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

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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

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Doing something for 8 hours a day is different from doing something for 2 hours.

Doing something in countless repeats is different from having a set of 20 on this machine,break, having a set of 20 on that machine.

Doing something on an ergonomically designed equipment and personally chosen weights is different from doing something in forced postures and/or moving given weights that are too heavy for you because that’s the package size of concrete.

Being able to take a rest of a few days if you are injured is different from not having a sick leave.

Gym machines usually don’t produce noise, dust, chemical fumes etc that often cause the actual damage in physical labor.

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