r/BeAmazed • u/Super_Steve117 • Feb 25 '25

Miscellaneous / Others Strength of a manual worker vs bodybuilders

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u/Jiannies Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 25 '25

I think you got really lucky- I’m 28 and after six years of the rigging electric department in the film industry, chucking around 100’ pieces of 4/0 power cable for 12 hours a day, i ended up with a bulging disc, sciatica, and now one of my hips is like two inches higher than the other one. Most of the old timers in my industry have fucked up knees, backs or hips as well

Lifting smart and with good form goes a long way but eventually the repetition adds up

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u/Kingsolomanhere Feb 25 '25

I'm sorry that happened to you

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u/Jiannies Feb 25 '25

Thanks man, I got the cortisol injections about a year ago and they helped with the sciatica pain tremendously. I loved the work so I’m trying to work back up to being able to do it healthily

I’m glad you were able to make it out without any lingering shit- that’s like the dream in these lines of works i know

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u/Kingsolomanhere Feb 25 '25

Good luck in the future