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Quotes About Exercise

He stopped going to meetings, and no longer follows his exercise program.
~ Unknown
Thus, my life is essentially an on-going communication exercise—a continuous test of my communication skills. This is true for all of us—particularly when it comes to interpersonal relationships.
~ Unknown
When I feel like exercising, I just lie down until the feeling goes away.
~ Unknown
We now know that if someone is deconditioned and sedentary, it is important to focus on what is happening inside the person as well as on the outside," says Peter. "To get the greatest results, health professionals should use a holistic approach to help people achieve wellness.
~ Paul Zane Pilzer
Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.
~ Paula Abdul
Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps...this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self.
~ Paula Cole
It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.
~ Paula Deen
After you have demonstrated a practical-life exercise, and once your child has begun to use it with concentration, you must take care not to interrupt him.
~ Unknown
Isn't that weird? It's the same with exercise, good nutrition, and a healthful sleep schedule. I think most people know that these are the low-hanging fruits of good mental and physical health. They grease the chute from which happiness may slide.
~ Paula Poundstone
Similarly, animals lack the ability to exercise limit-acts, which require a decisive attitude towards the world: separation from and objectification of the world in order to transform it.
~ Paulo Freire
Shrugging your shoulder and/or letting it move forward will destroy your shoulder and your power alike—whether you are punching, benching, or doing pushups.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
Take a close look at a squat, barbell, or bodyweight—it makes no difference. Both the quadriceps and the hamstrings are working toward the common goal of standing up. The quads are extending the knees, and the hammies are extending the hips.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
Push from your armpit, rather than your shoulder.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
doing the perfect kettlebell swing alone is superior to 99 percent of the sophisticated strength and conditioning programs out there.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
Lift heavy and stay fresh. "Grease the groove," to use The Naked Warrior terminology.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
Right before the hunk of iron has reached its destination quickly dip your knees and get under it. This action has been compared to putting on a sweater. Finish in the position shown.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
The one-arm snatch is the Tsar of kettlebell lifts, fluid and vicious. It will quickly humble even studly powerlifters. The forces generated by this drill are awesome. "How can it be if the weight is so light?" you might ask. –Through great acceleration and deceleration. F=ma, force equals mass multiplied by acceleration. Would you rather roll a 500 pound barbell over your toes or drop a 72 pounder from seven feet? I rest my case.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
Everything in this program must be practiced barefoot or in flat shoes without cushy soles. Wrestling shoes, work boots, tactical boots, and Converse Chuck Taylors are authorized. Almost any shoes worn by a guy named Chuck will do. Chuck #1, RKC, wears size 15 chicken-yellow water shoes, and Chuck #2, RKC, digs skateboard Vans with a chess print. Unconventional, but good enough not to warrant a set of push-ups.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
A typical mistake is setting the kettlebell down sloppily, with a rounded back and the weight on the toes, following a hard (and often perfect) set of swings or snatches. Don't! Mentally stay with the set until the kettlebell is safely parked. Lower the kettlebell in a way you would if you were planning to do another rep. Then let go, and only then relax.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
When We Say "Strength," We Mean "Kettlebell." When We Say "Kettlebell," We Mean "Strength.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
Sustained strength doesn't just happen, it is nurtured and developed. Through the use of multiple sets conducted with little rest and often high repetitions using exercises with exaggerated range-of-motion, sustained strength is gradually built up, and over time improved and extended. The transition takes time and patience and lots of practice.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
What seemed delicacy in him was usually a way of avoiding trouble; what seemed like sympathy was the instinct to prevent trouble before it started. It was hard to see what growing older would mean to such a person. His emotions, from lack of exercise, had disappeared almost altogether. Adaptability and curiosity, he had found, did just as well.
~ Penelope Fitzgerald
PAIN FREE AT YOUR PC
~ Pete Egoscue
the specific workout for each day as well as the category of training for that day. For example, in the 18-week schedule, on the Tuesday of the 7-weeks-to-go column, the specific workouts are
~ Unknown