had to pack up our tools and everything

Now with a huge company
Cool dude, what construction job would you recommend? (framing, carpentry, painter, etc?)
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post 1683625803 05-29-2023, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted By Inputlite90⏩
Ye. I've been inactive for a while - just recently started going to the gym(on-off for about 4 months now, gotten more serious the last month). Lost 30 lbs so far...down(or up, however you look at it) to 259 lbs. (still feel fat and like I have a lot more to lose)

I would be working 10 hrs a day as a 'framing helper' - so carrying 2x4s, nailing in nails...idk what else.
I say get the job. It's gonna be tough.

I have seen not in shape guys do it though. So it can be done

Even doing cardio I don't see being able to pick up chit all day and nail nails as you said

Your forearms will be sore if you're not used to a hammer
post 1683625953 05-29-2023, 04:49 PM
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tradies are literally the lowest of society

do you think any of these people "trained" or even "prepared" for the job?

just lol, they sucked it up.
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post 1683626013 05-29-2023, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted By Inputlite90⏩
Cool dude, what construction job would you recommend? (framing, carpentry, painter, etc?)
I'm an electrician

I also passed the elevator aptitude test but skipped out on the interview..

I will interview in another city, when an opportune time comes

My ideal is elevator tbh

But as far as demand and skills I think electricians are the best

I think some trades might be easier. Idk if that's what you want

I think electrician is a little more versatile than carpentry. There's more to it with the study of electricity but you're also doing inner and outer workings, so worried about design/ finish. Whereas carpenter is just the inner workings and maybe design as a consequence.

For example, lighting a place as an electrician
You fuk up the lights, what would it look like?
post 1683626093 05-29-2023, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted By xbluexhawkx⏩
tradies are literally the lowest of society

do you think any of these people "trained" or even "prepared" for the job?

just lol, they sucked it up.
Word?
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post 1683626113 05-29-2023, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted By xbluexhawkx⏩
tradies are literally the lowest of society

do you think any of these people "trained" or even "prepared" for the job?

just lol, they sucked it up.
In a union you have to pass a test and interview. Their selection is a little tighter process

What you say might apply to some trades but there's no way you come in green as an electrician and know what's going on 1st day. An apprenticeship is 5 years with schooling
post 1683626293 05-29-2023, 04:56 PM
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Bunch of hard hat wearing baboons hanging off of scaffolding poles.

Why do builders have transparent lunchboxes? So they can tell if they're going to work or going home
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The thing is I'm pretty mentally weak. I feel like I'd want to quit when it got hard. Hence the getting in shape to make my life easier...

The money tho.
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Originally Posted By OneLegSquats⏩
Bunch of hard hat wearing baboons hanging off of scaffolding poles.

Why do builders have transparent lunchboxes? So they can tell if they're going to work or going home
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Originally Posted By Inputlite90⏩
The thing is I'm pretty mentally weak. I feel like I'd want to quit when it got hard. Hence the getting in shape to make my life easier...

The money tho.
Just know it's going to be hard.. it's weird, at my private place guys didn't really bust balls. There were some guys that were cranky, but they didn't really actively go out of their way to make the job harder

But with the union...oh my fuk did they bust balls. A weak person would Def. Quit. Idk if it's cause they felt more confident they wouldn't be fired or what
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Originally Posted By propreffered7⏩
Just know it's going to be hard.. it's weird, at my private place guys didn't really bust balls. There were some guys that were cranky, but they didn't really actively go out of their way to make the job harder

But with the union...oh my fuk did they bust balls. A weak person would Def. Quit. Idk if it's cause they felt more confident they wouldn't be fired or what
Gotcha...and yeah I do know it will be hard. That's why I've been 'preparing' for it.

Gotta incorprate more stretching...
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Originally Posted By Inputlite90⏩
Gotcha...and yeah I do know it will be hard. That's why I've been 'preparing' for it.

Gotta incorprate more stretching...
You know.. I recently saw a brand new green guy come in
I know he has 0 experience in trades (he doesn't know what he's doing) but he's looks like he was in shape.. but is kinda fat now. Anyways, he was just doing overhead and climbing up and down a ladder and he said he was "dying". I remember him like shaking at the thought of going back to overhead - i was working with him and we werent doing overhead - which isn't that hard.. but

He got through it

I've seen some very out of shape people do it but it's Def. Way different than an office job
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Originally Posted By propreffered7⏩
You know.. I recently saw a brand new green guy come in
I know he has 0 experience in trades (he doesn't know what he's doing) but he's looks like he was in shape.. but is kinda fat now. Anyways, he was just doing overhead and climbing up and down a ladder and he said he was "dying". I remember him like shaking at the thought of going back to overhead - i was working with him and we werent doing overhead - which isn't that hard.. but

He got through it

I've seen some very out of shape people do it but it's Def. Way different than an office job
How do you get fat being on your feet 10 hours a day, lifting chit?
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Originally Posted By Inputlite90⏩
How do you get fat being on your feet 10 hours a day, lifting chit?
I was thinking that recently. They must have the worst habits outside of work

Probably drinking and chit diet

At my site right now its like a 15 minute walk to the site. So just walking there and back at the end of the day is 30 minutes of walking. Was legit thinking, how are these guys fat doing this?
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"getting in shape" is just an excuse. start.

if you're really worried ask to work every other day the first month or something.
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True story..my hands felt weird and I couldn't figure out why for like a year.

Wasn't until I felt the muscle in my hands much bigger that I figured out it was soreness
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Originally Posted By Zere0wn⏩
"getting in shape" is just an excuse. start.

if you're really worried ask to work every other day the first month or something.
that's not a bad idea...
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