Exercise and healthy eating for the OTR truck driver

I cut this from a post about this topic.......
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ss-center-every-truck-stop-3.html#post1310551

 

man that used to be my favorite movie when i was a kid

 

I'm thinking about getting into trucking, yet I have a big concern. 1. Is it convenient to stop at a Cub Food or food coop to get fresh produce (brocolli, lettice, cucumbers, etc)? I'm thinking of making my own salads or finding a restaurant with a fresh salad bar.2. I've been told the cabs have refrigerators in them. Would they hold a few days worth of fruits and vegetables plus a couple gallons of filtered water? Thank you for your input!

 

I shopped at grocery stores and Walmart for veggies. You can easily get the truck into these parking lots to do your shopping.
Usually the refrigerators are not furnished. You would have to buy your own DC powered fridge.

Making your own salads is a very good idea. Keeps you healthy and is cost wise.
I would make chicken and tuna salad and use Romain lettuce to wrap the salad as opposed to bread.
Best to You!!!

 

You can do a better workout with bands than weights on a truck. I have a set of three bands of different resistence. I can use a low resistence, medium resistence, high resistance, or a combination. I can do curls, presses, lunges, squats, flys etc. with them. Easily portable. I gave $29.99 for them at Big 5.

 

That is exactly what it is like. Your body is 70% water. Most Americans believe that they can substitute soft drinks or juices for water and this is not the case. If one drinks a soda or juice one should still drink water to wash it down. Most Americans are dehydrated. Between the sugars being taken and the lack of water drinking...we are rotting ourselves to death.

 

I read the first few pages of this thread, then jumped to around the beginning of 2010 posts, and I must say, there is some great info in here.

I'll have to say, I agree with all of those that say if you're saying you have no time to exercise, then you're giving yourself an excuse not to do it. Exercise is one of those things that's very important, however not something that is urgent, so it's easy to just slack away on it until your health comes back to bite you in the rear.

As for myself, I bring 3 sets of dumbbells with me. 40s, 50s, and 60s. I also bring a 5' bar, and plates. When it's nice outside, and the skeeters aren't out en mass, I'll go outside and do either an MMA style circuit(a la Randy Couture), or a workout that involves explosive movements, like snatches. When in the truck, I break up my workouts into chest and shoulders, back(lower, mid, and traps), and legs. At the end of each workout I do something for my core. Check out the Core DVD for P90X if you get the chance, and grab some of those exercises. I try to do these in the late afternoon, and try to go for a 30-60 minute walk/jog first thing in the morning before breakfast. That way, fats are burned pretty much immediately, instead of sugars. One other thing I have, is a mini stepper, so cardio can be done in the truck too, if it's crappy out.

As for food, I try to plan out my meals for the week. I eat every 3-3.5 hours, and try to keep it to good foods. One problem I do have though, is water. I'll drink nearly a gallon of water a day, but I use the Nestea crystals. However, I dilute them 3 times more than the package calls for. I just can't get used to the taste of plain water.

It's all in planning. It's no different than finances. If you plan on what you're doing, then you're in charge. If you don't plan ahead, then you have no control of your life, and your health.

 

Also consider that exercise alleviates a lot of damage from bad foods. The guy who did the Mcdonald's diet almost died, but the guy who did it and exercised fared far better - although still had his health tank on him. They don't sell food at McDonald's.

 

Very interested in this information if you can post it still. I realize a lot of time has lapsed but hoping someone can reply to this.

 

Can't help with that specific link, but there is a Cooking In The Truck thread in the section "Questions from new drivers".

For some reason I can't get a link to post here today, but i'm sure you can find it anyway!