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The Benefits of Giving Thanks On this Thanksgiving Day, 2023, and in these days of high social stress and conflict, it can be helpful to think about Thanksgiving. At the risk of belaboring the obvious, Thanksgiving is about giving thanks. Of all the holidays, Thanksgiving is perhaps the most...

Ten years off the road here. My wife and I have not been to a truck stop restaurant in that long, except for a fast-food stop here and there. I did not realize sit-down restaurants and counters were a thing of the past. That's a shame. Those counters provided a sense of community and comradery...

Expediting and good health do not generally fit well together. Sleep: The first challenge is sleep. Experts recommend 8 hours of sleep per night on a regular schedule and they have volumes of science to back that up. But the expediter's life often requires irregular sleep. That does not...

You are an Anytime Fitness member. Our gym is near FL I-95 exit 256 (Port Orange, FL). If you will be in our area, please call ahead for a free appointment. I'd love to spend some time with you. Few fitness people understand life on the road. Diane and I do (10 years in DR and CR trucks).

When people with back issues talk to me in the club (and there are a lot of them), I always ask, would you rather have a strong back or weak back? They of course answer strong back. But strong back does not necessarily mean healed back. Many back issues persist for life. But in many cases, those...

Fear of pain or fear of re-injuring a joint is common. We see it a lot in our gym. Doctors tell people to stay off the painful areas. Trainers tell people to "listen to your body." But this advice is too often taken to an extreme to mean don't move at all and don't exercise at all. Some people...

Procrastination is a tough one. We know we should exercise to obtain the benefits of fitness, but we sit instead because that seems so much easier to do in the moment. That sitting produces an inner conflict which is uncomfortable and a common response is procrastination; relieving the inner...

It's the new-year rush time in the fitness industry. Motivated by their fresh start in a new year and the resolutions they made, more people join gyms this month than any other. As you think about your fitness, and if you are less than happy with your present state, what held you back last year...

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I can't speak for all Planet Fitness locations. I can say the three Planet Fitness clubs in our market area have changed their operating hours surprisingly frequently. Every time they limit their 24/7 access, some of their members call us at Anytime Fitness to join our club. 24 hour access is...

I have a bias since my wife Diane and I own and operate an Anytime Fitness gym, but when we were on the road (10 years in D and C units), we found it easy to use Anytime Fitness gyms. We picked that brand over Planet Fitness because Anytime Fitness has so many more locations than Planet. We...

I went off added sugar years ago, and I am glad to keep this addictive poison out of my body and brain. Avoiding added sugar helps keep my body lean and my brain healthy. "In the brain, excess sugar impairs both our cognitive skills and our self-control. For many people, having a little sugar...

About 18 months ago, having done little with barbells before, I took an interest in powerlifting. After I saw some Special Olympics athletes work with our gym's fitness trainers to compete in a Special Olympics powerlifting meet, I figured if they can do it, I can do it. Also, then 65 years old...

The man is singing Diane's and my song! After 10 years as expediters, Diane and i came off the road to open a gym (Anytime Fitness Port Orange, FL). Since then, I took up powerlifting and now compete in the Master 3 class (age 60-70). Our gym specializes in active aging. We have numerous members...

Have you seen a doctor for your vertigo? I had a touch of it a while back and learned from my doctor about YouTube videos that show an exercise that can be done to help. In my case, the exercise cured the problem. No more vertigo and the cure was near instant. That said, vertigo is caused by...

Congratulations! Yours is a classic habit-change story. By changing your behavior, you literally rewired the circuits in your brain, such that the circuits that fired before and produced cravings don't fire now. By not using the circuits over time, those neural pathways faded. While the old...

When Diane and I were on the road, it was sooooo easy to sit in the sleeper instead of getting out to exercise, even when we were parked in an Anytime Fitness gym parking lot! We also found that once you get moving, it's easy to keep moving. The challenge is to overcome the inertia that keeps...

Depending on the source you view, the average life expectancy for a trucker is 10 to 20 years below the national average. It does not have to be that way for you. See this video to learn more: https://www.growingbolder.com/truck-drivers-can-anyone-can-3049183/ This video was produced by...

A really good book about active aging is Growing Bolder by Marc Middleton. Check it out.

Great example of active aging.