– why is working a manual labor job (construction, manufacturing, etc) destructive to your body but going to the gym every day isn’t?

Question

I’m an electrician and a lot of the older guys at my job have so many knee and back issues but I always see older people who went to the gym every day look and feel great

In: Biology

Answer 1

Many reasons:

* Being is weird positions.
* Much longer hours vs typical gym workouts.
* Doing many of the exact same repetitive moves.
* Gym workout switch around. Doing a leg day, and then letting those muscle recover.
* More likely to work with injuries, where a gym workout might take it easy on a muscle or limb that has been injured.
* More likely to get injured tripping, having things fall on you….etc. A gym is stable, secure, and everything stays the same. Job sites can be all shapes and sizes, with varying levels of safety.