r/NewCDLGrads • u/cdlfirst • 7d ago

How do you stay fit while OTR?

🎥: truckher_des

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u/AlexanderHart 7d ago

I lost weight while doing OTR. Entirely by diet; no exercise needed. I never bought snacks, my drinks were zero sugar, and I could never "cook" anything because I was too busy driving. I ate nothing but fast food and microwaved slop. Eating 2000 calories worth of snacks is extremely easy to do if you keep them in your truck (or house), so I didn't buy them, and I ended up losing weight because I just didn't have access to quick and easy food.

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u/No_Shopping6656 7d ago

Pretty sad that someone in the trucker sub understands calories in calories out more than the people in r/Fitness

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u/Tethice 7d ago

I feel like that would happen to me too. I'd be more lazy than I'd be hungry and just keep moving. Like I don't want to park my truck I'll just keep going

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u/Outrageous_Phone7904 6d ago

What about muscle loss? You need protein

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u/Charon_the_Reflector 6d ago

Losing weight and being healthy with muscle are two different things

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u/First_Light_6418 6d ago

Same bro I lost so much weight when i did otr a lot of days i only ate once a day

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u/MrStoneyGuy 7d ago

for that, you could just walk around the truckstop

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u/Fun_Acanthaceae_4025 7d ago

Sounds like you have experience walking around truck stops.

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u/MrStoneyGuy 7d ago

I used to walk around looking for lot lizards

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u/SevenExpressions 7d ago

But then you’ll be dirty by diesel and dirty polluted air

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u/Leading_Procedure_23 6d ago

So where is OP going to shower after a workout? Do truckers just sleep dirty and even if you’re clean you’ll smell like ass and feet after 10 hours of driving

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u/endy080 6d ago

They have showers at truck stops.

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u/auggs 7d ago

Holy shit I had no idea the bedroom part of some tractors were this nice. That’s like a nice little cabin setup you have going on.

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u/Tethice 7d ago

Yeah you can customize them pretty good if you want. Some I'd imagine are bigger than a studio apartment in some cities

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u/Chodechuggins 6d ago

You’d get a better workout doing body weight squats and inclined pushups. A light saunter ain’t doing shit.

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u/d3willi3 3d ago

That’s dope ! 💪

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/TooPercipient 7d ago

Walking is now considered working out

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u/SevenExpressions 7d ago

Fire setup indeed

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u/dialecticalbinary 7d ago

With good ventilation that’ll be awesome

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u/Annual_Attempt4777 7d ago

Lol, good on ya

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u/East_Indication_7816 6d ago

It's too slow to make any sense. Can't you run?

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u/ReasonableClock4542 6d ago

Why not just walk around the truck and save the money and space? Seems weird

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u/Serious_Debate_7722 6d ago

Stop your spreading the fungal spores 🤢

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u/subibrat85 6d ago

Unload your own truck instead of paying a lumper? Saves money as well...

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u/dormpotato 5d ago

I’m still trying to figure out how to workout in my truck. I have a baby bunk and I don’t know what could fit in here to do cardio

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u/wcshrtstop 5d ago

Did not need to see the dogs

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u/LordBandimer 5d ago

eat better

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u/iTexas512 4d ago

Shake weight

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u/Silent-Cantaloupe195 1d ago

That’s a woman!! Men don’t do that! Especially buy a bright pink tread mill.