Driving a semi truck over the age of 50

When younger, there's a lot of things that are bad for you that we do that we don't feel the effects of, cause, well younger and more vibrant and usually healthier, but when get older, that changes, and driving a semi truck, sitting for hours and hours at a time, can take it's toll on your health.

Sure the mind never stops working, ever, when driving, but that's a different type of exercise than actually moving around, and can actually be more draining since the brain does burn a lot of calories, is why stress can be, feel, so draining to a person.

Today's drivers, if ever go to a truck stop, or rest area, if notice, never get out of trucks and movie around, instead it's drive, park, eat, sit, sleep, eat, drive ect.

Not a healthy cycle at all, especially as you age.
If don't make an effort to get out and walk, after driving, than health will decline quickly not just above the age of 50, but at any age actually, but will take more of a toll on body over the age of 50 for sure.

I mean when's the last time anyone has seen a sexy looking, fit, healthy truck driver?
Most look 'grey', tired and worn, and one day away from being a hobo, or homeless, that's what OTR or over the road driving will do to a driver, that lifestyle (at least today), will slowly drain them or you, of your moral, dignity, and eventually health, if don't take measures to fight the effects.

I know, I've done it for many years, still do, but luckily now home daily, even though hours are long, but even with that can still notice on final day of work how unfit body feels just from sitting for such long periods of time, while being stressed out by road activity.

Yes, driving a big rig is very stressful, cause so much you have to pay attention to, so many '4-wheelers', you constantly have to baby sit and more.

We'll get into the 'More' as time allows, but if would like to add something of your own, feel free to, but expect your writing to possibly be in a future book, just know that, if not, just continue to read, learn and ponder.

Many jobs, even local ones, just seemed designed to leave you no energy when finally off from work, I mean you literally come home sapped of all your energy.

I think for my own health sake, I need a different job now, but the thing is, trucking jobs do tend to pay better than your average 'other job' does.

Other jobs I'd throw in with truck driver jobs would be like 'Security guard'...yuk, grocery store stockers, yuk, janitor, yuk...you know, other jobs that sure you may need to be certified, but don't need a degree to do...and trucking seems to pay the best of all of them.

But trucking isn't as easy as many think, and can take quite a toll on the body, all the sitting, the stress, the shifting, the long, very long hours and more.

And the isolation, it all equals stress as your body ages.

Last long shift today, and I don't look forward to it at all.

You have to be a introvert to enjoy spending hours and hours alone at work, and only usually encountering males, regular blue collar males with beards and all.

None of the more interesting 'cute' type of males you see on TV, who have flair, celebrity type males who think out the box.

No, in trucking, seems all the males are perfectly fine thinking well within the box when it comes to style and flair, which most have zero, they simply wear what their wives buy for them.

As such, makes for a very bland work environment.

To be honest, as a older single male, I'd rather work around cross dressing males who were more fem, than dull looking bland males who are chubby and fat.

Now think about that, what I just wrote.

Does me preferring to work around cute, fem, males make me more gay, or less gay?

Think about that one long and hard.

Trucks that won't idle, is that safe for drivers? Watch video and you decide



Drivers expected to sacrifice health and safety for the ozone, yet if leave grape or pet in hot or cold vehicle, you'll get cited or arrested for inhumane treatment of a life.

Not so with drivers, drivers are expected to 'take it'.

No wonder industry can't find younger drivers these days.

Not in the greatest of health right now, and so just whatever.

Sometimes I do wish I looked my age, maybe then I'd get more respect.