Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. — Hippocrates
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
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight. — Ronnie Coleman
Why fit in when you we born to stand out?
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
A little progress each day adds up.
I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done — David Goggins
When you hit failure your workout has just begun. — Ronnie Coleman
The best diet is the “no excuses” diet and the best workout is the “man up” workout. — Naval Ravikant
Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it. — Mike Tyson
Fitness Training Quotes
Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase. — Joseph Pilates
the old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of Plato's advice to find men carefully and train them by methods which make them fit for heroes. — Oswald Mosley
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. — Naval Ravikant
Different is good. So don't fit in, don't sit still, don't ever try to be less than what you are.
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
This measurement of highest oxygen consumption, called VO2 max, is the best gauge of cardiorespiratory fitness. Training the body to breathe less actually increases VO2 max, which can not only boost athletic stamina but also help us live longer and healthier lives. — James Nestor
A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. — Joan Walsh Anglund
Every training session, I work hard to improve my weaknesses and build on my strengths. — Antoine Griezmann
You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body. — Shawn Achor
The notion that women should not lift weights is perpetuated by women who fear work and men who fear women... — Layne Norton
Gym Workout Quotes
People skip the gym because they have no energy and yet even a quick workout is one of the best ways to get more energy. — Max Lugavere
There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy. — Mark Rippetoe
I don't bother with gyms, I just workout where I happen to be whether it's in the garden or at home. — Wim Hof
Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.
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
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
If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am. — Eddie Redmayne
The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment — Justin Langer
Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can’t stand going to the gym. It doesn’t appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time. — Mary Berry
You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've got to get into a zone. You know you're in the zone when guys in the gym look you in the eye and then quickly turn away 'cause they see the fire. You've got to be all business. — Mike Matarazzo
I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. — Ellen DeGeneres
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being — Plato
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
The real workout starts when you want to stop.
FOOD is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and EXERCISE is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant. — Bill Phillips
When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit. — Quentin Bryce
Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat. — Jill Johnson
Our bodies are capable of anything. It's our mind we have to convince.
Exercise is like an addiction. Once you're in it, you feel like your body needs it. — Elsa Pataky
The hardest thing about exercise is to start doing it. Once you are doing exercise regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it. — Erin Gray
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. — Elie Wiesel
I rest for 60 seconds between sets and for 2 minutes between exercises. I use forced sets, drop sets and negative reps for advanced techniques. — Martyn Ford
Fitness Goal Quotes
Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal. — Kerri Walsh
The goal of a private company is, first, zero to one: Get past the product-market fit; figure out whether people actually care about what you're trying to build and someone will pay you money for that. That's the zero to one problem. — Chamath Palihapitiya
The goal is not to fit in. If anything, it’s to amplify the differences, what doesn’t fit, the special characteristics unique to how you see the world. Instead of sounding like others, value your own voice. Develop it. — Rick Rubin
Take care of your body, it's the only home you have.
Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results. — Seth Godin
If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen. — Chuck Norris
My goal has always been to help people help themselves. Your body is your most priceless possession; you've go to take care of it! — Jack LaLanne
If you don't fit in, then you're probably doing the right thing.
I'm not in the best shape, but I want to prove to myself I can do something that seems insurmountable and inspire others by showing them no matter where they are in their fitness goals, they can do it, too. — Ruben Studdard
Ignore the scale, and make the process your goal. — Harley Pasternak
I used weights as the means to an end for a goal. — Martyn Ford
There are two main strategies we can try to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Gym Fitness Quotes
There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say "Watch me." — Layne Beachley
Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead. — Rick Owens
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali
My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine. — Caroline Rhea
Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't. — Henry Rollins
No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training — Socrates
When you feel like you don't fit in, that's because you're extraordinary and this world is full of ordinary people
Just remember, somewhere, a little Chinese girl is warming up with your max. — Jim Conroy
My number one job is to defend my title. And if I want to defend my title, I have to spend 5 hours everyday in the gym. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
In regards to fitness, I do MMA training twice per week, with two sessions at the Gracie Academy for BJJ and 2-3 interval sessions in the gym. — Martyn Ford
Every time I undress in the locker room of my gym, I see women bearing the scars of liposuction, tummy tucks, breast implants. — Martha C. Nussbaum
Good Workout Quotes
I aim for a daily target of music and a weekly quota of comedy, workouts, and other feel-good activities. — Mo Gawdat
Sluggish days and bad workouts maintain the compound gains you accrued from previous good days. — James Clear
Good thing I didn’t accomplish all my goals yet because then what would I do tomorrow? — Alexi Pappas
When people said "We never want to look like you" Arnold replied "Don't worry, you never will".
I like to fight on the ground. I’m learning every day. I think I’m good. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
When I go out with a woman, my primary goal is for her to have a good time – that’s it. — Corey Wayne
Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be. — Jocko Willink
The question isn't can you, It's will you ?
I was good. I probably could have gone to the NFL. I just hated practice. — Kawhi Leonard
You can be a woman who wants to look good and still stand up for the equality of women. — Meghan Markle
My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy. — James Lafferty
When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day. — Minka Kelly
Health And Fitness Quotes
The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition. — Thomas A. Edison
During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile. — Nina Kuscsik
The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~ — Thomas A. Edison
Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity. — Carol Bellamy
Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. — Satchel Paige
Physical Fitness Quotes
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. In order to achieve happiness, it is imperative to gain mastery of your body. If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape, you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young. — Joseph Pilates
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. — Joseph Pilates
If you want a happy and fulfilled life, you need to be physically, mentally, spiritually, and financially fit. More money will fix your financial problems only. — Jaspreet Singh
When you use your body for a living, you have one job, and it requires one thing: work hard to stay in peak condition. That’s it. — Tim Grover
It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit. — Carl Linnaeus
As a longtime practitioner of yoga and a person who's been involved in physical fitness my whole life, I can tell you, yoga helps you achieve altered states of consciousness. It is not just stretching. — Joe Rogan
Exercise is remarkably beneficial for the brain. High fitness levels in midlife delayed dementia onset by 9.5 years in women. Larger brain volumes have also been linked to increased physical activity. Maintain youthful brain volume by embracing exercise. We can transform our brain health as we age. — Rhonda Patrick
Take care of yourself, both physically and mentally. Self-care is essential for overall well-being. — Edward Barber
If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go. — Anthony Bourdain
Exercise Health Quotes
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health. — Hippocrates
Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. — Jack LaLanne
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. — Josh Billings
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. — Thomas Jefferson
Exercise is the new probiotic. Aerobic exercise may be one of the most effective ways to promote gut health and help heal intestinal issues. Aerobic exercise increases butyrate-producing gut bacteria independent of diet. This reduces inflammation — Rhonda Patrick
No matter what we eat, how much we exercise, how resilient our genes are, how skinny or young or wise we are—none of it will matter unless we’re breathing correctly. That’s what these researchers discovered. The missing pillar in health is breath. It all starts there. — James Nestor
Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden. — Dan Buettner
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. — Lord Chesterfield
It's insane how much we focus on diet/exercise when what we should be focused on is sleep. We spend 33% of our time on earth sleeping. Make airway health your #1 priority. The other 66% of your life depends on it. — Mark Burhenne
We've always known that our bodies are capable of healing themselves under the right conditions: Diet and exercise improve our health. But there are also ancient genetic survival pathways in every living thing. — David Sinclair
More Fitness Workout Quotes
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. — Hippocrates
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight. — Ronnie Coleman
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
Whatever you’re doing, think fifty steps ahead. — 21 Savage
Do the things you enjoy within reason. Know your body and what works for you and you’ll be fine. — Meghan Markle
I feel like when things are really hectic it’s important to carve out time for yourself. — Hannah Bronfman
What I’ve learned mostly is that you have to be ruthless and you have to be consistent and you have to fit every day the culture of the club to create a winning mentality. — Mikel Arteta
Every training session, I work hard to improve my weaknesses and build on my strengths. — Antoine Griezmann
How you define your schedule depends on how you keep focused… — Christina Koch
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I’ve always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica Fox
Speed is only useful if you’re running in the right direction. — Pat Flynn
Deadlifts are key to mass. Don’t shy away from what works. — Martyn Ford
I just feel it’s the real me! I hate feeling skinny and weak; it just depresses me, and it doesn’t feel right. — Martyn Ford
A fighter can always recover, and you never know what they’re going to come back with. — Holly Holm
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. — Mark Rippetoe
Comfort is number one for me with shoes. I like to do a test walk in heels to make sure I won’t fall or get crazy blisters. — Sadie Sink
Eating well and staying active is the necessary base to a clear complexion and a healthy body and mind. — Hannah Bronfman
Girls are so in their head about their body image. It doesn’t matter how confident you are – it’s hormones! — Hannah Bronfman
I was not keen on fitness before injury and now I am very keen on fitness. — Smriti Mandhana
Take care of yourself, both physically and mentally. Self-care is essential for overall well-being. — Edward Barber
There’s nothing like starting the day with a healthy, filling breakfast smoothie. — Hannah Bronfman
You either make business your lifestyle, or business becomes your lifestyle. — Isaac Mashman
I know the UFC’s a big organization, the best athletes and fighters are here, so… every third or fourth month, I’m ready to fight. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I always tell kids to put education first. Because if you have muscles but no brains, then you’ll have problems. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
I guess from my perspective being a female athlete as well, there’s probably not a huge amount of female athlete books out there. — Ellyse Perry
What you eat don’t make me sh*t. That might work for you, that don’t mean it’s going to work for me. — 21 Savage
Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can’t stand going to the gym. It doesn’t appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time. — Mary Berry
I’ve been training for Ronda Rousey [to compete with her] since my first fight in the UFC. — Amanda Nunes
I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses. — Holly Holm
Energy is everything, in life, in football and in sports. — Mikel Arteta
It’s MMA. I’m a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I’m ready for all of it. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
I want to keep working hard and looking to progress. — Harry Kane
I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights. — Holly Holm
When I was first introduced to CrossFit, I found it to be the hardest workout that I'd ever done. It wiped the floor with me, and I fell in love with it immediately. The results that I have seen in my strength and physicality have been unparalleled to any other things I have ever done in my more than 20 years in the fitness business. — Bob Harper
I’m going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not. — Holly Holm
Just remember, somewhere, a little Chinese girl is warming up with your max. — Jim Conroy
The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom. — Dave Barry
When I’m away from basketball, I hang out with my friends, chill, and that’s about it. — Kawhi Leonard
As much as I enjoy growing my wealth, I also realize that there’s a point of diminishing returns if I don’t take care of myself and my well-being. — Paul Jarvis
This can vary massively depending on what I’m training for, but I can consume anywhere from 4,500 to 8,000 calories per day. — Martyn Ford
I love competition you know. I love competition like sparring, grappling, like even if we run, I enjoy competition. — Khabib Nurmagomedov
I do a lot of body weight stuff, power work, with your legs as well. There are weights involved now and again. There is a bit of mixture. — Harry Kane
Absolutely fell in love with the idea and the power that the training and food has and can have over your life. — Martyn Ford
It is better to be a hundred percent healthy and eighty percent fit than a hundred percent fit and eighty percent healthy. — Alexi Pappas
Currently I am doing HIT training. I run a program for 4-5 weeks and then I have a week off, where I do high volume work. — Martyn Ford
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