Are the 'StayFit' rooms like little gyms? I couldn't find any pictures online, just a list of locations on the Petro and TA sites. They also say there are walking and running trails too. I've been out of trucking for a few years and preparing to possibly return so I just wanted to find out if these are for real. I remember several years ago they started a gym chain (Rolling Strong?) but I think it went out of business.
'StayFit' fitness rooms at TA and Petro: what are they like?
Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by Ralph4159, Apr 29, 2012.
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HAHAHA .....MOST DRIVERS.... What's a stayfit??? lemme move on past this one. They're not all that mostly a bike, treadmill, and if ur lucky a machine combo weight training
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OK, thanks.
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Most of them I have seen are an elliptical, an exercise bike, and a treadmill. Some of them have a power tower as well, but I haven't seen any free weights (major lawsuit liability even if they do claim "at your own risk").
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Plus, to really get the benefit of free weights, you need to use them regularly. You need to be working out at least 3 times a week. Best to devise your own workout regimen. Then if you come upon a weight room, all the better.
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Good point. I carry a mat, a dumbbell, and a resistance rubber band thingy. So between that and going to the gym on the weekends and every now and then when feasible hit up a YMCA or gold's or whatever's in the vicinity within reason.
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I'm not crazy about their walking trails, either. All the ones I've seen, it's just a Google Earth picture where they mark out a loop in red. Often times, that loop is down the shoulder of a road. I've seen a couple where they route you down a sidewalk, but it still seems kind fo silly. I could have found that sidewalk without their help.
I'm not complaining about the fitness centers. They are nice to have on a rainy day or in a bad neighborhood. But I've never been the gym rat type, anyway. I prefer to be outside. So even when I'm at a location with the fitness center, I rarely use it. -
Do you guys use the dumbells and resistance stuff inside the cab? What about getting all sweaty? I bought a great weighted jump rope once but was always too afraid to use it. It seems like if you stick out from the crowd and were to jump rope at the truck stop or at a rest area, other drivers would go nuts on the CB and someone might even cut your tires or do something crazy.
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I've looked at a few of the walking trails to see if it's an actual trail or just follow this road to this road to this road and it's a mile. Most times I look at the route and think "no way in he** I'm walking that". Not because it's not healthy, but because I don't want to end up missing. -
Besides, just think how "they" will laugh at you if you are waddling across the lot with your belly hanging down to your knees barely able to breathe.
Some people worry way too much about what other people think. Just do your thing and to he'll with them.sassy_southern_trucker and Ralph4159 Thank this.
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