The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. That's what most people lack. Having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

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"You can have results or excuses, but not both."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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"Strength doesn’t come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths."

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"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."

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- George Lorimer

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"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."

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"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

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