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3 Simple Tips to Improve Your Mental Health While on the Road

United World Transporation

As every truck driver knows, trucking isn’t easy. Depression and anxiety are some of the most significant issues facing truck drivers today. Fortunately, there are many ways you can improve your mental health while trucking. Of course, you won’t be able to hit the gym or always be in the mood to do exercise.

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15 Tips for Truck Drivers

3PL Insights

Truck driving can be dangerous. Not all motorists on the road are aware of how their maneuvers impact drivers, and driving a truck can be exhausting. There’s many tips to keep in mind while driving—here are 15 tips for driving safely. Exercise caution in work zones. Tailgating puts you at risk for collisions.

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How To Stay Fit as a Truck Driver

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This rings especially true for truck drivers. Being a truck driver has many benefits; flexibility, freedom, travel, seeing new places, decent pay. So we paired up with one of our Trinity Team Members, Sal Ingrassia, who has experience as a personal trainer for over seven years, to help you learn how to stay fit as a truck driver.

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Social Distancing Tips for Drivers

United World Transporation

COVID-19 has taken over all our lives, and during this pandemic, refrigerated truck drivers are providing the essential service of delivery food to grocery stores. So, how can truck drivers practice social distancing while providing their much-needed service? When to Exercise Heightened Safety Measures. It is possible!

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Five Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle on the Road

Women in Trucking

Working out of a truck can create roadblocks to healthy living. Typically, drivers don’t have set schedules, rely on truck stops for nourishment and sit for long stretches of time. Here are five tips to help drivers maintain a healthy lifestyle on the road: 1. Stretch and exercise. Prepare your own meals. Wear sunscreen.

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A Good Diet for Truck Drivers

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How do truck drivers eat healthy while over the road? Truck drivers can have jam-packed schedules with little time to think about their food choices. While truck stops and fast food joints are often full of food loaded with sugar, sodium, or to-go greasy food. TIPS FOR A HEALTHY DIET. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PLAN AHEAD.

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4 tips to reduce cargo damage and save money on shipping costs

Shipping and Freight Resource

Use the right packing materials to fill in empty space inside boxes, so that contents don’t slide around and collide with other objects, or get squashed when packed onto a truck. But you can exercise more control over shipping and cargo damage than you might be aware as long as you have the right tools at your disposal.