Training and working at a moving company ?

[skinniest200]

I just started a job at a moving company and I'm going to start training again since stopping in May and was wondering what changes I should make diet and training wise to be able to recover while moving heavy stuff around in the August heat everyday ? I already take 2 rest days between workouts, and get around 2g protein/ lb bodyweight, and get at least a gallon of water everyday. I'm not worried about putting on a little fat, I just want to get bigger and stronger. I can eat or drink stuff pretty much whenever I want, I just need ideas for high protein / high calorie foods that I can pack and eat quickly that wont spoil in the heat ? I'm thinking the moving would be pretty good GPP work, but I'm not sure how to manage it for 8+ hours in the heat everyday.

[2ndpassion]

Put some oatmeal and protein powder in a couple shakers bottles. Add water when you need a meal and you'll be all set. That's what I do at work :)

[Kiknskreem]

If I was in such a position I would probably do some sort of abbreviated training and deload frequently.

[skinniest200]

2ndpassion - do you grind up the oatmeal or something before putting it in there, and how does this taste ? I love oatmeal on its own, and I take plenty of protein shakes and think they're alright, but i'd rather not turn two decent foods into one nasty one if i don't have to. I am thinking some sort of bars or cookies with oatmeal and protein powder could be good, but it still might be a little calorie light for what I need. Just to give an idea of the calories I'm talking about, usually when I'm training I eat 4 regular food meals a day, with around 50g protein each and whatever carbs and fat are with them, and also take four 50g protein shakes, sometimes with sugar to sweeten them, and also snack on peanut butter and other stuff, and this is without the work of moving stuff around all day and my muslce/fat gain is very acceptable.

Kiknskreem - yeah, my routine is a pretty low volume strength based one using mostly heavy compounds, but I could probably trim some of the accessory work and a set or two here and there on some lifts if I'm not recovering well. I think my conditioning is pretty good and with the 2 rest days between workouts I'm usually fine, but the extra lifting and moving might be too much. I might have to cut some stuff out anyways, b/c I might only have time to go to a 24-hour gym here that only has the most basic equipment.

[Mr_Magoo]

I worked at a moving company and here is my experience...

You can do a normal routine and just force your body to adapt to the high volume of total work you will be doing which I recomend. If you are just getting back into training you will probably not be going balls to the wall from the get go.

You may have to change up your training routine for time reasons. When working as a mover I could not do my usual full-body workouts three days a week because depending on when I got to the gym I did not have enough time for the full workout. I changed to a low-voulme high intensity upper/lower split and that worked well