Continuity is how you build a physique. — Frank Zane
Deliberate sauna use ramps up pathways crucial for muscle growth, more so when combined with resistance training. This suggests a potential synergistic effect for muscle hypertrophy. — Rhonda Patrick
Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth. — Lee Labrada
If you can build a muscle, you can build a mindset. — Jay Shetty
Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle — Lee Priest
Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I'm interested in practical strength that's going to help me run, jump, twist, punch. — Jason Statham
Bodybuilding is an art, your body is the canvas, weights are your brush and nutrition is your paint. We all have the ability to turn a self portrait into a masterpiece. — Kai Greene
I've attained my mass basically by training hard and very, very heavy. — Ronnie Coleman
Short Building Muscle Quotes
If you don't follow a good nutritional plan, you're bodybuilding with one arm behind your back. — Shawn Ray
A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material. — Serge Nubret
Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART. — Serge Nubret
The body builds up by working, the mind by studying. — Albanian Proverbs
Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best. — Ronnie Coleman
Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else. — Evelyn Ashford
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. — Lynn Jennings
Your mindset is like a muscle, the more you exercise it, the stronger it becomes. — Andrew Tate
Building Muscle Image Quotes
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
Bodybuilding Training Quotes
They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life, I'm doing it. What are you doing? — Kai Greene
Each workout is like a brick in a building, and every time you go in there and do a half-ass workout, you're not laying a brick down. Somebody else is. — Dorian Yates
Biceps are like ornaments on a Christmas tree. — Ed Coan
Your strongest muscle
The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment — Dorian Yates
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds — Henry Rollins
Many bodybuilders sell themselves short. Erroneously attributing their lack of satisfactory progress to a poverty of the requisite genetic traits, instead of to their irrational training and dietary practices, they give up training. Don't make the same mistake — Mike Mentzer
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
After being taught sets and reps and working at it for a length of time you can't paint by numbers anymore. It must come from within. Any artist has an emotional contact with their work. A true bodybuilder doesn't just build muscle he creates muscle. You can't be a robot. — Tom Platz
There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy. — Mark Rippetoe
I would like to be the first man in the gym business to throw out my scale. If you don't like what you see in the mirror, what difference does it make what the scale says? — Vince Gironda
Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training. — Vladimir Kramnik
Muscle Quotes
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. — Swami Vivekananda
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character. — Antonin Scalia
Stretch your courage! Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use. — Ruth Gordon
It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair and adult.
The average person is either a weakling, or just a happy person who wants to get along, or thinks being tough is having big muscles and strutting around town and having a good-looking girlfriend. — Alex Jones
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands between him and the part, until one day, with a great rush of air, the character invades his every pore. — Peter Brook
Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive. — Serena Williams
If you are more fortunate than others, it is better to build a longer table than a taller fence.
I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion. — Ricardo Montalban
I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. — Smedley Butler
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. — Carl Sagan
TRUE WEALTH - Worriless sleeping, Clear conscience, Reciprocal gratitude, Absence of envy, Muscle strength, Frequent laughs, No meals alone, No gym classes, Good digestive functions, No meeting rooms, Periodic surprises, Foamy coffee, Crusty bread, Ability to nap, Access to a hammock — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Bodybuilding Quotes
If I have to die tonight,if this weight is going to kill me tonight,so be it! I am dying where I wanna be — Kai Greene
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight. — Ronnie Coleman
I learned from a very young age that no one owes you anything and nobody's gonna give you a damn thing. But you can have anything you want, if you work hard enough for it. — Branch Warren
When you build in silence, people don't know what to attack.
All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices. — Louis Zamperini
Women really do pay attention to a man's glutes. A tight, compact ass is often voted even more desirable than muscular arms and chest. So, if you're lacking, start squatting! — Ronnie Coleman
Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. — Will Smith
If you don't build your dreams, someone will hire you to help build theirs.
The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is... The Pump. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Just because your triceps have fallen behind your biceps, doesn't mean you should back off your triceps workouts. — Ronnie Coleman
Luck is predictable; the harder you work, the luckier you get. — Brian Tracy
I originally started in natural bodybuilding because I was picked on a lot in high school and didn’t get much attention from girls. As I learned to love the process of lifting more and more I started becoming more interested in competing. — Layne Norton
Great Bodybuilding Quotes
Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't. — Henry Rollins
I’ve lost before, you need great people around you, your family, people giving you positive energy. — Amanda Nunes
I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It’s not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I’m OK — Arnold Schwarzenegger
The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment — Justin Langer
Your love for what you do and willingness to push yourself where others aren't prepared to go is what will make you great. — Laurence Shahlaei
You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult.
Ask really great, high-quality questions that illicit an explicit response. — Corey Wayne
If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got. — Marian Diamond
I’m trying to be one of the greatest players, so whatever level that consists of is where I want to take my game. — Kawhi Leonard
If you don't like what you see, stop looking. — Nancy Lopez
Strength Training Quotes
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan
The myth that women should lift light weights to prevent getting 'bulky' is perpetuated by men who fear women and women who fear work. — Layne Norton
There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. — Bruce Lee
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
As we get older, we lose muscle mass and strength. But if we've been doing resistance training, we will be better prepared for an unpredictable hospitalization. Analysis of 10 studies found that 60 min of resistance training per week is linked to a 27% lower risk of premature death. — Rhonda Patrick
Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate. — Gichin Funakoshi
Ladies, want nice glutes? Stop w the silly plyometrics and step ups with baby weights. SQUAT! Squat heavy, squat often, squat deep. Repeat! — Layne Norton
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. — Socrates
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. — Chloe Sevigny
Every training session, I work hard to improve my weaknesses and build on my strengths. — Antoine Griezmann
The notion that women should not lift weights is perpetuated by women who fear work and men who fear women... — Layne Norton
Weight Training Quotes
I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
That's a good weight...for a small woman — Dorian Yates
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.
What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I don't do this to be healthy, I do this to get big muscles. — Markus Ruhl
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. — Steve Prefontaine
I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training. — Kristanna Loken
I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training. — Kenneth H. Cooper
I am constantly working out-circuit training, jumping rope, and stair-stepping, and sticking to 1200 calories a day. It can't be something that you're doing to lose weight, and then once you do, you're done. I do it every day of my life. — LeAnn Rimes
Strength And Conditioning Quotes
I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition. — Jim Brown
If you want a simple strength and conditioning program, stick to the basics. Run your 400s and 800s, and do lots of power cleans and presses and long heavy sets of squats. — Mike Webster
People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being disadvantageous either to individuals or to the community. — Leo XIII
Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics. — Suzanne Yoculan
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life. — Leonardo da Vinci
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living. — Simone de Beauvoir
It is only by practicing through a continual succession of agreeable and disagreeable situations that we acquire true strengths. To accept that pain is inherent and to live our lives from this understanding is to create the causes and conditions for happiness. — Shunryu Suzuki
A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition. — James Allen
No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... [It is] a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable. — Socrates
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. — Leon Trotsky
Bodybuilding Motivation Quotes
Life is movement. Once you stop moving, you're dead. Choose life. — Eugen Sandow
I'm the strongest bodybuilding who ever lived, I think. — Franco Columbu
Maybe some people think that it’s all about the hype, about the fame, but it’s not. It’s all about being the best. It’s all about challenging myself everyday. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong. — Steve Reeves
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I’ve always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica Fox
I started doing MMA and boxing at the same time – I always wanted to try an MMA fight to see what it was like. I had one fight, and I was hooked. — Holly Holm
I want to play against the best, and that’s what I’m doing, just going out there and being focused, just competing every possession. — Kawhi Leonard
People can doubt me, and they’ll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC or in general. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. — Mark Rippetoe
Back Muscle Quotes
Muscle imbalances caused by hours of sitting in chairs have also been hypothesized to contribute to one of the most common health problems on the planet: lower back pain. Depending on where you live and what you do, your chances of getting lower back pain are between 60 and 90 percent. — Daniel Lieberman
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way. — Edna Ferber
I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone. — Eric Bana
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. — Joan Lunden
You get very tired, and there was a certain amount of pain and you slow up. Your legs are so tired that you are in fact slowing. If you don't keep running, keep your blood circulating, the muscles stop pumping the blood back and you get dizzy. — Roger Bannister
We sleep, allowing gravity to hold us, allowing Earth - our larger body - to recalibrate our neurons, composting the keen encounters of our waking hours , stirring them back, as dreams, into the sleeping substance of our muscles. — David Abram
The only way to isolate specific back muscles - whether it is upper. or lower back - or make any progress is through the power of the mind-muscle connection. — Lee Haney
There are three basic personality factors in cats: The kind who run up when you say hello and rub against you in cheap romance; the kind who run away certain that you mean to ravish them; and the kind who just look back and don't move a muscle. I love all three kinds. — Eve Babitz
You have the strength to push back against what others are making you think or do. You use that muscle of confidence. In the same way, joy is from the inside out, and not letting the things on the outside define you. — Bonnie St. John
The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the torso, back, legs, arms and knees, with bones underneath. — Giorgio Vasari
Muscular Quotes
If words were adequate to describe fully what the dance can do, there would be no reason for all the mighty muscular effort, the discomfort, the sweat and the splendors of that art. — Jose Limon
I'm not a big guy and hopefully kids could look at me and see that I'm not muscular and not physically imposing, that I'm just a regular guy. So if somebody with a regular body can get into the record books, kids can look at that. That would make me happy. — Ichiro Suzuki
I'm more muscular than I was in my younger days. My biceps and shoulders, especially. — Jim Goad
What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for avoiding muscular energy, for increasing sensual pleasure and enhancing caloric intake above any conceivable nutritional requirement. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Every muscular rigidity contains the history and the meaning of its origin. — Wilhelm Reich
The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect. — Bruce Lee
You must understand that the workout does not actually produce muscular growth. The workout is merely a trigger that sets the body's growth mechanism into motion. It is the body itself, of course, that produces growth; but it does so only during a sufficient rest period. — Mike Mentzer
Breathing affects your respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, muscular, and psychic systems, and also has a general affect on your sleep, memory, ability to concentrate, and your energy levels. — Donna Farhi
I like that my body is in shape and toned, and isn't too muscular. I feel I still have a woman's physique. — Alicia Sacramone
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique. — Vivienne Westwood
The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill set that you develop. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it. It’s just like building muscles. — Naval Ravikant
What is needed to maintain muscle mass is FAR LESS effort & volume than what is required to build it initially. For most it will be possible to maintain the vast majority of muscle you’ve built using home workouts even without access to weights. Don’t quit. Stay consistent. — Layne Norton
It is easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best program to build muscle, the perfect idea for a side hustle. We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action. As Voltaire once wrote, ‘The best is the enemy of the good.' — James Clear
One of the greatest rewards of making art is our ability to share it. Even if there is no audience to receive it, we build the muscle of making something and putting it out into the world. Finishing our work is a good habit to develop. It boosts confidence. Despite our insecurities, the more times we can bring ourselves to release our work, the less weight insecurity has. — Rick Rubin
Goodwill to others is constructive thought. It helps build you up. It is good for your body. It makes vour blood purer, your muscles stronger, and your whole form more symmetrical in shape. It is the real elixir of life. The more such thought you attract to you, the more life you will have. — Prentice Mulford
Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it. — Eknath Easwaran
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. — Rick Warren
The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest. — Hal Higdon
God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and the meat that builds the muscle of a mature believer. — Colin S. Smith
Feeling good, the workout, building your muscles, let your blood flow right and eating the right type of food. That's what I care about. — DJ Khaled
The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out. — Barbara Deming
Healthy foods are great, but it's important to keep your body active. Your muscles only get stronger and build more endurance for everyday things if you're moving and get the blood pumping. Exercising stimulates certain brain chemicals and can put you in a better mood! — Jenna Ushkowitz
If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet. — Jack LaLanne
Getting enough protein is important when I train, to help build muscle and recover, so I'll supplement with protein shakes. — Conor McGregor
The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit. — Bruce Lee
Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you know how to establish, regulate and direct the metabolism of your body -- the assimilation of foodstuff so that it builds muscles, bones and flesh? No, you don't know how consciously, but there is a wisdom within you that does know. — Donald Curtis
And when we go to church, read our Bibles, have our quiet times, and go to Christian conferences, we too can build some impressive spiritual muscles, but unless we use those spiritual muscles to change our lives, build the church, love our neighbors, and care for the sick and the poor, we...are just posers. Let us not take God's truth for granted. — Richard Stearns
Steroids build your muscles, but they don't build your tendons or ligaments. — Charlie Sheen
For me, it's not about building bulk in my muscles; it's about staying tiny, strong, and lean. — Keauna McLaughlin
When I first started lifting I wanted to be a Super Hero.. But that was my motivation. I was huge into comics at a very young age and nothing made me feel better than helping people. So I wanted to build muscle to be like Superman, Captain America, Wolverine, etc. — Scott Herman
I think it is easier for thinner people to build on a frame once you get lean muscle. I get bored lifting weights at the gym, and it isn't enough as your body becomes stiff. So I train in different ways such as core training, cardio with weights, playing sports such as tennis, cycling, swimming and running 10 km once a week. — Arjun Rampal
The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest. — Andrew Lincoln
Rather than strive to 'lose weight,' most people would be better off striving to lose only fat and to build or maintain muscle. — Mark Sisson
Burning fat efficiently boils down to one thing - building more muscle! — Denise Austin
I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for cardio. — Lisa Ling
Daily conversations that stretch your previous capacities help build your conversational muscle. — Dwight Frindt
We learned to build our emotional muscles, helping us make it through major market falls and grind through the trying times without losing our equilibrium. — Richard Chandler
You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist. — Hamish Linklater
Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle — Gregory Maguire
Relationships are like muscle tissue. The more they're engaged, the stronger they become. The ability to build relationships and flex that emotional connection muscle is what makes social so valuable. — Ted Rubin
I used to play football at school, and I enjoyed really physical sports, but I now try to avoid any sports that might build up different muscles. That might have a negative impact on my archery. — Im Dong-Hyun
Singing is a kind of sport and a singer a kind of athlete and following this model becoming "vocally fit" - building vocal muscles - should be the point of any form of voice teaching. Other approaches don't work directly on building vocal muscles but instead focus on so-called diaphragm support and breathing, mask singing, breath control, throat relaxation - all of which are useless at best and harmful at worst. — Gary Catona
In workout never try and follow someone else's exact routine because everyone has a different body, For me, I do a lot of weight training, and this works great for me because I am lean and want to build muscle mass. Find what's best for you and keep it up! — Jasmine Tookes
The body is not simply the combination of dance, muscles, body-building, strength and sex: it is a universe. — Paul Virilio
I wanted to look sexy and I felt like I was too skinny so I started working out with a trainer trying to build some muscle because I was like this skinny little scrawny girl. — Devon Windsor
It's a common myth that athletes and other highly active people need the protein from meat and dairy to fuel their activities and build and repair muscles and other bodily tissues. In fact, there is growing evidence that consumption of too much protein can lead to very serious health issues, including kidney disease, osteoporosis, and cancer. The active body can get all the protein it needs from a diverse, 100% plant-based diet. — Sharon Gannon
A lot of girls will do regular crunches, when that is building muscle in the middle of your stomach on top of - right in the middle area, where you might not want it to be. There's certain types of sit-ups and crunches and moves that kind of build the core set of your muscles inside. There's a different way of looking at exercise and optimizing it for the female body, if that makes sense. — April Rose
Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle. — Iyanla Vanzant
If you want to "tone and build," it is time to pick up some iron - that's the way we can get a muscle to grow. — Chris Powell
I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle. — Ronnie Coleman
Someone told me that you could learn to sing, and that there are muscles that if you build, you will sing. — Margot Robbie
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