Feeling it in the Morning?

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I wear sneakers with custom orthotics.

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So trench feet wears sneakers to work. Now that’s funny. :sunglasses:

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Back when I was on the road, I tore up my feet something terrible with blisters and the like. All i can wear now are sneakers. Unless Mrs Jones doesn’t mind me walking around her house barefoot.

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That’s good advice I noticed now that I’m a fat dude everything is worse and everything is harder to do

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…How fat are you?..just asking…

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Typically my first feeling is something positive and grateful.

I hear you. In my later 30s. Old injuries catching up. Always find my body is sore for the first few weeks of busy season.

I need to stretch and eat on the regular as well

Had this sweet routine going and lost it few nights back.

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Sorry to hear some folks are down. Try to make some positive changes and things will improve some.

Good shoes are important and so is a really good bed. Expensive I know.

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Being over weight is killing my bottom line. :sunglasses:

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burnout is a real risk in this job [rather than your body wearing out] burnout is when youve had a shedload of hard physical effort and your body cries out “enuf is enuf!” . youve nothing else to give,so you give up

iv seen this happen to several in my own area, young men ,not oldies like me [50] what they should have been doing was taking on a helper or 2, to shoulder the load. i almost burnt myself out too ,at year 2 i was getting tired but not thinking of what was coming ahead [the burnout]

i quizzed my own family who offered bad advice " cut back and trundle on" "you employ thats typical you ,youre getting lazy "

employing at end of year 2 was what i did [and have never regretted] and im now in year 9 with 3 employees . im still on the ladders but its a measured effort, never dead beat tired, the loads shared now

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I see what you did there

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Thinking of starting a new thread. Is being over weight killing your bottom line?

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Nope I’m in good shape

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@jonnyald I love how this came up naturally, and excellent points. Can I quote some of this in an upcoming video on Burnout?

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sure. its a most awful feeling [the period jus prior to burnout] you climb out of bed day after day ,feeling beaten as if had a fight the night before. a big workload awaits you …

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I gained about 40 pounds in 6 months

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0k…that’s just chunky then, not really fat.:grin:

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It’s just your winter weight! :wink:

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Anyone have any suggestions about how to deal with numb arms in the middle of the night or during pole work?

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I get numb arms if I have my hands are above my head while I sleep on my back. Never had that happen during pole work.

Do you keep your hands above your head for long periods using a pole? Cause they should really be as near to waist level as possible.

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Yes. I get that. And do try to limit upward motion but some high stuff it seems is unavoidable. Busy season it’s at its peak.

Repetitive motion really does it. If I sgueegee pane after pane all day sometimes my right arm goes numb during fanning. I’ll stretch quick standing there and that seems to help a little. I’m guessing there’s a pinched nerve there somewhere.

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