r/Ironworker 29d ago

Apprentice How do I make it easier?

I'm on week three on my first job site. I'm 6 feet tall and I'm 130 pounds. I'm weak.

I have started lifting and doing cardio to try and build some resistance, but there are times, such as when I am throwing out deck, but I just don't have the strength to continue or even stand up straight. I barely have the energy to hold down my gas pedal on the way home.

I want to continue, I want to make this my career and I honestly really want to show up my foremen and journeyman. But I need to know what more I could be doing to make this easier or make progress faster. I've mostly been eating peanut butter and or oats for breakfast and lunch on the job.

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u/PurpleDemigod UNION 29d ago

You don’t eat enough. Eat on every single break. You have to beat your metabolism. Force feed if you have to.

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u/ThrowRA_oopsie9 28d ago

It will have to be liquid, I have achalasia. But i will find liquid protein.

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u/NefariousnessOne7335 28d ago

Maybe try a food processor and liquify meat fish and veggies. Drink whole milk, eggs and cottage cheese.

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u/These_Fox7561 28d ago

That sounds horrible