Is P90X possible OTR?

I would like to know also I've seen other drivers with dumbbells on the side of their trucks before working out. I would seriously like to know myself I have the p90x workout at my home started trying to get back in shape after a move to Tennessee before that I was training in muay Thai was in pretty good shape now a couple years later and 1 ½ years pulling trailers around and I'm a blob LOL

 

Curious....follow up please

 

If you make it a priority, you can make it happen. It's on you.

 

I'm curious if there is enough room in the sleeper

 

Are you going to be in a company truck and are you a Midget then Maybe LOL My last OTR truck was an 09 freight shaker with duel bunks like most company trucks. And I am 6'4 260 I used the top bunk to work out on I didn't have a mattress up there so I used my old poly pad from the Army and a beach towel. there I did push ups sit ups flutter kicks and a bunch of others I don't remember the name of, for pull ups I moved to the bottom bunk and use the top bunk as a pull up bar. As far as doing PX-90 IDK but there ways to work out in the truck you just have to modify them a bit.

 

I guess it all depends on how much room you have in the truck you drive. In P90X there is not a lot of jumping around except for the video called Plyometrics. For most of the other videos, you are stationary. I'd be more concerned about the room to store dumbbells than I would worry about not being able to move around. Then again, you could always buy Power Blocks or Select-Tech dumbbells to save space.

I have been doing P90X and other Team Beachbody workouts since 2010, so I have a pretty good knowledge of them. Plus I just became a P90X Certified Beachbody Coach...while I was still doing my CDL school, no less!

If anyone has any questions about P90X or any of those workouts, feel free to ask me. If I don't know an answer right away, I will be sure to find it for you!

By the way, I am also new to the board here.

Steve

 

i am 42 years old and have been OTR for 23yrs. although i am able to keep my weight in check i know i am terribly out of shape. when i first started driving i used to hand bomb tons of frieght and now lumpers are used for everthing, whichs is good because i can sleep and bad because the only excersise i got is now gone.i think if a person wants something bad enough they can do anything.i read on another posting site that someone seen an OTR driver with his laptop on his fuel step watching and doing P90X at the back of a truck stop.which sounds possible, i am seriously thinking of ways to get into shape which is why i googled P90X for truckers in the first place and came across this site.i guess for the northern guys P90X wouldn't be possible or certainly not comfortable in do do outside in the winter.there are now North American wide 24hr fitness places that are literally every 400miles or less and if you get a memebership, say in texas you can use that same memebership to workout in at another franchise in Minnesota or even Calgary alberta if your an international driver. its not P90X but its a place where you can work out in and most places have showers in them to clean up afterward.i work for a large company as a company driver and its scary how many older drivers are having massive heart attacks or are being found dead in thier truck.i do not want to be like those guys! everything that contributes to a healthy lifestyle like proper diet, excersise, ample sleep and low stress levels are not common in the OTR lifestyle and i guess if you want to live a long life and not be crippled up in your late 50's or early 60's its gonna take discipline and sustained focus on doing what it takes to make sure one eats healthy and gets proper rest and some excersise.now the P90X is an extream form of fitness, i recently heard a study on the doctors radio that said 40mins of cardio a day, 5 days a week is enough to make a huge difference in someones life who does little or no excercise at all.so a 10min walk ( to warn up ) followed by a 30min jog adds up to 40mins which might be more of a realistic excersise program for an OTR driver. atleast your working your heart & lungs and getting the blood pumping.

 

Like you said, man, ANYTHING can be done if you want it bad enough. There are always ways to modify. For example, with Kenworth trucks there is no way to hook up a chin-up bar in the sleeper berth. However, in the DVDs they show people modifying for chin-ups by using resistance bands and kneeling down on the ground; you just have to loop the band over something and kneel far enough away so it has the same effect. As for following the nutrition guide, my plan was to take the nutrition guide book to a nutritionist while I was on home time and explain to them, "This is the kind of workout I do...this is the kind of nutrition I am supposed to follow...only catch being I am on the road, so I don't always have the resources to make the meals they recommend. Can you help me come up with an alternate approach that meets the same needs?"

When people want things bad enough, they WILL find a way. I know that I'm going to. If anyone wants to join me, then drop me a line. I will gladly share my notes with you, especially about the nutrition side; that way you will have the hard work done for you!

 

I use kettlebells, resistance bands, convict conditioning calisthenics to work out in my truck. You can do this all easily inside truck. There is no excuse, still wanting a better chin/pull-up bar setup cause the top bunk method is not great IMO .