Looking for a non-sedentary job!

breeseyb
breeseyb Posts: 15 Member
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I wasn't sure which discussion group to put this in...I'm wondering if anyone has any job fields that at least don't involve sitting around at a desk all day or even better involve being active. I'm thinking about going to college in the future and was just looking for some ideas. Thanks!

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  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    Construction.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    ER doctor or nurse
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Smoke jumper.
  • Trish1c
    Trish1c Posts: 549 Member
    edited July 2016
    Server -- waiter or waitress, assuming you are not tempted to eat the food.

    Cleaning person.

    Construction

    bike messenger
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    ER doctor or nurse

    Pretty much any hospital job. The guy that was transporting my mom from her room over to the MRI department told me that he clocks in about 4 miles a day just transporting patients around the hospital.
  • grannynot
    grannynot Posts: 146 Member
    What do you enjoy doing/what interests you?? Look around you - there are all sorts of jobs where you can be active all day!
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    Dance instructor, fitness coach, blacksmith, gardener, oh heck, you should see how fit the guy that cleans my pool is! And he is self employed!
  • JessicaJS23
    JessicaJS23 Posts: 1,863 Member
    Tanning salon. Never get to sit :neutral:
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Landscaping, construction, postal carriers or UPS driver, Meter reader, traffic cop in a city, bike runner, etc.
  • Turb2o
    Turb2o Posts: 82 Member
    Post man 11miles a day its fun in a storm
  • Mikel432
    Mikel432 Posts: 135 Member
    Have you considered purchasing one of those pedal stations that goes under your desk? My buddy's wife swears by hers and she has a sedentary job
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    AskTracyAnnK28 wrote: »
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    ER doctor or nurse

    Pretty much any hospital job. The guy that was transporting my mom from her room over to the MRI department told me that he clocks in about 4 miles a day just transporting patients around the hospital.

    This. Like you said, not limited to nursing. The patient transports put on the miles!

    I'm a hospital housekeeper and do about 6 miles a day, lift about 500-700 pounds of dirty linen a shift, plus trash, plus all the physical motions of cleaning. I'd probably be 400 pounds if I didn't work here!
  • hankpick77
    hankpick77 Posts: 1,666 Member
    Industrial electrician, wearing a 40 lb tool pouch, bending rigid conduit and pulling wire all day (is great on the lats) ,just don't get promoted or your back to a desk job!
  • StrongAndHealthyMommy
    StrongAndHealthyMommy Posts: 1,255 Member
    I am a Respiratory therapist, usually the only one in the hospital... my legs usually hurt from walking so much. and between sitting down to chart and getting up to take care of my patients I get a great workout while I make money.

    I used to be a bartender and actually was more active than Respiratory therapist. as RT I have to keep the calm... as bartender I could even run behind my bartop. I used to burn around 3000+ calories working 5 hours shift bartending
  • ann_kristen
    ann_kristen Posts: 34 Member
    I'm as nurse at a hospital and and I get 5 miles pretty much every day and lift very heavy/obese patients. I don't know if I would recommend it though. Guys would actually fair pretty well as a nurse these days though.
  • TreasureDiver1
    TreasureDiver1 Posts: 35 Member
    Mixed Martial Arts fighter - Lot's of opportunity in this field lately, if you've got the determination.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    PurringMyrrh wrote: »
    AskTracyAnnK28 wrote: »
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    ER doctor or nurse

    Pretty much any hospital job. The guy that was transporting my mom from her room over to the MRI department told me that he clocks in about 4 miles a day just transporting patients around the hospital.

    This. Like you said, not limited to nursing. The patient transports put on the miles!

    I'm a hospital housekeeper and do about 6 miles a day, lift about 500-700 pounds of dirty linen a shift, plus trash, plus all the physical motions of cleaning. I'd probably be 400 pounds if I didn't work here!

    Yeah - I worked in the Finance department of a hospital and still probably clocked in at least 2+ miles a day because the campus was so huge.

  • breeseyb
    breeseyb Posts: 15 Member
    edited July 2016
    Thanks for all the feedback! Especially love the porn star post :D but I don't think I have the porn star physique yet

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