Quotes About Lifting Weights

#1. It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

Chris Hemsworth

#2. I work out every day. Mostly it's free weights and cardio. I don't do that stuff where they throw logs at you, what's it called, cross-fit. None of that. Mainly it's just me in the gym, lifting weights.

Justin Bieber

#3. I enjoy lifting weights, but I hate doing cardio.

Brad Goreski

#4. Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

Nicholas Brendon

#5. You don't get big and strong from lifting weights - you get big and strong from recovering from lifting weights

Mark Rippetoe

#6. By repeatedly bringing your attention back to the breath each time it wanders off, concentration builds and deepens, much as muscles develop by repetitively lifting weights.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

#7. Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.

Tony D'Souza

#8. Sanzo to Gojyo, who is lifting weights: What are you doing?
Gojyo: I've gotta keep my temple sculpted or the ladies of the world will cry.

Kazuya Minekura

#9. Jaz immediately thought of a scene from a prison gym. Even the women looked tough and intimidating; lifting weights that she could never imagine lifting.

A.Z. Green

#10. I get so many big ideas while I'm running and such clarity while I'm lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy and positive.

Robin S. Sharma

#11. I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

Joel Osteen

#12. I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

Bob Iger

#13. Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?

John Ensign

#14. Dumbbells are pretty easy to come by, but since many of them are married, I suggest lifting weights. Youth

Rue McClanahan

#15. To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.

Sugar Ray Leonard

#16. I had to quit lifting weights because people suspected I was using steroids. Nope. My penis is naturally this small.

Jarod Kintz

#17. My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when i was knocked down.

Anonymous

#18. He strengthened his body to keep up with his mind. He began lifting weights, practicing judo, and wrestling. One day after school, a bully tried to pick on Carmack's neighbor, only to become a victim of Carmack's judo skills.

David Kushner

#19. I've been lifting weights since I was literally 15 or 16 years old. My muscles are short and powerful and built to lift heavy weights, not to be graceful and glide around a dance floor.

Jake Pavelka

#20. In terms of conditioning and lifting weights, if you can't do that on your own, you're in trouble anyways. You're a professional, you have to get that done yourself.

Kerry Rhodes

#21. Even though the weight I'm lifting isn't what it was when I was playing, it's not like I'm not lifting weights that are heavier than the common person would lift. I think a lot of people look at that and say, 'Whoa!'

Michael Strahan

#22. Why bother lifting weights if you aren't following a sound nutritional regimen? Sure, it may be fun, but are you really accomplishing anything?

Robert Cheeke

#23. When lifting weights, nothing feels better than achieving a high point on the bench press with no help from your spotter.

Robert Cheeke

#24. The burn of lifting weights, for instance, would be excruciating if it were a symptom of terminal illness. But because it is associated with health and fitness, most people find it enjoyable.

Sam Harris

#25. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Stephen Covey

#26. I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

Allyson Felix

#27. The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part.

Chaske Spencer

#28. In the preseason, in the month of October, I work out almost every day, lifting weights for 20 or 30 minutes, and then during the season I usually lift weights twice a week, sometimes a little more.

Steve Nash

#29. I do some 400 m. repetition running for endurance on the court. I'll be in the gym lifting weights, or I'll be putting in a lot of core stability to work to improve my balance.

Andy Murray

#30. People think that strength is about lifting weights in the gym. It's more about getting up when you're knocked down by life.

Ashwin Sanghi

#31. Meditation is as important as lifting weights and being out here on the field for practice,

Russell Okung

#32. When he grew up, he drove muscle cars (loud and fast) and motorcycles (again, loud and fast) and sat in his Dad's garage with the door rolled up, lifting weights. I watched this out of my bedroom window and it was better than anything on television, believe you me.

Kristen Ashley

#33. The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found.

Henry Rollins

#34. For 'X-Men' I was lifting a lot of weights. I actually lost a lot of mass when I quit 'X-Men' because I was working out so much and very muscular and strong.

Jennifer Lawrence

#35. If you don't follow a good nutritional plan, you're bodybuilding with one arm behind your back.

Shawn Ray

#36. 'Immortals' was very much a martial arts based training program - a lot of body weight stuff, very little in the way of actually lifting heavy weights, and a very, very low calorie diet.

Henry Cavill

#37. If a man seriously proposes to go in for lifting heavy weights, he should make a point of practising certain lifts every day. This daily practice is essential to the achievement of any real success.

Arthur Saxon

#38. I don't diet and exercise. I eat and train.

J.R. Rim

#39. I think yoga has given me better posture. People don't realise how strong it makes you. You have to use your body weight to hold yourself. As you get older, you're supposed to lift weights, but I find that kind of boring. Yoga is lifting my own body.

Andie MacDowell

#40. I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.

Clara Hughes

#41. I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifting in the afternoon. My least favorite is the legs ... I do quite a few chin-ups and rows. I do mostly old-school lifting with a lot of squats.

Hugh Jackman

#42. Some are born strong and others are made strong.

J.R. Rim