Quotes About Fitness

Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable weaponry, and beyond outstanding at hand-to-hand combat. Susan knew what that last rating meant. Like having a running chainsaw thrown at you

How much do you work out? I don't, he said. It's genetic. Which it was. Puberty had brought him many things unbidden, including height and weight and an extreme mesomorph physique, with a six-pack like a cobbled city street, and a chest like a suit of NFL armor, and biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue. He had never messed with any of it. No diets. No weights. No gym time. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, was his attitude.

He had many formal qualifications. He was rated expert on all small arms. He had won an inter-service thousand-yard rifle competition with a record score. Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable weaponry, and beyond outstanding at hand-to-hand combat. Susan knew what that last rating meant. Like having a running chain saw thrown at you.

Jed Starmer finally admitted that he'd been right the first time. Riding a bike was a total pain in the ass. It was a pain in the ass. The calves. The thighs. The back. The shoulders. The neck. In pretty much every part of his body. Jed had never been so uncomfortable in his entire life. All he could think was, People do this for fun? What the hell is wrong with them?

The fittest guy he had ever known was a Belgian soldier who swore the key to fitness was to do whatever the hell you liked as long as you drank five litres of mineral water every day.

Three miles at a slow jog, not much better than a fast walk

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent.

A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness.

If you don't eat right and you don't know how to take care of your body, you're not going to have the energy to do anything wonderful.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it's also so much fun while I'm out there.

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.

My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.

If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

I don't believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that's indecision.

I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.