Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. You can count on this. – 1 Timothy 4:8, MSG
The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen.
If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.
Stay positive, stay fighting, stay brave, stay ambitious, stay focused, stay strong.
Let exercise be your stress reliever, not food.
If you have time for Facebook, you have time to exercise.
Suck it up so one day you won’t have to suck it in.
You can feel sore tomorrow or you can feel sorry tomorrow. You choose.
Exercise in the morning before your brain figures out what you’re doing.
Warning: exercise has been known to cause health and happiness.
Today is your day to start fresh, to eat right, to train hard, to live healthy.
The body achieves what the mind believes.
Push yourself. No one is going to do it for you.
I thought about giving up…but then I remembered who was watching.
Being healthy and fit isn’t a fad or a trend. Instead, it’s a lifestyle.
Fitness is not about being better than someone else…it’s about being better than you used to be.
Exercise: the more serious you are, the more fun it becomes.
Exercise more. Soon it’s going to feel amazing.
One pound at a time.
From Smashfit:
“When you work really hard and wonder why…
Here’s Why It’s Worth it:
Because smaller clothes look better on you than bigger ones.
Because when you finish a workout, no matter what’s going on in your life, you feel good.
Because while building your body you build your confidence.
Because it’s easier to be happy than to be sad.
Because it’s easier to be healthy than sick.
Because your family needs you strong.
Because you want to lead your kids by example.
Because mirrors work so much better.
Because you prove to yourself what you’re made of.
Because the good energy keeps coming right back at you.
Because so much mind-time is freed not worrying about your weight.
Because when you look at you, you see you.
Because inner joy translates into your outward life.”
Losing weight means you’ll look good in clothes. Exercising means you’ll look good naked.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. – Mia Hamm
The question isn’t “can you?”…it’s “will you?”
If you wait for perfect conditions, you’ll never get anything done.
Eat clean and exercise daily.
No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everyone on the couch.
You don’t need a New Year to make a change…all you need is a Monday. Make this the week you change your life.
When in doubt, work out.
A one hour workout is 4% of your day. No excuses.
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. – Earl Nightingale
Strong heart. Fit body. Clear skin. Toned muscles. Calm nerves. Happy soul. Big Smile! Want it? Eat right. Exercise. Sleep enough.
Life is like exercise. The harder it is, the stronger you become.
Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.
Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.
If you keep going you will see results. If you stop, you won’t.
When your legs ache, your body burns, and there’s sweat all over…you know you’re doing something right. Don’t give up.
Don’t give up just cause you had a bad day. Forgive yourself and do better tomorrow.
Stop looking for immediate results. Your body is a work in progress. Respect it, nourish it, love it.
Don’t be ashamed of trying. Every journey has to start somewhere.
When you want to give up, just think of the people who would love to see you fail. Don’t give them that pleasure.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. – Tim Nothe
Let every bead of sweat motivate you a little bit more.
What seems impossible today will soon be your warm-up.
Never give up. Everyone has bad days. Pick yourself up and keep going.
I will beat her. I will train harder. I will eat cleaner. I know her weaknesses. I know her strengths. I’ve lost to her before. But not this time. She is going down. I have the advantage because I know her well. She is the old me. – Bonnie Pfiester
Your body hears everything your mind says.
It’s a slow process, but quitting won’t speed it up. Persevere!
If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
I don’t always love the workout, but I always love the results.
What I like: feeling the burn and fighting through it.
Exercise is so difficult when you have to and so easy when you want to.
Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.
You will never know your limits if you don’t push yourself to them.
Strive for progress not perfection.
Just do it…then do it again.
If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run. – John Bingham
Sweat, smile and repeat.
I don’t find the time to exercise, I make the time to exercise.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Nothing tastes as good as “being fit” feels.
Believe you can and you are halfway there.
If you still look cute at the end of your workout, you didn’t train hard enough.
The pain you feel today, will be the strength you feel tomorrow.
Stay positive, stay fighting, stay brave, stay ambitious, stay focused, stay strong…mentality is everything.
Commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do, long after the mood you said it in has left you.
It takes 4 weeks for you to see your body changing. It takes 8 weeks for friends and family. And it takes 12 weeks for the rest of the world. Keep going.
I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting, because they’re the only ones that count. No pain, no gain. – Muhammad Ali
Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don’t.
Many things aren’t equal. But everyone gets the same 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We make time for what we truly want.
“Obsessed” is a word the lazy use to describe the “Dedicated”.
Surround yourself with those who challenge you, push you and motivate you.
Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Lion or a Gazelle. When the sun comes up, you had better be running.
Focus. Obstacles are what you see only when you take your eyes off the prize.
It’s not who you are that holds you back. It’s who you think you’re not.
Whether it takes me a few months or even a few years, I will achieve my goal. It may come slow, it may come fast, but I will be patient.
An imperfect workout done today is better than a perfect workout delayed indefinitely.
Train like an Athlete. Eat like a Nutritionist. Sleep like a Baby. Win like a Champion.
Nothing changes if nothing changes.
Be the type of person you want to meet.
Workout because you love your body, not because you hate it.
I may not be there yet…but I am closer than I was yesterday. Each step makes a difference.
Fear is a liar.
Sore? Tired? Out of breath? Sweaty? Good…it’s working.
Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got one flat.
Don’t make it your goal to be fit. Make it your goal to be disciplined and being fit will follow.
I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life’s greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret. – Anthony Robbins
What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know. – Arnold Schwarzenneger
There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results. – Kenneth Blanchard
You can’t out-exercise a bad diet.
Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable.
Slow progress is better than no progress.
80% of success is showing up.
There’s no one giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.
Your only competition is the person you were yesterday.
Once you start to see results, it becomes an addiction.
First they will laugh, then they will copy. Don’t give up.
*If this is the mentality and dedication given to physical exercise…new creature, you are officially without excuse. Btw, these quotes aren’t really about physical exercise. Selah.