Tips To Help Truck Drivers Stay In Shape
Most people have difficulty finding time to exercise, but if your job means sitting down to do your work, it can be even more arduous to find the motivation to exercise. Truck drivers come into this category. Sitting all day behind a steering wheel can lead to several common problems associated with the job.
These include back problems, circulation problems, heart problems and obesity problems. After having driven all day, one of the last things a driver wants to do is go looking for a gym. However, there are a few things that truck drivers can do in order to reduce some of these latent problems.
When you park up to eat, park away from the building and walk the rest of the way. Also when you take your breaks, do not just sit in the cab and read the paper, go for a walk. Walk whenever you get the chance. The short distances will add up, as any physician will tell you, any activity is better than none.
Be sure to wear supportive footwear. You are clambering in and out of the cab and the trailer or jumping down from the rig throughout the day, so it is easily done to stumble and twist an ankle unless you are wearing boots that support your ankles.
You could get some exercise equipment such as a mini dumbbell for arm drills. You will find time to use the dumbbell while you are waiting for some administrator to sign your paperwork. One of the modern chest expanders can be used in restricted spaces as well. Even squeezing a tennis ball helps to keep the blood going around.
It is vital to get the amount of sleep that your body requires. This varies from person to person, but there are legal requirements to rest. Make certain that you observe these breaks and that your mattress and pillow are comfortable enough for you to sleep if you want to.
Having a small refrigerator or cool box is useful for keeping fruit, bread and other things palatable; just do not fill it up with pies, pastries and cakes. It is far better to graze, if your body does not require a lot of energy to do a job. It is far better to eat throughout the day than to eat a huge meal at night.
Make sure that you use your days off to do some bending and stretching. Swimming is very good for most of the muscles and internal organs in your body. So is walking. Gardening is a great way of keeping in shape as well. It is not necessary to go to a gym, that is modern hype. Nobody went to gyms before and there have always been driving jobs and office jobs.
The difference is that there was no TV back then and people were more active. They walked and they worked in the garden or on the allotment growing potatoes and other supplements for their income. That is what people do not do now.
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