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Quotes About Exercise

Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth,-as some kinds of creatures do their food; to be ruminated upon.
~ Thomas Hartwell Horne
People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
~ Greg Rutherford
Jedi breathing exercise Luke Skywalker had urged upon me when trying to recruit me as a Jedi. Breathing in through my nose to a count of four, I held the breath for a seven count, then exhaled in eight beats.
~ Michael A. Stackpole
I guess the basic reason I run is that I think a body, like a brain, should be used, stretched, forced to its limits...I feel sorry for those who will never know the desperate pound of 180 beats per minute, or the golden afterglow of recovery from it. The body, like a flying machine, can be operated with greater enjoyment, poise, and confidence if one has explored its limits.
~ Michael Collins
Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.
~ Michael Crichton
In the brain, there's a similar system called the glia-lymphatic system (really glymphatic but let's use glia-lymphatic as we think it describes the system better).2 But often we don't have optimal ability to clear waste from that area. Not surprisingly, this circumstance is largely related to the food we eat, how much exercise we get, and other lifestyle choices we make, especially regarding sleep.
~ Michael F. Roizen
An easy way to estimate your resting metabolic rate is to multiply your desired weight in pounds by 8 and add 200, but this is very variable, so if anyone ever offers to measure your real metabolic rate, accept the offer.
~ Michael F. Roizen
life is a continuous exercise is creative problem solving
~ Michael J Gelb
The exercise was meant to illustrate the powerful instinct people have for finding causes for any effect, and also for creating narratives. "The
~ Michael Lewis
The deadlift is the single best exercise.
~ Hafthor Bjornsson
Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.
~ Venus Williams
I wear SoulCycle stuff every single day of my life.
~ Louise Linton
I do two things every single day - I go running and then I do weight lifting.
~ Barbi Benton
I feel like part of the reason I play basketball so much is it just feels good. In the summer I play every single day.
~ Jamal Crawford
Im focussing very much on having a plant-based diet, Ive given up alcohol, and Im exercising every day. And that includes being outside every single day, just to also exercise for my mental health.
~ Anna Richardson
I'm in the gym every single day.
~ Harrison Barnes
It's pretty much the same routine every day. Come in Monday, bags and running. I like to get a run up in the morning with my brother and my sister and when I come in I'll do another one.
~ Daniel Dubois
I'm on the playstation, or else I go out and play football. I enjoy movies and sitcoms. I love reading motivational books too.
~ Shreyas Iyer
I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
~ A. J. Jacobs
I do my thinking while I walk. It just loosens up the mind in the way that you don't get when you are sitting at a desk.
~ Graham Swift
I should really be lifting only five days. I'm sort of obsessed, and I end up going in six, sometimes seven, and that's not good. Something that I preach but don't practice - moderation.
~ Caroline Paul
I drink protein shakes when I travel. That is how I maintain myself, and I exercise six days a week.
~ Jinder Mahal
I work out a lot at the gym, probably five or six days a week, even when I'm on holiday.
~ Vogue Williams
I love being in the gym and am training six days a week; I do a lot of high-intensity interval training so that my heart rate gets really high, and I practice, as I'm doing that, taking really deep breaths, and that really helps in a song and in a style of music where you have to sing long, flowing lines.
~ Joshua Henry