How do you feel after work

[Darren Bent]

I am always too tired on Saturdays that why I never complain about Sunday kick off in football.

As I am doing studying for open university. I find it hard to do it on Saturdays and after working on big walks or wrong side of town. I need to be home before 2.00pm to do it effectively. So I have applied for buy down but not heard anything.

I think walk between 3 hrs 30 mins and 4 hrs is ok but doing this, plus throwing in mail and 90 minutes of IPS make it hard.

[TeeferTiger]

job is killing us slowly.....im 47 reasonably fit got a regular walk which isnt the most difficult in my office....i get home and im shattered...by 9pm its bedtime if i have not already fallen asleep on the sofa.....they just cant put any more onto us or the long term health implications will be horrendous......our office is just about to lose 2 posties to hip operations and thats not good enough

I did put on another post that I thought the first part of "no surprises" by Radiohead was very appropriate for RM at the moment...

[johnsouthwales]

lol yeah @ radiohead

[johnsouthwales]

it's like what you mentioned, the other parts add up. by the time prep work is done, most of the energy has been used up. walking 3 miles over a period of 3 three hours for example is just basically a rush. 4 miles walk over a 4 hour period is even more worse off.

it was said before that office workers walk up to 6 miles a day in total, which i couldn't work out how a small environment would make it possible over a period of 8 hours. but when u think of it, it does take you by suprise how much a person can walk in a day without realising it. of course it is not the same, as their walks are dispersed over a day and are intermittent. factory workers spend a lot of time walking and on feet. over a day, 20 fifty metre walks from one area to another equates to 0.6 miles. if someone takes their time, it's not so bad at 1-2mph as a normal walking pace. but if they rush it and use more energy, that is a differnt sitution altogether. it has been said that a policeman walks 6 miles a day, but the difference in that is that they are not carrying anything, so there is no extra burden, and they complain like hell about foot problems.. twice recently in different locations i have seen officers walking at fast paces. not that i look intentionally lol.. but it is extraordinary. probably i never realised it in myself at the time, but noticed in others how fast they were walking, and slowly realised that everybody is actually walking at a faster pace because of exessive demands made by circumstances. and when it finally hit the nail on the head during my employment in 2002 where i was basically going around like a blue arced fly. i could swear i was walking around 4mph constantly for 6 hours with a 30min break. previous employments involved some walking but not to that kind of level, or a combination of carrying and walking

[Puppetmaster]

I am very concerned,I and many guys I know have a napp in the afternoon,seems to be part of the job,but reports in the press this week suggest this is really bad for your health and gives you a increase of 25% chance of type 2 diabetes.

[stokes11eg]

it's like what you mentioned, the other parts add up. by the time prep work is done, most of the energy has been used up. walking 3 miles over a period of 3 three hours for example is just basically a rush. 4 miles walk over a 4 hour period is even more worse off.

it was said before that office workers walk up to 6 miles a day in total, which i couldn't work out how a small environment would make it possible over a period of 8 hours. but when u think of it, it does take you by suprise how much a person can walk in a day without realising it. of course it is not the same, as their walks are dispersed over a day and are intermittent. factory workers spend a lot of time walking and on feet. over a day, 20 fifty metre walks from one area to another equates to 0.6 miles. if someone takes their time, it's not so bad at 1-2mph as a normal walking pace. but if they rush it and use more energy, that is a differnt sitution altogether. it has been said that a policeman walks 6 miles a day, but the difference in that is that they are not carrying anything, so there is no extra burden, and they complain like hell about foot problems.. twice recently in different locations i have seen officers walking at fast paces. not that i look intentionally lol.. but it is extraordinary. probably i never realised it in myself at the time, but noticed in others how fast they were walking, and slowly realised that everybody is actually walking at a faster pace because of exessive demands made by circumstances. and when it finally hit the nail on the head during my employment in 2002 where i was basically going around like a blue arced fly. i could swear i was walking around 4mph constantly for 6 hours with a 30min break. previous employments involved some walking but not to that kind of level, or a combination of carrying and walking

I wear a pedometor tucked into my sock, always have done, and beleive it or not, by the time I leave the office for my walk,
i have already covered nearly three miles!! Outside, the difference between going to every door, and missing a few,
makes a difference to the amount of miles you do each day.

[dvbuk55]

What a bunch of softies! Worn out after a little walk OMG what sort of people are we breeding now? Where is the Dunkirk spirit - after a very arduous walk, I used to jog back home (3 miles), then take my collie for a very very long walk until he was begging to go home and then ....................................well I won't go into detail

[DGP1]

What a bunch of softies! Worn out after a little walk OMG what sort of people are we breeding now? Where is the Dunkirk spirit - after a very arduous walk, I used to jog back home (3 miles), then take my collie for a very very long walk until he was begging to go home and then ....................................well I won't go into detail

But then you used to get up 2 hours before you went to sleep and have to eat 1 tonne of poison every morning then work 28 hours before going home to be flogged to death.................................and it never did you any harm

[johnsouthwales]

jeez..it makes you wonder what ur supposed to do. i was taught a long time ago that after a vigorous walk, the best thing to do is to have a lye down with the feet raised 6-12inches to allow recirculation. they'll be saying that is bad for you next tut..

Legs have had to battle against the pull of gravity. This is particularly of the veins and muscles. The health of our leg veins is vital for our fitness, well-being and comfort; they have an important role in helping the circulation of the blood back to the heart against gravity. Veins can be affected by a variety of everyday lifestyles or other factors, causing uncomfortable problems such as aching, heavy and tired leg feelings.

Eat a balanced diet - go easy on junk foods and saturated fats. Drink plenty of water. Keep your legs, ankles and feet moving during the day. Try not to cross your legs for long periods . Exercise regularly. Rinse your legs with a burst of cool water in the shower or bath. Stimulate circulation by 'dry brushing' with a natural bristle brush daily or gently massaging your legs. Raising your legs for at least 10 minutes a day, perhaps when you get home from work, can help relieve the pressure on your leg veins.The circulatory system carries blood around the body to supply the tissues with oxygen and other vital nutrients. There are three main types of blood vessel - the veins, the arteries and the tiny capillaries in between.

The arteries carry blood from the heart around the body to the capillaries, from where nutrients and oxygen flow out into the tissues. The veins then collect the blood and carry it back to the heart for replenishment and the process starts all over again. Uncomfortable legs can make it difficult to get on with the day's tasks and often affect people's enjoyment of life.

Many people put up with these feelings, because they think they're an unavoidable part of getting older. However, these leg discomforts are often related to general lifestyles and other factors in everyday life, which affect the action of the leg veins and the muscle pump. Excessive pooling of the blood in the leg veins and a build up of fluid inside the tissues may be the source of the discomfort.

Other factors than can affect leg vein health and trigger leg discomfort include wearing shoes with rigid soles which stop the muscle pump working.

of course there is more to this as these are basics for day to day leg stresses for light to medium stresses, not taking into account for extra-ordinary leg pressures. whne someone is nackard, they are nackard, and the first instinct is to sleep when getting home, i've done it myself, or straight in the bath which only seemed to tense the body and became irritable. because not only the legs are tired, the head gets tired and this is generated by too much oxygen being produced and the lungs working overtime in conjunction with leg pressures. the last thing someone would want to do is go for a walk after walking all day, but it does seem to work and unwind through mental exercise rather than physical.

with the 3 miles you clock up before doing your round, how much energy do you think you use up? 3 miles does seem quite a lot, and that what i was expaining that i will suprise many how far each day people walk without realising. its the amount of energy that is put into your 3 miles or anyone elses 3 miles. everyone is different. do you find your 3 miles is a steady flow throughout or made up of intermittent short and sudden bursts?

[uprising95]

in other words make the rounds smaller to how they was then were all happy lol

[stokes11eg]

jeez..it makes you wonder what ur supposed to do. i was taught a long time ago that after a vigorous walk, the best thing to do is to have a lye down with the feet raised 6-12inches to allow recirculation. they'll be saying that is bad for you next tut..

Legs have had to battle against the pull of gravity. This is particularly of the veins and muscles. The health of our leg veins is vital for our fitness, well-being and comfort; they have an important role in helping the circulation of the blood back to the heart against gravity. Veins can be affected by a variety of everyday lifestyles or other factors, causing uncomfortable problems such as aching, heavy and tired leg feelings.

Eat a balanced diet - go easy on junk foods and saturated fats. Drink plenty of water. Keep your legs, ankles and feet moving during the day. Try not to cross your legs for long periods . Exercise regularly. Rinse your legs with a burst of cool water in the shower or bath. Stimulate circulation by 'dry brushing' with a natural bristle brush daily or gently massaging your legs. Raising your legs for at least 10 minutes a day, perhaps when you get home from work, can help relieve the pressure on your leg veins.The circulatory system carries blood around the body to supply the tissues with oxygen and other vital nutrients. There are three main types of blood vessel - the veins, the arteries and the tiny capillaries in between.

The arteries carry blood from the heart around the body to the capillaries, from where nutrients and oxygen flow out into the tissues. The veins then collect the blood and carry it back to the heart for replenishment and the process starts all over again. Uncomfortable legs can make it difficult to get on with the day's tasks and often affect people's enjoyment of life.

Many people put up with these feelings, because they think they're an unavoidable part of getting older. However, these leg discomforts are often related to general lifestyles and other factors in everyday life, which affect the action of the leg veins and the muscle pump. Excessive pooling of the blood in the leg veins and a build up of fluid inside the tissues may be the source of the discomfort.

Other factors than can affect leg vein health and trigger leg discomfort include wearing shoes with rigid soles which stop the muscle pump working.

of course there is more to this as these are basics for day to day leg stresses for light to medium stresses, not taking into account for extra-ordinary leg pressures. whne someone is nackard, they are nackard, and the first instinct is to sleep when getting home, i've done it myself, or straight in the bath which only seemed to tense the body and became irritable. because not only the legs are tired, the head gets tired and this is generated by too much oxygen being produced and the lungs working overtime in conjunction with leg pressures. the last thing someone would want to do is go for a walk after walking all day, but it does seem to work and unwind through mental exercise rather than physical.

with the 3 miles you clock up before doing your round, how much energy do you think you use up? 3 miles does seem quite a lot, and that what i was expaining that i will suprise many how far each day people walk without realising. its the amount of energy that is put into your 3 miles or anyone elses 3 miles. everyone is different. do you find your 3 miles is a steady flow throughout or made up of intermittent short and sudden bursts?

Well, a gentle three miles will not use as much energy as A Royal Mail three miles. Soaked through to the skin, frozen solid, with a full bag on your back, and facing gale force winds three miles can seem like ten.!there are machines that have a combined pedometer and calorie burner, might invest in one of those! I do not understand why Royal Mail
could not invest in tamper proof pedometers for all staff, this would surely give a far more accurate picture of how much
ground is covered on each walk.,making it easier to equalise them more fairly that the very expensive non-workable
pegasus geo- route fiasco!!

[uprising95]

great idea that
i might get one

look cheap to

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[johnsouthwales]

this is what was mentioned before, if everyone had a gentle walking pace. people are not designed by nature to walk fast, a normal steady walking pace is 1.5-2mph. in december, it was mentioned in the press to force workers to walk harder and 4mph was mentioned. walking at 4mph constantly is simply too much. it's adding onto an already over-stretched industry. and over work in the long run does not have any benefits healthwise whatsoever. not only does it lead to leg injuries, there are other factors to consider. flu, colds, general run down. the body's immune system will get run down, stress.....

as for forcibly having to wear a pedometer, isn't an infringement on rights? even if it is the only way to tell if someone is constantly walking 4mph, acting as a tachograph. and just how can you tell you are walking 4mph constantly and not dipping down to 3.75mph? or like i said, someone could be unwittingly be walking 4.5mph and that is even worse..

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Also a pedometer is not very accurate as it measures the amount of steps you take, but does not take in account terrain such as steep climbs or lots of steps/stairs. A more accurate measure would be some sort of wearable GPS device with which you can plot various data and even get it plotted on a map.

[johnsouthwales]

yeah a three mile walk seems far longer in wind and rain, and that just p#s55es ppl off to start with. all is fine on a clear day. but to make ppl walk faster and work harder in any condition with the same weight bag is just not acceptable.. what would be happening in 2 or 3 years time?? would they say to increase your walking speed from 4mph to 5mph? walking a straight mile with no load takes about 20 minutes at 3mph. soon as a load is put onto the shoulders, the load ladens the time. its a natural inevitability. the only way a person can keep to this timing is by using the extra body energy to compensate.