Question:
Is there anywherre an otr truck driver can exercise? In warm weather, the driver can exercise outside I guess. But what about winter? Why don't truck stops provide mini gyms? How can truck drivers stay healthy without exercising? Is there any time for exercising?

Answer:
I keep 200 lbs. of free weights with me and work out outside the truck unless it is raining, snowing, and/or extremely windy or cold outside. Even then, I'll do my workout inside the truck. The only trouble spot inside is trying to do squats/deadlifts...that is very challenging indeed! But you can do about everything inside or out of the truck.
A few years back, the Pilot chain of tuckstop dabbled with a gym in some of their truckstops but it didn't last long needless to say. Seems that people couldn't pick up after themselves, stole what equipment they could, or trashed the places. Besides that, more often than not you'll find an attitude out here that is dominated by the notion that the few of us who do exercise are "strange", "aren't real truck drivers", or "have too much time on our hands and aren't getting any miles". Nothing more than pure b.s. and excuses...
"Pain is weakness leaving the body."
"Nobody ever drowned in their own sweat."

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When I was OTR, I put a load lock across the inside of my condosleeper, and could do pull ups that way. I also did situps on the bunk, pushups on the bunk, and had free weights (dumbells of various weights) so I could do curls,either in the sleeper, or while sitting in the front seat waiting on a customer, etc. I also had leg and arm weights, which I would wear while walking. If I was parked at a customer warehouse, I would walk around outside if the weather was nice, or inside if it wasn't. Many of the customers didn,t mind me taking a brisk walk around the shipping dock, so long as I could do so and not be in the way.
I am told that I don't look like a truck driver, I say "GOOD!!" If looking like a truck driver means being fat and sloppy, I never want to look like a truck driver. Call me weird, but I will not be the one getting diabetes and keeling over from a heart attack before I am 60. I have grandchildren and great grandchildren who have yet to be born. I want to meet them someday.
"I consider myself a good judge of character, and that's why I don't like nobody."
-Roseanne
Answer:
I have a little routine I do in the truck -- lots of crunches in the bunk (I refuse to let my stomach sag as I get older) -- but it's very hard to get even mild cardiovascular exercise unless you run or carry a bike. Truck drivers don't walk very much - at least not as much as most folks. Most folks walk about 3 miles a day, alot of it just around the house and office, etc. Truckers hardly walk at all.
Truck stops keep trying to sell healthy food or provide exercise opportunities. As posted above, few use the equipment or trash it, and the fresh snacks rot on the shelves. Who wants carrots, celery and some fresh juice, when you can snack on a huge bag of Cheetos and wash them down with a 24oz liquid candy bar (soda).

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Several months ago, I bought a pedometer. It counts the number of steps you take throughout the day. I was amazed at what that little gizmo told me.
www.walk4life.com has a wealth of information about using walking to preserve or improve your health. Well worth a visit.