Fitness Fridays

For the second year, professional truck drivers will compete for the title “Fittest of the Fleet” during Prime, Inc.’s annual company picnic on August 30, 2014 in Springfield, MO. This event is a [...]

In the first week of a driver’s career, stress of learning how to drive a truck and starting a new job increases cortisol levels, initiating the first hormonal change. In the next two to four [...]

  Educate Yourself! I have heard wise elders say, “When you know better, you do better”. Well, that’s kinda true. Knowing better enables you to do better, but that’s only true when you APPLY [...]

HOW READY ARE YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR? As we all know, the cost of obesity in America is staggering and it is no different here at Prime. Prime has always believed that a healthy [...]

I hear it all the time from drivers. We will be having a conversation about losing weight and when I ask them about their diet, they say, “Well, I have been eating healthy – lots of fruit and [...]

  I HAVE BEEN SAYING IT ALL ALONG! If you have been listening to me over the past year and a half, you probably have heard me say, “So much of what I teach in the DHF 13 Week Basic Program [...]

OBESITY: MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS AND SUCCESS According to the Center for Disease Control (SDC) Obesity Cost Calculator, the cost of obesity at a carrier with 6178 drivers is $6,000,700.00 per year. [...]

On Friday, October 11, seventeen Prime Inc. drivers completed Class #12 of the Driver Health and Fitness (DHF) 13 Week Basic Program. As a group, the class lost 394.1 lbs. for an average of 23.2 [...]

Every day I talk to drivers and hear their stories about how they have lost weight. It’s incredibly encouraging to me. Some drivers are enrolling in the DHF 13 Week Basic Program and are losing a [...]

THE METABOLIC EFFECT OF WALKING I hear it all the time. When questioning drivers about their exercise habits out on the road, again and again I hear, “Yeah, I walk a lot. I always park at [...]