Bringing along a bicycle/truckstop workouts

I don't ride a bike, but I do have a roll out foam mat. When I get held up waiting on dispatch or taking a break...I run and work out. I just quit smoking not long ago and found out that I need less naps and can get up earlier in the moring and stay awake longer...so I have really been into staying in shape since then. If I know there are showers and I have and hour or two to kill for food/rest...I take a jog, sit-ups, push-ups and hit the showers before eating. I've had people comment on it and they say that I'm a different breed of trucker...working out, hawaiian surf shorts, flip-flops...not quite what some 4 wheelers had in mind when they think of a trucker...

Like Nike says...just do it !!! go work out if that is what you like. It helps me with being away from home too and not falling into the "trucking lifestyle" people talk about. I tell them that I am a driver in the transportation industry. Don't think that you have to fall into some image...and a lot of guys don't exercise when they start out when they had been doing it before trucking. Then they complain and it becomes something else to miss about the "old" life, and so on...it just gets worse from there and the complaining doesn't stop until they quit.

I've even been at weigh stations for checks and had the officer not even look at my book, just hold it is his hand, maybe a glance. My sleeper cab is squeaky clean, bed made and it is obvious that I work out, 35lb dumb bells, curling bar, running shoes, foam mat, etc...If they know you care about your health, they know you care about your job and you get less flack when you are checked. Me & the officer will BS about sports or something, then I go on my way.

If you can't tell...I am excited to hear others interested in working out and staying healthy. I encourage it to other drivers all the time. I would love it if truck stops had weight rooms and stuff and you never know, maybe they will one day if they see enough guys staying in shape. Trucking will take it's toll on a person, sitting all day, sleeping, the food is greasy...that's why I work flat beds...just to throw tarps. They are 300lbs and I love it !!! It's like working out...not work.

You strap that bike to your windshield if you have to !!! lol & we'll see ya out there.

 

i kept my bike on my upper bunk tied down so i wouldn't bonk me in the head goin down the road. i was nice i got to see alot more of a town then u would if u where driven through, and it made some of those couple day waits till i got unloaded more enjoyable. hinz the reason i'm not driven otr at the moment.

 

take walks brother.

Even if it just around you truck/trailer. Do a 15 min/mile pace (fast walk) will keep you in shape and take less than 20 mins a day!

If you need a ride somewhere-secure the truck and get a cab. Only do so I you have the time!

 

I have been wondering this exact same thing!
I have this wonderful bike, my most favorite bike in the world that I bought last year, a Giant cruiser with a big fat seat.

I like the idea of putting it in the upper bunk. Safer that way. And just think, you can see the sights better like one poster said. And run your dog too if she's with ya

 

If you're strong enough to lift it into the truck (and then the upper bunk)! I would think that would be enough of a workout. You say you can tell that a middle-aged woman wrote this?

My trainer kept a bicycle strapped and bungied to the landing gear under the trailer. The company didn't like it much but they put up with it. They wouldn't let him carry it on the back of the cab. It was a fairly cheap bike and it took quite a lot of gas! I've seen it coated an inch thick in ice. And all the gears but one quit working.

So I don't quite know if I'm recommending anything here -- just commenting on how he did it. It was useful to have one; he could just ride away from the truck once we got somewhere, or mess around on the bike while I messed around trying to hit a loading dock!