Fitness Quotes

"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Stimulate don’t annihilate."

- Lee Haney

"I don’t diet and exercise. I eat and train."

- J.R. Rim

"The barbells and dumbbells you hold in your hands and the way you use them have stories to tell."

- Craig Cecil

"Exercise is labor without weariness."

- Samuel Johnson

"I’m in shape. Round is a shape."

- George Carlin

"My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine."

- Caroline Rhea

"A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly."

- Bruce Lee

"Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum."

- Bruce Lee

"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

"I'm done with my run, I'm done with it."

- Rob Haneisen

"When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing."

- Lee Haney

"If you’re attacking, you don’t get as tired as when you’re chasing."

- Ali Daei

"I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"My goal is to hit the gym every day I’m on vacation. Usually, I just end up sleeping and drinking beer."

- Gary Allan

"Starting my day with exercise gives me a big mood and energy boost throughout the day and makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something right off the bat."

- Jake Knapp

"If I fail to follow my morning routine I try to get a hard workout in. A hard workout is like a manual restart of the day."

- Aubrey Marcus

"Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise."

- Thomas Jefferson

"Move your joints every day. You have to find your own tricks. Bury your mind deep in your heart, and watch the body move by itself."

- Sri Dharma Mittra

"Sweat is your body transforming."

- Unknown

"Sweat is your body’s effort showing."

- Unknown

"The only bad workout is the one you didn’t do. Make your Wednesday workout, whether lifting weights or hitting the treadmill, count."

"On Thursdays, our willpower is the gardener that tends to the garden of our bodies."

- Unknown

"Time, effort, sacrifice, and sweat. How will you pay for your Thursday fitness goals?"

- Unknown

"Physical fitness is not only key to a healthy body but also the basis of dynamic intellectual activity. Energize your mind and body this Thursday."

- Unknown

"Thursday is the perfect day to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and push your fitness limits."

- Unknown

"Today is Workout Wednesday. Make a change in your life by pushing your limits."

- Anonymous

"Fitness is like a relationship. You can’t cheat and expect it to work."

"The only bad workout is the one that didn't happen."