Schneider has lost their mind!!

[Folsom Flash]

My Brother-In-Law just got tossed from the Schneider training program down in Fontana. Because his heart rate was two beats too high. This is a guy who is in very good shape and can kick my butt all over the place and actually has done "IronMan" triathlons in the past.

I realize that insurance companies and liability lawyers write policy but this just has me floored. This industry has so many people in it that can barely get in and out of a truck cab but a guy like this can't even get a start.

This is the kind of guy we want in this industry, healthy, intelligent (has a Masters), very stable with no baggage whatsoever.


Bottom line, if you're going for Schneider you better do some cardio for a while first.

[Evinrude]

, intelligent (has a Masters),



than why in the hell would he want to be otr trucker?

[Folsom Flash]

Because a Masters in Theology has few options, one is "Do you want fries with that?" and another is Trucking. :wink:

[pd]

My Brother-In-Law just got tossed from the Schneider training program down in Fontana. Because his heart rate was two beats too high. This is a guy who is in very good shape and can kick my butt all over the place and actually has done "IronMan" triathlons in the past.

I realize that insurance companies and liability lawyers write policy but this just has me floored. This industry has so many people in it that can barely get in and out of a truck cab but a guy like this can't even get a start.

This is the kind of guy we want in this industry, healthy, intelligent (has a Masters), very stable with no baggage whatsoever.


Bottom line, if you're going for Schneider you better do some cardio for a while first.

Now you've got me worried. I used to run marathons and believe myself to be pretty fit - but I am 55. Was it his resting heart rate that caused the problem, or did they put him on a treadmill to test him?

[jw6831]

Tell him to find another co., there's plenty out there, schneider isn't worth the trouble.

[fishmonger]

Sorry to hear that about your Bro.

I took this test recently. Believe it or not larger people like myself have an advantage. There is a little bit of lifting involved but for the most part it is light lifting. The only time you are asked to lift more than 100#s is on the push/pull portion where you can just lean into it. The key to it is to control your breathing. If you just focus on that you will be fine. My roomate during training (who was in much better shpe than I) actually got closer to the Max heart rate than I did because he had to work harder than I did. Also take your time you aren't in a race. If you need a minute between exercises just ask them for it.

In the group that I was with only one person failed and he was a Non-Smoking salad eater that weighed about 140#s. I think he went into it all cocky and tried to rush through all the exercises. I guess he wanted a gold medal when all you need is the green participation ribbon.

Trust me it's more mental than anything else. Everyone got all worked up for something that was fairly easy if you ask me.

[Folsom Flash]

Obviously, I wasn't there, but I can see him overworking it. I probably would have too, I take that kind of stuff way too seriously. I lost out on a heart rate test with Pepsi due to stressing over it but I'm also not in shape. Thankfully I missed out on Pepsi as it probably would have killed me.

I agree with finding another company, every failure has led me to better opportunities and I'm hopeful that he'll have the same experience.

I'd heard that Schneider was pretty high on the list of companies with training programs so I led him in that direction as he didn't want to go to a private school. Guess we're back to the list.

[jw6831]

personally I've never been able to get past, those orange trucks

[fishmonger]

personally I've never been able to get past, those orange trucks

This is a joke right.

I got passed by a horse and buggy the other day on US-11 in PA.

[jw6831]

when I was young, my daddy always whipped me with a orange belt.

[kytruckergal]

Ive heard that US XPRESS has a really hard physical and they do a stress test. I personally don't know. I was going to work for JB HUNT a while back and they had you lift 100 lbs over your head. For most guys that's no problem but I barely made it having a bum shoulder!

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

these tests always make me laugh because I see guys driving for these companies that have bruises all over their legs and look like death...And when it comes to blood pressure tests there is no definitive answer what is too low too high or just right ...And this seems to be one of the areas of medicine where these people seem to be forgetting about biolgical individualty which means it's entirely possible that what consitutes healthy blood pressure for individual people could vary greatly from person to person ... I had friend that was an avid cyclist had a resting heart rate of about 40 BPM and BP of 110/70 he died of a major heart attack...where as I have BP that ranges from 125/70 -140/80 depending on diet and sleep And loved my steroids when in my early tewnties ...And I'm naturally prone to white coat hypertension meaning I can't relax when the BP cuff is strapped on me and it's not un common for my first reading to be 150/80 taking about 5 tries before I settle down to less than 140/80...But He's dead an I'm alive , So I guess those tests really don't point out who is going keel over .

with a masters in theology he could be a college proffesor somewhere...make some damn good green and look at young college chicks all day, man that would be rough. i think i would rather be a truck driver also.

[stuart9277]

Werner Enterprises uses a simple 5 minute DOT physical at their orientations. That is one direction to consider for him.

[countryhorseman]

I was going to work for JB HUNT a while back and they had you lift 100 lbs over your head.

Hmm, last I heard, it was 60lbs, and it only needs to be lifted chest high! If it was 100 lbs over your head, they would loose probably 95% of the fleet. :? 100 lbs maybe if it was a flat-bed position!

[GTR SILVER]

private school............is the best...... :arrow: :arrow: :wink:

get your permit on your own...and pay 1/2 the price of the course... 8)


BOL 2 ya...... :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :!: :!:

[AlexJ81]

Ive heard that US XPRESS has a really hard physical and they do a stress test. I personally don't know. I was going to work for JB HUNT a while back and they had you lift 100 lbs over your head. For most guys that's no problem but I barely made it having a bum shoulder!

US Xpress having any type of physical is a joke! LOL The whole DOT "physical" process takes about 3 minutes

hard physical at USX hahaha

[ohio joe]

THEY DID HIM A FAVOR!! JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE SCHNEIDER DRIVERS 1/2 CANT EVEN GET IN OR OUT OF THE TRUCK!! SCHNEIDERS A JOKE!! HAVE HIM MOVE ON!! :shock:

[zipy46]

DOT physical is an odd thing....depends where you go it seems ,

Where I got mine I would bet you they would issue a medical certificate

to a corpse...thats how seriously they appeared to take it.

Any company with common sense will honor your medical
cert if its less than

6 months old or so...they need not be so fascist toward their driver

applicants.

They should be honored we even apply to these bozos and drive

the rigs for them!

Yeah!!!!

[ohio joe]

RIGHT ON ZIPPY!! 1 DAY THEY WILL BE BEGGING 4 DRIVERS IF THEY KEEP UP THERE CRAP!!! :shock: