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Portable Workouts: Resistance Band Travel Set

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Are you a truck driver stuck in a lifestyle of unhealthy patterns? Are you secretly wishing that you were physically more active than you are but not sure how to manage that? We’re going to introduce you to a resistance band travel set that will become your best friend after you’re done reading this article. What we’re going to cover is what resistance bands are and how you can include this in your trucker workout routine. So let us learn more about this mode of workout! What Are Resistance Band Travel Sets? Resistance band travel sets are elastic bands that aim at boosting your core strengths. They are known to benefit regular people but also actual athletes as well. Mostly used as strength training and physical therapy, it works to engage your muscles into resisting greater force. So now that we know what resistance band travel sets are let’s talk about how they benefit you! Benefits of Resistance Bands 1. Strength Training Resistance band travel sets are a great equal to weightlif...

5 Ways to Use Pain Relief Cream: Best Guide

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Something that comes along with being a truck driver is constant pain. You can experience pain in your joints, a stiffened back, muscular pain, and a stressed mind. With all these problems, we researched and came up with a one-stop solution. Yes, we’re talking about pain relief cream. We know just how much you go through as a truck driver, so keep reading as we explore the five ways to use pain relief cream in this article! Top 5 Uses of Pain Relief Cream 1. Arthritis It is recorded that 16 million Americans are suffering from arthritis, and this is where pain relief cream can come of great help. Arthritis causes swelling and tenderness in your joints. This swelling is mainly caused by inflammation within your joints, which can be quite painful to experience. Such creams penetrate the skin when massaged correctly, and their active ingredients act quickly to reduce inflammatory regions, hence reducing your pain. 2. Foot Pain Keeping your legs in a cramped space for hours while focusing...

3 Easy Truck Driver Workouts to Promote Healthy Circulation

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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...

Topical Treatments for Relief of Chronic Pain

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When you have pain, temporary or chronic, it’s no joke. Constant pain can take your mood from bad to worse and make even the most simple tasks challenging. Taking oral prescription pain pills and over-the-counter anti-inflammatories, like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, may help but taking them long-term can cause other issues to your liver or kidneys. Topical pain relief creams can be a great option when you need relief, have exhausted all possibilities, and are not interested in steroids or prescription medications. STIFF Mother Trucker Pain Relief Cream for Short Term Pain Relief: Topical pain relief creams have been used for years, and although research waivers on their effectiveness, one thing is for sure, your skin is your largest organ, and what you put on it instantly moves into your bloodstream. And that includes topical pain relief creams. Topical pain relief creams are a great short-term pain relief option. STIFF Mother Trucker Pain Relief Cream helps reduce your pain level so...

Healthy Snacks for Truck Drivers

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Being a truck driver, it can be challenging to find healthy snacks on the go. Some drivers are home weekly or even nightly, which can make it significantly easier to pack healthy for the drive. But for other drivers, that can be a more significant concern. Healthy snacks for truck drivers don’t have to be fancy things like baked kale chips or specially dried beef jerky from a remote farm in Greenland. It can be simple basics you can find even at a truck stop. Many choose convenience over health when traveling and eating, and what if you could have both? What if you could have convenience and health at the same time? Here are three healthy snacks for truck drivers to look for in the truck stop the next time you stop. 1. Fresh fruit Don’t get caught in the weeds about what fruit has what sugars and which fruits cause weight loss and which don’t. In the beginning, eating natural fruits is 100% better than a bag of skittles, a candy bar, or donuts. Don’t allow yourself to villainize fresh...

4 Best Truck Driver Workout to Follow

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It can be overwhelming to figure out what to do for a truck driver workout. Everyone keeps telling you to exercise more, but when, where, what are often the questions I get asked. Before starting down the exercise path as a truck driver, consider adding more movement into your day first. A truck driver workout is great, but if you aren’t moving your body throughout the day, that exercise is a drop in the bucket. To improve your health and fitness, let’s focus on everyday life movements first. 1. Squatting Squatting is an essential movement we all need to be doing. Squatting helps our digestion, elimination, stretches our hips and back, and if you go to any other country, squatting is a part of their culture and daily lives. Where can you add in squatting? Try to build in ten squats every day when you wake up, they don’t have to be pretty, but your body will thank you. 2. Reaching Reaching is a basic human movement few do. When was the last time you reached your arms up overhead? When ...

3 Simple Truck Driver Fitness Tips To Follow

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A truck driver can spend easily 10 hours on the road every day. An exhausting, immobile 10 hours. Trying to fit in exercise is not always easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Instead of looking at fitness as something you have to do separate from your day, why not look at fitness as something you can easily fit into your everyday life. Instead of thinking you need 30 minutes to driver exercise , consider finding five minutes, even 1 minute throughout the day, those little movements added in, when done consistently, can and will make a big difference. 1. Sit with your back off the seat. Might sound a bit strange considering how much people spend on supportive seats. But next time you are behind the wheel, challenge yourself for a few minutes to drive sitting upright (with good posture) away from the seat. Notice how all your core and back muscles engage to support you. You don’t have to do this all day, but a few minutes every hour or two can help you double down on dive time a...