Just counted 500 bricks laid this week and my back feels it

I hit 500 bricks laid this week on a garden wall job in Cleveland. Didnt realize I was moving that fast until I counted. My lower back is screaming tonight but the wall looks solid. Anyone else ever surprise themselves with a weekly count like that?

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quinna892mo ago

500 bricks in a week is solid work, but your back will remind you about it for a few days.

grantp142mo ago

Read some guy on Reddit say he hit 700 and couldn't move for two days.

murray.jana2mo ago

Honestly I used to hear those stories and think people were just being dramatic. But after watching a buddy of mine try to lay down 400 in a day last summer I totally get it now. @quinna89 is right, that kind of volume catches up with you hard. Ngl I'd rather climb a tree all day than spend two days laid up from brick work.

wesley_jones28d ago

400 bricks in one go sounds like a contest to see who can break their spine first, honestly. My buddy tried that same thing last summer and he was walking around like a question mark for three days. I'd rather drag a roll of chain link fence through a muddy yard than deal with that recovery.