Getting paid to train?

[matthor]

hey,
my job from 5pm-9pm 5 day a week involves me standing at the end of a conveyor belt stacking packages into a semi trailer. Packages generally weigh b/w 3-8kgs (7-18lbs) but there are a fair amount that are 12kg-25kg (26-55lbs). Now i generally half fill the trailer (full to the roof) in 3hrs, then i get moved to another area for work. Im wondering if this could be counted as exercise as it is fairly intense sometimes and involves stepping up on footstools whilst holding heavy-ish packages and pretty much shoulder pressing boxes to stack them above headheight etc. there is however a fair bit of idle time which i try to spend stretching or moving about rather than sitting. just wondering if this sounds like legitimate exercise - if there is a consensus that it is, it would make my $27.50/hr even more spectacular.

cheers
P.S - sorry i cant get people jobs, as u might figure from my job description i am VERY low in the hierarchy

[Alex88]

Sounds like good exercise for your shoulder girdle and core strength, but what about your chest, back, and legs?

And wow, $27.50 per hour to move boxes? Are the boxes full of ******* or something?

[matthor]

stacking boxes low to the floor prolly does back a bit, and if i lift properly (as in with legs) then there is that - legs get done when i have to step up to stack, so other than chest it is fairly all over.

if they are full of ******* it may explain the lucidity of thought i experience while working

[jynxlynx]

Sounds like UPS or FedEx, but not at 27 bucks an hour. That's pretty good though. Wish I could get a job like that while going to college. Would make working PT a lot better than FT work and FT college, blah.

Anyways, I'm off topic. I wouldn't count on that as your only or main means of excercise, which I don't think you would have anyhow. It is a good addition to keep you active and help out with your main means of training.

[legends159]

Definitely a lot better for your body than an office job. Plus liking or disliking something is always mental. HOpe you like your job much more now that you realize you're getting paid and working out your body at the same time.