Quotes About Fitness

Even if you don't have time for a big workout, stretching in the morning and night really changes your body.

As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.

I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.

It had turned out that climbing a tree was more difficult than it looked. It was harder than warrior pose in yoga, than teaser in Pilates, than the elliptical or the Reformer. Rebecca thought that if no one had thought of it yet, soon enough someone in the city would spearhead a craze for tree climbing in Central and Prospect Parks, and it would become the talk of every cocktail party: have you tried that large oak by the Sheep Meadow? Oh, it's completely changed my body.

Calisthenics:

I am positive of only a few things in life, and one is that if you want to have a decent middle and old age, you have to get exercise almost every day.

Besides, the old man was out of shape, smoked and drank--a walking heart attack.

Honor your body. Keep it in good shape. It is the most important physical tool that you have. Exercise is the meditation of the body. It allows you to feel Oneness with all of Life.

I have always valued the care for my body, and my mind and had holistic approach to life. I always thought this is utmost importance for my tennis.

I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life at 45 ... I didn't know this exercise thing felt so good.

My main goal now is waking up healthy every day and going on with life.

Move every day. Like taking a shower and brushing your teeth. Make it a part of your everyday life.

I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.

I look on everything with a very optimistic eye. Because I'm a body builder by trade, you know, that was my intent all my life.

I've been an exercise maniac most of my adult life, running marathons and triathlons, doing that as a regular way of life. I ran eight miles a day, every day for 29 years.

I want to encourage people to make healthy life choices, whether it's training for a half-marathon, or eating more vegetables.

My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to keep doing it throughout my whole life—to stay fit and feel good.

I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.

The demands of standing, walking, and running have literally shaped the entire human body from head to toe.

running an entire marathon burns only about 2,600 calories, the equivalent of a day's worth of food. Even worse, body fat is a remarkably good way to store energy: a pound of body fat contains roughly 4,000 calories. That means losing a mere ten pounds is the caloric equivalent of running 13.5 marathons.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

He made sure he emerged on hands and toes, not letting his knees touch the wet ground. Halt scowled at him as he saw him spring athletically to his feet. "I hate young people," he said to himself.

As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.