Originally Posted by Machka

Is your job physically strenuous? Are you on your feet all day, walking, running? Do you do a lot of heavy lifting and carrying? And/or perhaps a lot of repetitive lifting?


If so ... how does your cycling fit into your day?


I currently work 2-5 days a week in the "factory" area of a local newspaper, and I do all of the stuff I've mentioned above during my 8 hour shifts. In the 3 months I've been working there, I've significantly increased my upper body strength (I was in a Kinesiology class where we did fitness testing at the beginning of the class, before I started that job ... and then again after I'd been working there for 10 weeks ... so I could see the improvement), and I've now got shoulders like a swimmer!!

I also attend University full time which involves a lot of brisk walking to and from school and between classes (2.5 kms total), carrying approx. 20 lbs of books in my backpack. And I'm in a Physical Education class (to teach us how to teach Physical Education to children) which involves running approx. 40 minutes a day, 3-4 days a week.

I enjoy all of that, and I think it is great I can get paid to work out on my job, but here's the problem .....

I'm tired!! And my muscles ache most of the time. So cycling isn't all that appealing these days.


If you are very active on your job ... how do you fit the cycling in?