3 Easy Truck Driver Workouts to Promote Healthy Circulation
It can be hard to find time for a trucker workout when you are stuck behind the wheel all day long. But the good news is, a workout does not have to mean going to the gym or having tons of equipment, not even a yoga mat. It can be done in just minutes a day. Lengthy bouts of sitting with little leg movement put drivers at risk of tightening and shortening the leg muscles, cramps, blood clots, circulation issues, peripheral edema, and causing the heart to work twice as hard. Our calf is the hydraulic pump for our heart—the heart's partner in crime, and that crime is keeping you healthy. When we move around throughout the day, walking, squatting, flexing, stepping, activates our calves. The calf pushes deoxygenated blood up to the heart. Your truck driver workout needs to include simple movements throughout the day or you will suffer the consequences. You need that blood pushed back up to your heart, or it's only a matter of time before your body will be facing functioning issue