A professional mover shares his Fitbit data to show what you’re in for on moving day
For many in Boston, it is moving season, meaning sweaty hours of walking up seemingly endless staircases, carrying furniture you wish you never bought.
For many in Boston, it is moving season, meaning sweaty hours of walking up seemingly endless staircases, carrying furniture you wish you never bought.
For some, like Chip Caspreac, a foreman at Olympia Moving & Storage, based in Watertown, this is everyday life. Caspreac wore a Fitbit for the second half of the month of August, as he worked jobs all over Greater Boston.
The exercise tracker showed his daily number of steps ranged from 14,442 to 35,582, more than triple the “magic’’ Fitbit goal of 10,000 steps a day.
“I wasn’t surprised,’’ Caspreac said in reference to the number of steps he took.
For some context: 35,582 steps is equivalent to a little over 16 miles. Caspreac walked 16 miles carrying furniture, up and down Boston stairs.
For some more context: He basically walked from Back Bay to Framingham on the Massachusetts Turnpike, all while lifting couches, beds, dressers, and boxes.
Caspreac said that an average day is seven to nine hours of work.
“More than half of the steps are with something in your hands,’’ he said.
And the Boston area does not make things easy for him and his crew.
“It’s so difficult going west when there are bigger houses,’’ he mentioned. “In Jamaica Plain or Beacon Hill or Charlestown, they have narrow hallways that make your life difficult.’’
The most difficult job he ever has was just a few weeks ago in Charlestown.
“It was a five story house and there were five guys,’’ he said. “But we had to split up because the customer also had stuff in storage. Three guys on stairs and there was big bulky stuff. It was a really long day.’’
His tip if you are moving yourself?
“The best tip is to hire movers,’’ he said, laughing. But if you can’t hire movers he said to “get as many friends as you can and treat them nicely.’’
Best of luck, Boston movers.
Apparently move-in day in Boston used to be lots of fun:
To comment, please create a screen name in your profile
To comment, please verify your email address
Conversation
This discussion has ended. Please join elsewhere on Boston.com