Top 977 Lifting Weights Quotes & Sayings

Why bother lifting weights if you aren't following a sound nutritional regimen? Sure, it may be fun, but are you really accomplishing anything?

Meditation is as important as lifting weights and being out here on the field for practice.

I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifting in the afternoon. My least favorite is the legs... I do quite a few chin-ups and rows. I do mostly old-school lifting with a lot of squats.

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

It wasn’t until Thor that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

I like lifting weights. And there is a cardio element to lifting if you're doing it the way I do it.

As a storyteller, I think where working in television can almost be like lifting weights - you really have to know what your story is about.

Football is a little bit different as far as lifting weights. We lifted weights every day. It's a different type of sport. So those things, different aspects, they help you in basketball.

The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part.

Everyone wants to be fit these days, everywhere you see people are talking about being healthy and lifting weights. I did it for four months and the results showed.

Building stuff. Lifting blocks. That's how I got stronger. I never lifted weights. I just did masonry work with my pops.

Everybody used to always give me a hard time, 'You never really lift weights like that.' I would lift enough, but instead of lifting weights, I'm standing on a track field.

My dad had me start lifting weights at 12, and for me it was fun.

Me and my brother are players that spend three to four hours in the gym every day doing running, lifting heavy weights, and doing treadmill stuff.

'Drag Race' is sort of like trying to lift weights - like, 50 pounds when you should've been lifting 20.

I have never been a big fan of lifting weights or exercising.

I've always been a clean fighter, always lifting weights.

I started playing soccer when I was 6 years old and started lifting weights when I was 16, so it's not like I never exercised.

Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.

I enjoy lifting weights, but I hate doing cardio.

I've been busily lifting weights since I was 14, but in college I started running as a way to reduce stress, as I recall.

I was way behind physically in high school. They had weight bars that were about forty-five pounds. I couldn't handle them. Couldn't even put the weights on. It was embarrassing. So I always figured out ways to avoid lifting when I was young.

In the preseason, in the month of October, I work out almost every day, lifting weights for 20 or 30 minutes, and then during the season I usually lift weights twice a week, sometimes a little more.

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.

My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when i was knocked down.

I try to do something every day. I lift weights at least three to four days per week, and I'll intersperse that with cardio. For example, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I'll run and do heavy lifting, and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I'll spend two hours lifting weights, as well as something like swimming.

When lifting weights, nothing feels better than achieving a high point on the bench press with no help from your spotter.

The importance of lifting weights is it kind of makes me who I am.

I've always been active, and enjoy running and lifting weights.

When you start lifting weights in the offseason in like November, you're like, 'Ah, I'm going to get this thing up so I can get to the World Series.'

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

I think it is easier for thinner people to build on a frame once you get lean muscle. I get bored lifting weights at the gym, and it isn't enough as your body becomes stiff. So I train in different ways such as core training, cardio with weights, playing sports such as tennis, cycling, swimming and running 10 km once a week.

I remember after the Games I was lifting weights with propane tanks on them, and getting to experience opening ceremonies again was something I dreamed of every day.

There is no one stronger than Mitrovic - no chance. When you see him lifting weights, you know it's not possible.

I have worked hard in the gym lifting heavy weights and doing a lot of exercises.

Some sports, you see some athletes just walking around the gym not really doing anything, eating food. They're first to the lunchroom, never lifting weights.

I started lifting heavy weights and became addicted to it and before I knew it I won the title of the world's strongest man which is very cool.

Exercise and fitness will always be part of my life but it does not have to be lifting huge weights; I like yoga, cycling, walking swimming, anything.

I'm really into tennis. Because of the traveling, standing in front of a mirror and lifting weights in a gym makes me feel putrid. I'd rather do something that's physically tough and mentally stimulating.

I do some 400 m. repetition running for endurance on the court. I'll be in the gym lifting weights, or I'll be putting in a lot of core stability to work to improve my balance.

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and just focusing on training.

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.

If a man seriously proposes to go in for lifting heavy weights, he should make a point of practising certain lifts every day. This daily practice is essential to the achievement of any real success.

We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights a couple of times a week, I would be able to hit that jab a lot longer. After sparring, everybody's gone, and I sneak into the weight room. Spend 40 minutes in there lifting weights.

Even though the weight I'm lifting isn't what it was when I was playing, it's not like I'm not lifting weights that are heavier than the common person would lift. I think a lot of people look at that and say, 'Whoa!'

I've been lifting weights since I was literally 15 or 16 years old. My muscles are short and powerful and built to lift heavy weights, not to be graceful and glide around a dance floor.

In terms of conditioning and lifting weights, if you can't do that on your own, you're in trouble anyways. You're a professional, you have to get that done yourself.

I've had to learn that food is not my enemy. I work out once or twice a day and I'm lifting super heavy weights. I need fuel to keep going.

When you start to treat the light weights like heavy weights, the heavy weights will go up a lot easier.

Everybody always asks me, 'How much can you bench?' I'm like, 'I don't know. I don't lift weights.' Now that I'm in college, we lift weights every once in a while, but not maxing out. We do things with a weight vest on... That surprises people, too, how strong you can get by just basically lifting your body all the time.

I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

I enjoy lifting weights more than I enjoy getting on the treadmill to run.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

A regular workout for me is 30 minutes of intense cardio followed by lifting weights.

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.

Every action has a consequence. It may be good for strengthening. And I have no doubt that lifting a lot of weights can get you stronger. I just don't know if lifting stronger weights can keep you healthy, or it can keep you doing your job better, especially for a pro athlete.

You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights

I began sports as a Basketball player but got into lifting weights after a recurring ankle problem that stopped me from competing in basketball despite having surgeries.

It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

I get so many big ideas while I'm running and such clarity while I'm lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy and positive.