Male Nurses that lift weights and stay fit

sjalv · Aug 28, 2013

Nursing student here. I've been regularly lifting for about 1.5 years now. This is my routine:

Mondays - triceps/biceps/abs

Wednesdays - back/chest

Fridays - legs/shoulders/abs

5'10, 150lbs, so obviously not huge but I'm pretty strong and my body fits me. I am more strength focused than size focused.

chuckz, BSN, RN · Aug 29, 2013

Yep. Male nurse. Did MICU ER and now CVICU. I'm also a former competitive bodybuilder and currently a competitive power lifter. I think being a bit bigger and muscular has helped me out many-fold in nursing. I worked in the emergency department at a large urban trauma one hospital that is know to be on of the busiest ERs in the country. There were stabbings shootings drug usage and people that were not so friendly. It was to my benefit to be bigger and stronger because the sense of me being able to take care of myself by the patients had them give me less of a hassle than the small petite nurses that are also there. We have security that is armed with police authority and a holding cell in the basement. To walk through the ER you have to go through a metal detector. It's pretty rough. I enjoyed and the police enjoyed having another man who was larger and they could count on to help them.

I am not saying its the end all be all. I am a really good and compassionate and caring nurse. I will do things to break the ice and make people feel comfortable and I work in the CViCU now and I will come to the bedside and will tell people sometimes, "no I'm not security, I'm actually your nurse." They usually laugh and it breaks the ice and its pretty cool. It's a part of who I am because I have been doing it for almost 24 years of my life and it has only helped my nursing career. The only thing that sucks s that people always ask me for help lifting the heavy Pts. That's a pain in the butt but one I will take gladly.

Train hard my bruthas!

M_8123 · Aug 29, 2013

Hey guys im a newly liscenced RN, i wrestled in college but ius been awhile since i worked out. Its good to have a place read similar peeps like me. Def good motivation. Jus got full time at SNF and a baby on the way. Def stressful time but good to know i can come here and get motivation from guys in the same career field. Thank you!

CharmCityMD410 · Sep 1, 2013

Lifting is my true passion.

Bench 295

Deadlift 500

Squat 405

5'8" 185lbs

zzbxdo · Sep 1, 2013

Lifting is my true passion.
Bench 295
Deadlift 500
Squat 405
5'8" 185lbs

Damn yous a beast. 235/435/345 myself at my best, it was so much easier to train in school. Stalled progress but much leaner with work, gf and enjoying sd. 5'7 160 ish

CharmCityMD410 · Sep 2, 2013

Damn yous a beast. 235/435/345 myself at my best, it was so much easier to train in school. Stalled progress but much leaner with work, gf and enjoying sd. 5'7 160 ish

I'm still not where I want to be. Nursing school is throwing off my gym schedule big time. I'm really into powerlifting so it's nothing to spend 2-3 hours in the gym lifting. But school kills my food intake and training schedule.

zzbxdo · Sep 2, 2013

Hohoho trust me once you start work it'll be harder, unless you're staying in the same town without a new outside routine. Harder to cook and plan meals, sometimes you'll feel wasted from consecutive shifts. But the diet.. I say that at work right now grilling burgers and crap haha.

sjalv · Sep 3, 2013

Hohoho trust me once you start work it'll be harder, unless you're staying in the same town without a new outside routine. Harder to cook and plan meals, sometimes you'll feel wasted from consecutive shifts. But the diet.. I say that at work right now grilling burgers and crap haha.

It isn't such a big deal if you prepare the meals for the week at one time and just freeze them/reheat them.

zzbxdo · Sep 3, 2013

I still do that and it isn't too much of an issue, but there times when it just doesn't happen. It's definitely not as easy keeping a strict diet and training vs a moderately consistently school routine. Rotating shifts, traveling, enjoying life in Socal. Living the life for sure, still get at least 1-2 heavy compound training a week, I don't think I can hit 3 nowadays unless I have nothing planned with days off in between shifts, squeeze in secondary compounds whenever I have

I do think intermittently fasting and pre prepping meals works pretty well with 12 hour shifts though. Take a shake /bcaas as I walk to work, skip breakfast and pound my cals over a late lunch and when I get home. Not at my strongest but looking much better with my physique a year the routine. I train to eat, definitely got more room to lose but whatevers lol

rubato, ASN, RN · Sep 3, 2013

I'm female, but used to be a personal trainer, so lifting is always going to be a part of my life. I love it and try to make time twice a week. I also run marathons, so that training takes lots of time. I'm in my 2nd year of school and the thing I have the hardest time with is setting that alarm for 5 am on clinical days. Or 4:30 some days. It's so easy to say you'll do it tomorrow, but I try not to give in to it. Diet is pretty easy for me. I cook a weeks worth of lunches on Sunday and prepack them.

CharmCityMD410 · Sep 6, 2013

If the bar ain't bending....you just pretending.

Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

seriouslyserious, LPN · Oct 13, 2013

If the bar ain't bending....you just pretending.
Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

i concur... though that is going to bruise lots of egos in here. "squats are bad for the knees" and "deadlifts are bad for the back." my bar doesn't bend but i am totally trying... not pretending. are you a power lifter? or do you supplement your sport with power/strength training? i am impressed... i have yet to hit 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 bodyweight coefficients in the bench, squat, or deadlift. youtube channel?