Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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VOICES SHARING KNOWLEDGE How do you stay fit on the road? S taying fit isn't just about a number on a scale. It's about physical health, emotional health and more. Three drivers offer their advice for how to achieve a healthier lifestyle on the road. " Get a basic DSLR camera and go out for a shooting session whenever seeing anything worthwhile. Before you know it, you will spend an hour walking or hiking, but you don't even notice because you were just making pictures. " Adam Makowski | MBT Transport driver " I adopted (my dog) Spike three years ago. I went from 210 to 170 because I had to take breaks and walk. I gained a best friend and am better both physically and mentally. " Jeremy Yost Voices: Sharing Knowledge brought to you by: OCTOBER JACKET WINNER What's the best advice on choosing a carrier? Submit your idea at OverdriveOnline.com/Sharing Knowledge, where you'll also find many other driver tips. You could receive a Mobil Delvac jacket for participating. " Diet and exercise are a big part in not only practicing a healthy lifestyle but achieving a professional image and attitude at home, work and in life. When you exercise, you don't just tone your abdominal core – you tone your spiritual core, too. " John Senovich Company driver, Indiana Western Express Solution to Middle East crisis: Poison sumac So I've managed to contract the most horrendous case of poison sumac in the history of mankind. Thank heavens we're at home. I'm fairly certain George would have left me in Readers say no to military intervention In early September, as voices rose clamoring for military intervention in Syria, given evidence of the government's use of chemical weapons in its civil war, 59 percent of readers weighed in with a categorical "No" vote on U.S. military involvement. Subsequent weeks would see an apparent diplomatic solution to the near-term crisis – no poison sumac necessary. Albuquerque had he not been able to get more than four feet away from me for the past week. The cats haven't forsaken me, though I wish they would. Either the Benadryl is working its magic, or a profound sense of clarity has come over me. I think I know how to end the crisis SYRIA Wendy Parker chronicles her journey on the road with her owner-operator husband, George, in the George and Wendy Show blog on OverdriveOnline.com. Scan the QR to read more from her on your phone or tablet. in the Middle East. Round up about 9,000 stray cats and all the poison sumac in Mississippi, cram it into one of these gigantic Starlifters that cruise over our house, and drop a pile of angry, poison sumac-covered cats right square in the middle of the hot zone. They'll immediately seek out all the Taliban and rub the foul oil on their ankles, causing an epidemic breakout of itchiness so horrific they'll surrender to any terms – as long as we send Benadryl and skin-soothing creams. And unicorns will fly. … 8 | Overdrive | October 2013 Voices_1013.indd 8 9/30/13 3:47 PM