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Well my goals are totaled, I can't complete them with my busy schedual now....

You're probably wondering why. Well, I was just offered a job, from my uncle, because he liked the way I worked there today. They pay is great, and I'm only 15, so I need it really...

1 problem.... It's a 10+ hour work day.... In ****ty conditions. I'm carrying heavy stuff, and standing the whole time.

I'm planning to only work about 3 days a week, but I'm going to use my legs like CRAZY. First... I need to work one day, walking all day, than I need to bike to and from the gym.... Each day I will pretty much get a lower body workout, and most likely lead to over training.

I would rather NOT have to use the bus, but if I have to, I will, and just bring my PSP along for the ride...

And upper body.... Theres only about 1 hour where I'm lifting heavy stuff, the rest is light stuff, I need to keep doing over and over... Will that lead to over training if I work out the next day, with an upper body workout?

Thoughts?
 
Be careful what you consider to be "over training". Using your body in a way it was designed to is not training, and therefore you can't over train. A fish doesn't lie on the bottom of a lake one day because it over-trained by swimming too much the day before and a monkey doesn't walk around because its arms are too tired from climbing trees the day before.

Staying on your feet all day might be tiring, but it's what our bodies were designed to do. If you do body-weight exercises you don't have to take days off for rest. Even after pushing past your max, you can still do the same exercises the next day. I used to work in a warehouse - on my feet all day, carrying heavy boxes, and still came home and cranked out over 200 squats as part of my workout. Your body is an amazing thing, and will do things you consider impossible if you just give it a chance.

Now, if the stuff you're lifting is really heavy, the most important thing is to listen to your body. If you think, say, your forearms got enough of a workout from whatever you're doing at work, then you don't have to blast them when you go to workout. Listen to what your body is saying, but remember that it's also there to be used.

Just my two cents
 
maybe try and workout before work so all your energy goes in to the workout...you won't need much training though...stick to 2 - 3 full body workouts and you should be alright...maybe try a strength training regime as it isn't as taxing on ther muscles as bodybuilding type stuff...the added vol from lifting all day might take care of the growth part if demanding enough...try "Volume of Strength" by chad waterbury which he says is ideal for tradesman etc
 
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