Do you work an active job?

I have a desk job but I started working standing up. I could probably try and get an upright desktop, but may have to pay for it out of pocket.

I have an active job and I LOVE it. I worked in retail for years but always at the front-end cashier side, never on the stocking side.

I have a fixed schedule and wake up at 3:45 every morning Monday through Saturday, to be at work by 5 a.m. sharp. The store is completely empty except for me, my co-workers, and a few contractors buying supplies for their jobs (since it is a hardware store). Our immediate supervisor doesn't even arrive until 6:30, and the GM is busy with other things, so there is an unbelievable amount of freedom. I go up and down ladders, lift boxes anywhere from half a pound to sixty pounds, and basically stock a bunch of crap for people to buy and make sure it all looks nice. It's a simple job, I get to take breaks whenever I want, and it has inspired me to start weightlifting so that I can lift heavier and heavier things by myself without asking for help.

Sure, on occasion I have overstressed my muscles or gotten bad bruises, and cardboard cuts sting like a b!tch, but on the whole it's by far the best minimum-wage job I've ever had, haha. I am getting some serious calf, thigh and butt muscles from being on ladders so much!

I have an active job and I LOVE it. I worked in retail for years but always at the front-end cashier side, never on the stocking side.

I have a fixed schedule and wake up at 3:45 every morning Monday through Saturday, to be at work by 5 a.m. sharp. The store is completely empty except for me, my co-workers, and a few contractors buying supplies for their jobs (since it is a hardware store). Our immediate supervisor doesn't even arrive until 6:30, and the GM is busy with other things, so there is an unbelievable amount of freedom. I go up and down ladders, lift boxes anywhere from half a pound to sixty pounds, and basically stock a bunch of crap for people to buy and make sure it all looks nice. It's a simple job, I get to take breaks whenever I want, and it has inspired me to start weightlifting so that I can lift heavier and heavier things by myself without asking for help.

Sure, on occasion I have overstressed my muscles or gotten bad bruises, and cardboard cuts sting like a b!tch, but on the whole it's by far the best minimum-wage job I've ever had, haha. I am getting some serious calf, thigh and butt muscles from being on ladders so much!

That's what I used to do for Target! So much fun. Yeah you have to get up at 3am or so and get to work at 4:30am but you get to do so much without people breathing down your back. No customers to worry about, no managers watching your every move and you get out of there at 8am-12pm (longer days). Plus everyone is so much fun to work with. All you worry about is taking product off a truck, running it down a line, organizing it into categories then putting it on the shelf. It's almost like Christmas because you get to see what's in the box! It's a lot of working out too since you are constantly moving heavy objects, opening things, and putting things on the shelf.

I really recommend a stocking job. It's low stress, decent pay compared to those folding clothes or working the cash register, and you make some good friends.

Currently I do the opposite style of job but have a ton of freedom still. I have a desk job. Make my own schedule & get to move around wherever I want, sometimes working from home. I sit on my butt but I don't mind it as I go to the gym.

I'm a student with a side job at a bakery - on your feet for around 7 hours a day. It's quite a bit of carrying stuff around, especially during opening/closing time. Otherwise it's lots of walking back and forth behind the counter to get orders and whatnot. I really like it though since you're always busy and time goes by super quickly. Downside: being surrounded by yummy treats all day.

I work a desk job, but my desk is the farthest away from the printer/photo copier and the kitchen. So I had nice walks to get my coffee or when I needed to pick something up at the printer. Last week we got a brand new printer/copier and it's in the cubicle right across from mine. I asked not to be hooked up to it but was told me having to walk so far was one of the reasons they got the darn thing so my walking time is drastically cut. I guess I'll just have to drink more coffee!

Student Phys Ed teacher here so pretty active. In the summer i caddy for one of the best golf courses in the world so at least 6 miles a day doing that plus what ever i do at the gym.
Couldn't stand an office job, i think id spontaneously combust.

I work at a very busy Chinese restaurant waiting tables usually by myself so I wait tables bus tables and cashier. Keeps you running from 6-9 hrs 5 days a week.

I work a very active job. I teach preschool Three year olds. In a very large community center. The school wing is only one part of the building, we have access to all of it. My classroom is upstairs. I'm up and down the stairs an average of 10 times a day. Back and forth across the building to the playground and back, to the pool and back, to the gym and back, around the sculpture garden, etc many many times a day. And the number of trips back and forth across my own classroom is uncountable. Sit down, stand up, sit down, stand up all day long. Playing actively with the kids, also.

I lost my watch a couple weeks ago, and I've been wearing my step counter watch just for the hell of it. A typical work day for me seems to be averaging between 19,000 and 22,000 steps per day.

I'm a "Life Experience Coordinator" working with Severe Mentally ILL..The majority of my job keeps me be on-the-go :happy: then to find time for the computer charting notes :grumble: :grumble:

I work at an equipment desk at my college's rec center. Half the time (sometimes more, depending on the shift) I'm just sitting in a chair, doing paperwork or homework, but the rest of the time I'm running around, lifting equipment like weights, basketballs, and speed bags for our patrons!