USA Truck Orientation Physical Question

I am seriously considering USA Truck for my first OTR driving job. At 58, I am not in the greatest physical condition, although I have begun working out to improve it. I am overweight, but my BP is good with my medication. If I were to be given a pre-hire to USA Truck and go through orientation, what physical tests should I expect to have to pass? Schneider as an example has a video that demonstrates their testing. The toughest tests for me if going with Schneider would be stepping up and down a 12" stair for one minute, and having to squat under a 40" platform for a time to simulate getting under a trailer. I have tested myself on the stair step, and i am sucking wind big time after doing that, although I can complete it, so I am targeting that exercise in particular to improve upon. Please let me know what I might face at USA Truck . Thanks.

 

Okay, so if I am understanding your replies correctly, USA Truck does NOT put a new driver in the orientation physical through all those physical agility tests such as stair stepping, crouching/duckwalk, weight lifting, etc?

 

No, but I will. I am afraid it may be a little too early yet to contact them. My mother recently passed away, and I am executor of her estate, and in the process of settling it. I should be ready to get the ball rolling for a trucking job hopefully by mid August, and hope to be in school by late August or Sept if all goes well. I should be able to pass a physical with agility tests, but I am 58 and have lost some strength and stamina over the last couple of years while taking care of my elderly mother. I am just trying to research, and get a good idea of what I will be facing.

 

Thanks, LeftEyeDaTruckr. Could you be more specific as to what exactly the physical does require and what they asked of you? I am guessing you recently went to work for USA Truck.