Quotes About Exercise

The short and obscene sentence of Poseidonius about the rubbing together of two small pieces of flesh, which I have seen you copy in your exercise books with the application of a good schoolboy, does no more to define the phenomenon of love than the cord touched by the finger accounts for the infinite miracle of sounds. Such a dictum is less an insult to pleasure than to the flesh itself, that amazing instrument of muscles, blood, and skin, that red-tinged cloud whose lightning is the soul.

So quickly in youth do different and opposite trains of ideas and emotions succeed to each other; and so easy it is, by a timely exercise of reason and self-command, to prevent a fancy from becoming a passion.

I think fiction may be, whatever else, an exercise in the capacity for imaginative love, or sympathy, or identification. -Imagination & Community

No matter what it is, if you don't move your eyes and set the pace yourself, your intellect is sentenced to death. The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must work. Television rules that out.

The mind, you see, is like a muscle. For it to remain agile and strong, it must work.

How we eat, how much we exercise, how we manage stress, our exposure to environmental and food-based toxins, and the structural violence or "obesogenic environment" that influences these factors are what is truly driving our diabesity epidemic.

If exercise could be put in a pill, it might be the most powerful health-promoting longevity strategy ever.

ways to boost testosterone naturally are to eat good fats, including saturated fat (all sex hormones are made from cholesterol); engage in stress-reduction practices, such as meditation; and do strength training.

The church is often compared to a football game: 65,000 people in desperate need of exercise, and 22 people in desperate need of rest! Spectator Christianity compartmentalizes our lives so church becomes a 2-hour slot rather than a lifestyle.

Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated push of daily exercise. It's a trite axiom, but practice DOES make perfect. If you want to be a strong swimmer or an accomplished musician, you have to practice. It's the same with sobriety, though the stakes are higher. If you don't practice your program every day, you're putting yourself in a position where you could fly out of the orbit one more time.

Better yet, go out for a skip instead of a jog. Skipping is such a powerful way to change your state because it does four things: 1) It's great exercise; 2) you'll have less stress on your body than running; 3) you won't be able to keep a serious look on your face; and 4) you'll entertain everybody who's driving by! So you'll be changing other people's states, too, by making them laugh.

Getting old is not a matter of age; it's a lack of movement. And the ultimate lack of movement is death.

And then there are our bodies. We live in a time where the majority of people in the Western world are massively overweight. In the United States, nearly seven in ten Americans are either overweight (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a body mass index of 25.0 to 29.9) or obese (having a BMI of 30.0 or higher).

The fight has been going on since...dominion in this world has found itself capable of sustentation by the exercise of fear as to the world to come.

I have walked, my lord, and am warm. I never walk,—never could walk. I don't know why it is, but my legs won't walk. Perhaps you never tried. Yes, I have.

Exercise stimulates growth plates, by putting pressure on bone cells, forcing them to specialize and create new cells. Too much pressure, however, damages the growth plates, which are soft and fragile...The rule of thumb is that lifting one's own body weight (in push-ups,pull-ups, etc) is fine at any age, and kids over fifteen can lift weights.

The actions from which [virtue] was produced are also those in which it is exercised.

For both excessive and deficient exercise ruin bodily strength, and, similarly, too much or too little eating or drinking ruins health, whereas the proportionate amount produces, increases, and preserves it.

Happiness is the exercise of talent, along the lines of excellence.

He picked up a towel to dry his hair. You coming to work out? Yes. You want me to reset the machine? No, I want to ride you until you're begging me for mercy. Clearing her throat, she tried to shove that imagine out of her mind.

A substantial daily intake of alcohol was the perfect way to stay in shape.

Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).

A amizade não se procura, não se imagina, não se deseja; exercita-se (é uma virtude)

Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details. My friend Watson could tell you that I spent a whole morning in that exercise. It is no easy matter, and requires a strong and practiced arm.