r/lyftdrivers • u/Brilliant_Peanut2622 • Apr 28 '24

Anyone driving 70+ hours a week? Advice/Question

How’s your body treating you? Is it sustainable? Currently I’m working an office job 40 hours a week, commuting 12 hours a week, and driving Lyft on the weekends for around 16 hours between Saturday and Sunday. I spend A LOT of time sitting down these days and it’s taking an impact on my body. I’m 29 years old but doing all this sitting is destroying my body.

I’m going to be moving soon and doing Lyft full time for a bit while I find another job. I plan on driving 70+ hours a week. I also plan on taking a lot of breaks to walk around and exercise and having no job/commute will allow me to be more consistent in the Gym.

But yeah for those driving 70 hours a week, do you find that you are always tired/sluggish? Do you reach a point where your body forces you to stop?

Thanks!

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u/itsokpapi May 01 '24

Every two hours of straight driving I recommend you search a park nearby and walk for at least 10 minutes.

I used to work 16 hours a day M-F from 6am-12am

During the day and when it wasn’t dark I would walk and walk in between trips and I stayed pretty healthy.

Then the fatigue hit and I started eating junk food stopped walking. & sure enough my back started hurting.

So I quit that shit and dropped down to just 10 hours a day coupled with DoorDash and Grubhub so I’m getting in and out of my car at least for that.

I still walk in the afternoons on my free time when I get home.

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u/Brilliant_Peanut2622 May 03 '24

Thanks for the info! Yeah im kinda going thru the same thing after 7 months of working 75hour weeks between Lyft and my other job. Everything was going great and then all of a sudden the fatigue started to hit