New Work, and Working Out

Working in a flooring warehouse can be a hell of a way to keep in shape.  Countless days of my adult have been spent hoisting massive rolls of carpet over my shoulders, manually emptying truckloads of up to 100 bales of underlay, and moving entire skids of laminate an armful of boxes at a time.  After years of such labour, I eventually found myself in the best physical shape of my life.

The problem now is, I no longer work in the flooring business.  Recently I moved on to an occupation in which I instead spend most of my time sitting at a computer.  Though satisfied with this new position, the transition from a highly physical vocation to one more sedentary has been a drastic change in pace for my body.

At my new job I click.  I scroll.  I type.  My fingers have been getting buff while the rest of my muscles languish in inactivity.

A couple of weeks ago, to offset my hours spent behind a desk, I picked up a pair of running shoes and some gym shorts and set out to discover a way to keep in shape.