Training as a manual worker

Being a laborer for over 30 years and training for the same amount of time, I have a different perspective on training. For years I earned and earn a living with my physical and mental strength. I have to stay fit to keep feeding my family. In over 30 years doing manual labor, I have never hurt my back or missed work due to an on-the-job injury.

I don’t always lift with my legs, and I never look or worry about form. I just do my job. I bend, twist, climb, lift and carry all day.

It’s rare that someone goes to work for as many years as I do and puts in years of training and doesn’t already have a broken body. One thing is that I take care of myself, eat well and have a different mindset than most men who do work jobs.

I hear it all the time on sites about back problems, and I’m getting older (most are younger than me) I can’t lift things like that anymore. Why do these guys continue to do work that is physically difficult for them to do?

The reason is that for years they have heard from others like them that when you are older you will not be able to do the same things as before. Shit! At some point, it will probably decline, but these guys just listen to everything in front of them. I’ve been listening to it for years wait until you’re my age and I’ve been listening to this since I was 18. I don’t listen to it much anymore due to my age.

I get tired of people chiming in saying “They know a guy” or “My dad” or My grandpa “there will always be exceptions, but don’t count me in the general working population, because I don’t follow the standards of the basic man.

I decide how things will go, not the story. People hate that I act like this and they don’t care and I’m living proof so until someone can prove me wrong I’ll continue to train like I always have. Training to win in life, training for honor, training to survive is why I keep pushing my mind and body. The moment we decide we no longer need an edge is when we begin to lose our edge. Once you feel like it doesn’t matter anymore that you’re right, you’ve already lost the upper hand!