adgraham82:
At the moment I am looking into the exercise, (if any) of truckers whilst on the road.
Do any truckers take part in regular exercise on the raod and if so what kind of things do you get up to, jogging, weights and resistance training??
Have you seen the majority of places that drivers of large vehicles have to park? If it’s a MSA, chances are you can’t get out of the place to get a decent run/jog. Running around the vehicle park means you are at risk of getting knocked over, being laughed at lots and deep-breathing ‘parking space urine’ fumes!!
adgraham82:
For those who do not exercise, would it be something that you would take up if it were something that you could do comfortably in the confines of your cabin during one of your 45 min breaks or before a (well earned) nights sleep.
When I was tramping I found that come the end of my 15/13 hour long day, no matter how much physical gratf I had/hadn’t done, I was KNACKERED! I wouldn’t have had the mental energy to motivate myself to do some phys. As for doing some in-cab exercises - no thanks! I was always a bit ‘cab-proud’ (clean!) and wouldn’t want to be sweating away in there!
adgraham82:
I have been reading the Coffee to Go dairies and understand (to a certain degree) how difficult your days, weeks are but perhaps some exercise would relieve some of the tension.
I’d be tempted to say that Neil (Coffeholic) gets to park in much better surroundings than UK drivers, mainly because he is doing Europe!! Having lived, worked and travelled in Germany for quite a few years, I have seen the standard of MSA’s over there. It is safe to say that there are quite a few of these places where you could go for a decent walk/jog/run, especially when you get near the Rhine & Mosel rivers.
Andy, i’d say you need to bear in mind also that day drivers are best placed to get to the gym of an evening but even they are maybe doing 12 hour shifts. That doesn’t leave much time for sleep, family etc. Exercise is probably much lower down the list of priorities than it should be… 
I saw in the Letters page of (I think) CM a 50 year old chap who had written in about his situation i.e. suffered heart trouble and lost his vocational licence. His parting line was along the lines of “cut down the ■■■■, eat less fatty foods, don’t drink so much, get some exercise and look after yourself!”
(unless your a well fit young lady…then theres nothing wrong with that at all 
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bike ride home, then i usually do a 10 - 15 mile off road bike ride at weekends.
) is exercise itself, even pushing heavy pallets to the back of a truck can be hard work.
