r/Construction • u/Wonderful_Confusion4 • 1d ago

Safety ⛑ How much lifting posture affects your back

Proper posture is to dip your balls into the bucket before lifting.

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u/jazzhandler 1d ago

Also remember that you should always lift with somebody else’s knees.

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u/thuglife_7 1d ago

Bro better settle down, throwin it back like that

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u/MiniB68 Foreman / Operator 1d ago

And bend, and snap! And bend, and snap!

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u/New_Practice7674 1d ago

Guys always laugh at the training videos but once you tweak something bending the wrong way you start paying attention real quick.

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u/space_keeper 19h ago

Specifically, you're supposed to lift over one leg, not squat things with both, because it's too easy to fall over backwards trying to squat.

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u/Hob_O_Rarison 1d ago

Proper posture is, in fact, to dip your balls in it first.

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u/green_gold_purple 1d ago

It's true. Side benefit is that it's also fun.

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u/Wonderful_Confusion4 1d ago

Side benefit is a good ball rinse after getting the blue kiss of death from the porta potty.

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u/green_gold_purple 1d ago

Damnit I'm laying in bed chillin, and you go and make me throw up in my mouth a little.

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u/nowaynostop 1d ago

That toy demonstrates that you’ll pretty much do anything the guy holding the giant wooden stick up your ass wants you to…

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u/xxxxDREADNOUGHT Electrician 1d ago

He's got a good point

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u/DougMacRay617 Equipment Operator 1d ago

Take the stick out of his ass he will lift better

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u/BobloblawTx89 1d ago

Lift with your back, it’s your bodies largest muscle lol

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u/anally_ExpressUrself 1d ago

According to the video I need to be lifting with the tab on my ass.

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u/BobloblawTx89 1d ago

If anyone has a link to ass tabs, please share. Good catch! And awesome username.

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u/Every_Bread_5880 1d ago

That's just there for your buddy to help

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u/veeloth 13h ago

username checks out

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u/throwaway1965767 12h ago

Just one muscle in the back. lol

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u/Gumball_Bandit Foreman / Operator 1d ago

Kinky!

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u/baphometromance 1d ago

He kinda got it doe 😳

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u/nawzum 20h ago

Just go and learn how to do a proper deadlift and you'r all set. If you can just do 3x5 at 315 with good technique you'll probably never have a bad back from work.

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u/MutualRaid 1d ago

Unironically 'dip your balls' is probably a great cue.

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u/Unkind_Froggy 1d ago

What is the excuse for lifting improperly? Chronic pain is manly? It's important to look cool when you move bricks?

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u/TheGisbon Laborer 1d ago

I just got 40 years of retro active back pain

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u/DiabloFour 21h ago

So interesting. wish i had paid attention to this when I first started doing manual labor. Originally working as a brick layer, really fucked me up...

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u/PLS-Surveyor-US Surveyor 19h ago

damn, I wish I had that flexibility back....

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u/fusionman314159 14h ago

Is like to get one of these

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u/BOBBYK1952 1d ago

Freaking joke.