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CLASS 8 UPDATE
A couple of
CLASS 8-RELATED
news items to note:
ROLLING STRONG GIVES ITS HEALTH AND FITNESS APP A MAKEOVER,
BEEFS UP ITS FRIENDLY FEATURES
In just about every ad for every diet or exercise
program or product, they show a before-andafter
comparison to illustrate the remarkable
improvements the product provides.
Rolling Strong, didn’t have that option at its
disposal over the past few weeks as it has slowly
unveiled a new version of its driver wellness app on
iOS and Android.
Nonetheless, just prior to the launch of the
redesigned app, Rolling Strong President
Steve Kane and members of his staff were
at The Great American Trucking Show,
giving off the same sense of excitement as
one of those people in an “after” photo who
has lost 100 pounds and is proudly holding
out the waistband of their old pants.
“The new version of the app is awesome,
Kane said. “It’s very trucker-friendly.”
When Rolling Strong originally released its
wellness app in summer 2017, it was widely
praised as a single-source tool for drivers
to not only monitor and track their health
and nutrition but to access assistance and
resources to help them with diet, exercise
and other aspects of health.
But that, Kane said, was really more of a
soft launch.
“We focused on the technology we wanted
to have in place that would make it do all the
things that we wanted it to do,” he said. In the 16
months since its debut, they have been gathering
feedback from drivers in order to fine-tune the app.
“I was a driver for many years, and this is
something we built really to absolutely cater toward
the driver,” Kane said.
The app’s driver-centric sensibility is apparent as
soon as you open the app. The screens are designed
with “gauges” and diamond-plate steel backgrounds
to simulate a dashboard.
They also wanted to keep the app user-friendly.
“We wanted people to be able to get to anything in
the app within two clicks,” Kane said.
For those who are not familiar with the app, he
said, drivers should think of it as a tool. It’s really the
Rolling Strong program they are signing up for. The
app is designed to tailor that program to each user’s
goals and preferences.
“Just because we have an app out there doesn’t
mean every driver’s going to want to start doing
jumping jacks and eating tofu,” Kane said.
When a driver signs up, the first thing they will be
asked to do is to fill in their biometric information.
This can be obtained through the service network
Rolling Strong has with retailers including Walmart,
Kroger, Publix, CVS Pharmacy and at thousands of
higi health stations nationwide.
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