Are you ready for a Truck Show?
Truck show season is winding down, and to paraphrase Hank Williams JR. Are you ready for a Truck Show? Each year at the end of August people gather in Dallas for The Great American Truck Show. Yes we can debate ...
Taking a “Vacation” from you Haitus
As truck drivers we all know how hard it is to find balance. The balance of long workdays, combined with time on the road, and family obligations, finding time for ourselves or personal interests and our health is a challenge. Like ...
A Little Fun in the Sun
Following up with our much loved Canadian biker, I asked Taavi about his favorite biking locations. His answer brought up some unexpected, and interesting points. He told me he has many locations he enjoys biking. But mentions Nashville, Tennessee for ...
A Modern Spin on an HMO
In an earlier article we spoke with Taavi about his quest for losing weight and getting healthy again after a seven-year hiatus. Driving a big truck often leads to being sedentary and falling into unhealthy habits, as Taavi personally discovered. ...
Those Pesky Life Detours…
As truck drivers we are all TOO familiar with detours. Sometimes they can be good things, other times they are a royal pain in the tuba. Over the last several months I have been on a giant personal detour. When ...
An Interesting Spin on Getting Fit
They say when you are out on the road you meet many interesting people. 38 Year old Taavi Rutishauser is one of those interesting people! He is a truck driver, mountain bike rider, on-road bicycle rider, and worked as a ...
Putting A best Foot Forwards
Drivers and the public in general are often presented with a variety of products that claim to improve out health and life in some manner. All manner of odd inventions are presented to us with claims that they will make ...
Driver Wellness Tour 2014
At GATS in Dallas TX, this year was the lead off to a major event that will be taking place for driver health and wellness. Rolling Strong, along with Freightliner, and the Truckers Rolling Against Hepatits-C Campaign, had a driver ...