Health, Fitness & Wellness: Fitness Quotes

Lindsey Vonn, Athlete

"It's an honour and a privilege to meet people who look at you as their idol , they actually lose weight and gain muscle because of you. I can only tell them thank you for letting me be that person for them"

Phil Heath, Athlete

"When you pick up your first magazine, you definitely hope you can be like the guy on the magazine. That's usually why you start lifting"

Phil Heath, Athlete

"Personally, I like one hand preacher curls with dumbbells. You don't have to do 100 pound dumbbells to get a burn. Heck, I can do 35- 45 dumbbells and get something out of it. It's also great for guys that travel. It's the one piece of equipment that most hotels always have"

Phil Heath, Athlete

"The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too tall and have short limbs, it may be the best exercise for you, but if you're tall with long legs, it might be both ineffective and dangerous.I was stubbornly faithful to squats for years until I finally realized they were not well-suited for my body structure. After I switched tomore muscle-intensive movements, my gains in leg size were astounding"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"Back in the '80s we were very cautious about steroids"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"Shoulder width is an absolute requirement for displaying the V taper that will make or break your physique"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"One set at extreme intensity does the muscle-building job. It must be stressed that the one final, all-out set I do takes me to the very limit of my capabilities. If you feel you can attempt a second set, then you couldn't have been pulling out all the stops during the first set. It's not pretty, but it works"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"That's a good weight...for a small woman"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"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, Athlete

"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, Athlete

"At the end of the day, it's not a weight contest, it's a visual contest. And it doesn't matter what you say you weigh, if you don't look that big then you don't look that big"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"I also think you have less separation if you are fuller. If you go to the gym and pump your arms up, they are bigger because of the blood volume, the fullness. But the separation is not so defined"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"Complex carbohydrates are always best, except, again, after a workout where you could take simple (sugar) carbohydrates to get an insulin spike. But at other times doing this is not very beneficial because insulin is a storage hormone and it's going to shunt everything into the muscle"

Dorian Yates, Athlete

"I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do"

Sandra Oh, Actress

"For 'X-Men' I was lifting a lot of weights. I actually lost a lot of mass when I quit "X-Men" because I was working out so much and very muscular and strong"

Jennifer Lawrence, Actress

"I've lost 12 inches in three weeks. Every time I go for the costume fitting each week, it's smaller and smaller. I'm feeling great. I'm putting in the work. I'm getting a lot of sleep. Everything is on the backburner right now. 'Dancing' is my priority"

Ricki Lake, Entertainer

"I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that"

Derek Jacobi, Actor

"When I'm not involved in an acting job, I try to run 10 miles a day"

Joan Van Ark, Actress

"Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind"

Joan Van Ark, Actress

"I need to run every day. If I don't, I feel cheated"

Joan Van Ark, Actress

"I eat five to seven meals a day and a couple of protein shakes"

Casper Van Dien, Actor

"It's good to always do some sort of exercise"

Ashley Scott, Actress

"It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout"

Cheryl Tiegs, Model

"I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active"

Lauren Bacall, Actress

"I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways"

Kylie Minogue, Musician

"You must also give mental and physical fitness priority"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart"

Gene Tunney, Athlete

"Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula"

Richard Simmons, Celebrity

"I had started losing weight. I mean, he didn't know anything about the journey that I was on at that point, obviously, but from my highest weight of just over 300 pounds, I lost about 45 pounds"

Star Jones, Entertainer

"This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time"

Richard Simmons, Celebrity

"I believe in keeping running simple, and in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc"

Bill Rodgers, Athlete

"I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight"

Gregg Allman, Musician

"I have always loathed working out"

Tea Leoni, Actress

"No, I don't want to exercise all the time. I still despise it, not at all"

Star Jones, Entertainer

"I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals"

Bonnie Blair, Athlete

"I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem"

Stone Gossard, Musician

"Sex keeps me in shape. I don't diet, I eat what I like. I love Mars bars and I smoke and drink. But I love running off in the middle of the day to make love. It really burns up calories"

Lisa Snowdon, Model

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