Fitness level and working-out lifting weights while OTR

if you come home daily and you work in a office and you dont work out now. you probaly wont work out in the truck. i work out 4 days a week but i been doing it before trucking. i doubt youll pick up the habit when your in trucking. one of the reasons otr scares me. i need to workout. but ya you can take dumbbells, do push ups, run, jog, etc. some have gyms (barely) . try to go flatbed and be homeweekends so you can get 2 days of workout in the week.,=

 

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I do convict conditioning which is progressive calistenics, I'm on my 16th week (veterano schedule) of doing it and I swing some kettlebells for some cardio/conditioning after as well. You can do most of the CC inside a truck if you have a stand up sleeper except for leg raises and pull-ups, you can add a bar inside (I use a smart bar load lock) or use a folding top bunk. You can also use a regular load lock inside an empty trailer with a strap securing the load lock better to hold your bodyweight and do pull-ups. I also know where plenty good tree branches and rest areas with pull-up bars are located, many new Texas rest areas are being built with workout bars installed. I've been working out for a couple years on the road and I found this system of calistenics to be straight up it's the highlight of my day to practice my next workout.

I'm considering doing a website showing how to do most of the exercises inside or outside the truck with tips since some can be tricky. I'm decently lean being a OTR which is very rare for nearly 17 years now, I find convict conditioning works well because it's based on workouts done by prisoners in little spaces like inside a truck we are in often.


edit a link to book http://www.amazon.com/Convict-Condi...ength-ebook/dp/B004XIZN5M/ref=tmm_kin_title_0

you can also find videos online for it, make a written log and it's a fun way to exercise that is legit, but intense as you progress.

 

After driving for 11 hours not many people feel like running or doing push ups before hitting a sack. Like previous poster said if its not your hobby now it most likely won't be when you start driving. Now i'm not trying to discourage you by any means but you need to find some fun in working out and stick to it with healthy food. It's pointless if you're gonna walk/run couple of miles a day and eat McDonalds before you go to bed.

Another thing, sitting behind a desk and driving an 80K lbs vehicle 10 hrs a day is way different. Also driving a flatbed should give you a great workout each day so all you have to do is watch what you eat and those pounds will come off very easy and quick

Sorry for the long post

 

I used to do sexersise but my partner well sheg got fat and now am fat ... but no kidding CSA got me scared i used to have a perfect body now am a joke...... well ssi here I come

 

Well one thing to remember is we have a 30 minute break we have to take every 8 hours on duty, this is perfect for a workout and meal after. I usually take 45m-1hour to do workout then go eat daily, if you have the desire to workout then just do it even if you quit a few times come back to it. There is a lot of negativity out on the road, most of it by the other drivers mouths just foaming with excuses. Ignore them all, keeping in good shape and looking great is not that hard at all if you use your head.

 

Two 5lbs bells that I use for the fonda curls on my arms. After 2 sets of 25 those 5 lbs weight feel like they weight 100lbs and it takes some pushing to make it through the last few. If your new to it, take your reps easy because this will work the #### out of your arms. My first couple of weeks doing it I had a little trouble shifting the truck because my arms hurt but I'm used to it now. A stretch cord for leg and torso exercise helps to along with regular push ups and sit ups. I don't run as I do smoke which wouldn't kill me to quit but a bunch of us knows how that goes. Being a flatbedder though, I've been able to tone my exercise down some giving me time for my body to recoup. I have two days a week that I use as rest days (wed sat). Saw a guy at the petro in west Memphis a couple years ago that carried a homemade bar that nested in the stake pocket of his flatbed and he could do pull ups and all kinds of other stuff including a set of hanging boots to do inverted sit ups. Of course this dudes arms were bigger then my neck. Then had a bar with several steel weights and did free curls and squats with it. I thought about buying a welder and doing the same but the weight it would add to the truck concerns me.

As for the OP, well, I have to agree with 4noreason. If your not doing it now, you #### sure ain't gonna do it on the road. Time management is key on the road so out of all the things that need to be done, you have to work in that time. Truckin' is a 24/7 business not the typical 9-5 routine. There is no residual routine in this business. You roll when the load needs to roll. Your personal time is whenever you can get it and that includes paying your bills and washing laundry on the road unless you get a load that gives you a little play time. I would go on the BMI chart. If you can't make it on that chart to qualify then you might ought to wait and get yourself in shape. Its going to be up to you and solely you to get up and take care of yourself. No one including a trainer can be around to drill you on exercise. You need to have the determination for yourself in your mind or you will fail at any goal you make. Self control over what you eat and how much is a biggie too!

 

I dont work out and am gaining a little weight since i started pulling van. Flatbed kept me in real good shape. If worried about helth flatbed will keep you a lot more active. I got pretty muscular arms flatbedding without ever working out.