Hit 1000 pounds of ground beef in a single shift yesterday, my arms are dead

i don't even know how it happened. we got a last minute order from a local diner chain and i was the only one on the grind. 1000 lbs. my forearms are still buzzing this morning. has anyone else had a shift that just wrecked them physically?

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ryanprice3d ago

Dang, that beef grind sounds brutal, hope your arms recover soon.

jade_lane193d ago

I read somewhere that grinding that much beef in one go can actually cause something called "grinder's forearm" where the repetitive motion swells up the muscles and tendons. 1000 pounds is wild though, that's like 40 full sized briskets worth of meat. Hope you're icing those arms and taking it easy today because that kind of workload can mess with your grip strength for days.