Quotes About Exercise

The others in my cell are mostly kind. Some tell jokes. Here's one: Have you heard about the Wehrmacht exercise program? Yes, each morning you raise your hands above your head and leave them there!

I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette.

I enjoy fitness. I've always enjoyed trying to stay healthy. I've enjoyed all my gym work; obviously there's a cross-over with that going into cricket. But you also talk of finding an escape and I think in the last year or so, running has provided me with that.

Gravity on Earth provides a force that keeps our bones and muscles working. In the microgravity of space, our bones and muscles are not taxed, so they begin to atrophy.

Psychiatrists always say, Oh, we're very professional. I use exercise as my medication.

Actually I don't mind the gym when I get there, but I hate the psychological battle I have to go through to get there.

Running is a good example of the link between fitness and psychology. I have found an easy way to enjoy running by focusing on 5k runs - they are long enough to get your heart going but not so long that you get bored.

Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.

Rumours of link-ups with co-stars have become an easy publicity exercise for production houses. It takes the focus away from the film.

Sometimes I log more than my fair share of hours on my tush - behind my desk, in the car, in front of the TV. And all that sitting can turn even the tightest buns into rice pudding.

To do Pilates moves correctly, you'll need to concentrate on your abs - keeping them pulled in and up - at all times.

When you pump up your exercise, it makes you feel better and makes you look better, so you do a better job. It's mental, too.

Mel Gibson taught me to run properly. You've got to pump your arms and move your feet faster, or you just don't look cool.

I actually have a punching bag right outside in my garden.

Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.

Pilates helps condition the body without punishing it.

Running shouldn't feel like a punishment or an obligation. It should be a treat.

For me in the past, working out has been a real chore and a punishment. When you're down that route, you're never going to keep it up.

For exercise, I now run with my chocolate Lab puppy, Oscar.

I've been told so many times that I should go to the gym to get my anxiety and frustration out. But it just makes me feel pure, concentrated dread.

I listen to 'Purple Haze' a lot. If I'm in the gym, I listen to that album the whole way through sometimes.

The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.

I enjoy every second I'm in the gym. I love to challenge myself, push myself; obviously there's a lot of different routines and a lot of different stuff we do - love cycling, and again, it's part of my lifestyle.

I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.