Your job can be your workout……

If you want to incorporate your daily workout into your job, become a server. There’s a lot more to this server gig, than just walking around. When asked what I do for a living, I like to tell people that I walk around and carry things…sometimes heavy things.

Depending on what area of the restaurant you are working in, your workout can vary in intensity from day to day. If you are in a section that is close to the kitchen, it will be a light workout day….however, if you are working on the patio….it’s usually farther away, the amount you walk will double…and the trays you carry will be heavier. They will be heavier because in your attempt to cut down on trips back to the kitchen, (since your under certain time constraints)… you will pile more stuff on your tray. Think about it, at the gym, you pick up a weight and set it back down. In a restaurant, you pick up a heavy tray, and instead of setting it right back down, you have to carry it to a destination. There is also a certain amount of balance involved….then add to that, that you may have to maneuver a door open…and then you have to gracefully set down your 30 pound tray without tilting it.

One place I worked at had banquet rooms on three levels, so to get to the upstairs or downstairs level, you had to navigate 17 stairs. I did the math one day, counted how many times I went up and down the stairs, when all was said and done, I had walked about 700 stairs. That in itself is a good workout, then add the fact that you are carrying things and moving quickly. Your legs and ass are gonna feel this. So are your arms, because again, in an attempt to cut down on the number of trips, (I really don’t want to do more than 700 stairs) you’re gonna carry as much weight as you can on any given trip.

Again, add to this the fact that you’re trying to look relaxed, and fresh as a daisy as you are standing at a table wondering if they can see the sweat starting to run down the side of your face.