170 Gym Fitness Quotes

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Famous Gym Fitness Quotes

It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know. — T. D. Jakes

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. — Joseph Pilates

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

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. - Swami Vivekananda

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. — Swami Vivekananda

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

Fitness in four words: Move yourself and objects. — Michael Easter

Physical fitness can neither be acquired by wishful thinking nor by outright purchase. — Joseph Pilates

Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym. — Greg Plitt

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. — John F. Kennedy

Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle — Lee Priest

You can go to the gym, lift as many weights as you want, but if you can't bench press your duvet at fajr then it doesn't mean anything — Khalid Yasin

Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth. — Lee Labrada

In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain. — Chris Cornell

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke? — John Daly

When I'm at the gym, I think about chicks, going to the beach, and looking good. I do it for the girls. — Usain Bolt

Short Gym Fitness Quotes

  • I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga. — Danica McKellar
  • Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics. — Suzanne Yoculan
  • Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom. — Jack LaLanne
  • Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps. — Bo Jackson
  • Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART. — Serge Nubret
  • Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia. — Barbara Ehrenreich
  • The best activities for your health are pumping and humping. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. — Blaise Pascal
  • Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder. — Ronnie Coleman
  • Exercise should be fun, otherwise, you won't be consistent. — Laura Ramirez

Gym Fitness Image Quotes

Gym fitness quote Why fit in when you we born to stand out?
Why fit in when you we born to stand out?

Gym Workout 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

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight. — Ronnie Coleman

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

Gym fitness quote A little progress each day adds up.
A little progress each day adds up.

I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done — David Goggins

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

Gym fitness quote Different is good. So don't fit in, don't sit still, don't ever try to be less than what you are.
Different is good. So don't fit in, don't sit still, don't ever try to be less than what you are.

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

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

Gym Training Quotes

The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment - Justin Langer

The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment — Justin Langer

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

No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training — Socrates

Gym fitness quote Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.
Your body will be around a lot longer than that expensive handbag. Invest in yourself.

Just remember, somewhere, a little Chinese girl is warming up with your max. — Jim Conroy

Don't be fooled into thinking that you have the capacity to achieve your best on your own. A training partner in the gym is a great asset because when you think you have reached your limit, there is someone who can push you to go further. — Brian Houston

In Romania, I train on a bar that is bent. My gym has bad lighting and very little heat in the winters. Here in America, you have everything you need to train. It's not in the bar or the gym or the platform it's in you. — Nicu Vlad

Gym fitness quote The real workout starts when you want to stop.
The real workout starts when you want to stop.

You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it. — Maya Angelou

I had a guy come up to me once in the gym when I'm training arms and tell me that I should do curls this way. I looked at his arms and they were about fifteen inches. That would be like me walking up to Tom Platz and telling him how to squat! — Lee Priest

If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got. — Marian Diamond

I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked. — Alexis Arguello

Fitness Training Quotes

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

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

Gym fitness quote Our bodies are capable of anything. It's our mind we have to convince.
Our bodies are capable of anything. It's our mind we have to convince.

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

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs. — Joan Walsh Anglund

Gym fitness quote Take care of your body, it's the only home you have.
Take care of your body, it's the only home you have.

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

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. - Mark Rippetoe

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general. — Mark Rippetoe

Gym Motivation 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

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. - Serena Williams

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams

Gym fitness quote If you don't fit in, then you're probably doing the right thing.
If you don't fit in, then you're probably doing the right thing.

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

Everything you need is already inside. — Bill Bowerman

Don't Stop when you are Tired. Stop When You are Done. — David Goggins

Gym fitness quote When you feel like you don't fit in, that's because you're extraordinary and this world is full of o
When you feel like you don't fit in, that's because you're extraordinary and this world is full of ordinary people

I never think about losing. — Lou Ferrigno

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

What good is it to look like Tarzan and play like Jane? — John Welborn

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to. — Janet Jackson

Fitness Workout Quotes

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. — Hippocrates

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

Gym fitness quote Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desi
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a vision, a dream.

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

Gym fitness quote When people said "We never want to look like you" Arnold replied "Don't worry, you never will".
When people said "We never want to look like you" Arnold replied "Don't worry, you never will".

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

Exercise And Fitness Quotes

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. - Ellen DeGeneres

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

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being — Plato

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

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

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed. — Charles M. Schulz

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

Good things come to those who hustle — Chuck Noll

Good things come to those who wait. - Jess C Scott

Good things come to those who wait. — Jess C Scott

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to health, everyone is unique and requires individualized care. — Eric Berg

It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most. — Jonah Lomu

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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

Gymnasium Quotes

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium. — Mary Kay Blakely

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium. — Mary Blakely

My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine. - Caroline Rhea

My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine. — Caroline Rhea

I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person. — Tim Roth

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world. — Swami Vivekananda

It's like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium — Dick Trickle

Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nauseam." Neither does it demand you joining a gymnasium nor the purchasing of expensive apparatus. You may derive all the benefits of Contrology in your own home. — Joseph Pilates

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands. — Jimmy Breslin

I've never really resented hard work because I've always liked it. Up every morning for roadwork. Going to the gymnasium every day at 12 o'clock. I never change my pattern. — Muhammad Ali

The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once. — Jean Paul

Back To Gym Quotes

After every game, I used to ask Michael Jordan one question: Five, six, or seven? As in, what time are we hitting the gym tomorrow morning? And he’d snap back a time, and that was it. — Tim Grover

Most of the hotel gym's are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you aren't going to be able to train legs, back, or even chest if they don't have dumbbells and benches. — Warren Cuccurullo

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September. — Shawn Johnson

Don't show up late. Don't try to slide out early. Don't cheat your rep counts. And definitely, don't hold back. Leave it all in the gym! — Gunnar Peterson

Im the guy wholl drive 250 miles tonight and be at the gym tomorrow at 10 A.M., when people are still sleeping in. Im the guy wholl fly to Australia and find a gym. Fly back and first thing I do off the plane is work out before I shower or eat. — John Cena

I was gonna open a gym and was in negotiation to buy the gym I was working out at. It was a small mom-and-pop and (the owner) wanted to move back to the west coast. My wife at (that) time came down with skin cancer. — Drew Waters

When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps. — Shawn Johnson

I was happier going back to my roots: training like men do in my hometown of Pittsburgh. Back home the guys in the gyms don't lift to look good; they're lifting to lift. They do it because they want to squat more and bench more. — Joe Manganiello

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit. — Peter Straub

I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip flops. I don't wear make-up. I go to the gym. My husband and I are just really laid back people. — A. J. Cook

Gym Class Quotes

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

I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery and I remember taking the bow and arrow and firing it up and across the street into a car parking lot. — Sayings

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet. — Misty Copeland

I love going to the gym and taking aerobics classes and kickboxing. Doing a variety of activities keeps it fresh and helps work other muscles that could potentially help you with your game. — Swin Cash

There should be a class on apartheid. There should be a class on why people are hungry, but there are not. There are classes on...gym. Physical Education. — Tupac Shakur

I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete. — Kate Voegele

We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids. — Tony Danza

Palming separates the men from the boys! — Ed Marlo

If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym. — Madonna Ciccone

If I can go every day of the week, that's great and I'll do it. Usually I can't, so it's about 4 or 5 times a week that I'll go to the gym. I just do cardio and make sure I tone. I love spin class and yoga and I work a lot on my legs and my abs and my arms. — Sasha Pieterse

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More Gym Fitness Quotes

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't. — Henry Rollins

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

If you are like me and want better health, you can invest time and money on medical care, diagnostic and preventive measures, and exercise and fitness. For decades I have spent six to eight hours a week running, hiking, walking, playing tennis, and working out in a gym. I think of each hour spent on fitness as one day less that I’ll spend in a hospital. — Edward O. Thorp

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

I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board. — Viswanathan Anand

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The difference between who you are and who you want to be, is what you do. — Bill Phillips

Health is worth more than learning. — Thomas Jefferson

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive. — Emanuel Steward

Fall down seven times, get up eight. — Margi Preus

My idea of exercise is a good brisk sit. — Phyllis Diller

I actually go to the gym much more now than I did when I was on Buffy. I like to stay fit, because that's when I feel really healthy. But I never worked out for any kind of image. People have said to me, 'Do you starve yourself before photo shoots?' And I always say, 'No way.! That's what airbrushing is for. I had french fries last night.' — Sarah Michelle Gellar

Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body. — Cher

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. — A. A. Milne

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. — Stephen Covey

Train insane or remain the same. — Jillian Michaels

I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me. — Mark Twain

I do not go to the gym. I do not train. I am not that careful about what I eat. I cannot give you any advice about keeping fit. The best advice I can give is choose your parents wisely. — Harrison Ford

If you fail to prepare you prepare to fail. — Donnie Burns

I'm lucky to have parents who used to be bodybuilders! They help me keep fit by going to the gym and training with me. I'm also addicted to Cardio Barre classes and hiking. — Janel Parrish

I'm so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James! — Ellen DeGeneres

My jogging is the best thing in my life. Wake up in the morning and jog. Come to the gym and train my ass off. Be fit, make myself fit. Feel like a man. Because when you get to the ring and you start to get tired, it's very bad. — Joshua Clottey

'm starting to get a swimming physique, which I'm very pleased about, because for me that's the most appealing male physique. It's not show-y off-y Mr Muscle, "Look how much I can bench." It's just a real lean, athletic figure and it doesn't look like you try too hard. When you see people who have huge biceps, it looks like they're in the gym all day. But I think there's a difference between looking muscly and being fit. — Greg James

For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop. — Tim DeKay

Sex keeps me fit and healthy. What can be better than that? It's not about crazy diets or gym workouts. — Kelly Brook

My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. When I used to kill myself in the gym, it had an adverse effect on me because my body would be so stressed out and constantly in fight-or-flight mode. — Laura Prepon

I joined a gym recently. I don't have the best history in the world of sticking with my fitness regimens, but I feel like this time's gonna be different. I figure one of two things is gonna happen: either I'll get into shape, or I'll just resign myself to paying an $85 a month fat tax. — Christian Finnegan

I had retail businesses. They were beauty businesses, skin care and all that. I got into that as a fluke. I was going to open up a gym. I just had a Men's Fitness cover come out that was the third bestselling of Men's Fitness covers. — Drew Waters

I run a lot. If I don't have time to go to the gym or don't have time to work out properly, I will go for a quick run. I think running is a great way to stay fit, and I really concentrate on fitting into a realistic urban lifestyle. — Stella McCartney

When you do hit the gym, you should push yourself. This is what makes fitness phenomena so interesting. — Jillian Michaels

I eat super healthy and I'm super fit. I dabble in every type of fitness. I have a trainer and I go to the gym. I do yoga as well. — Linda Evangelista

I work out every day. Mostly it's free weights and cardio. I don't do that stuff where they throw logs at you, what's it called, cross-fit. None of that. Mainly it's just me in the gym, lifting weights. — Justin Bieber

The 1st secret to success is to simply master your ability to get started, to take the first step. If you want to get physically fit, simply pack a gym bag everyday and get in the car. Once you do, where else are you going to go? — Hal Elrod

My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong. — Booboo Stewart

Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have to go to a gym. — Anton du Beke

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