Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them.
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.
Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.
There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.
Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.
And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.
Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.
I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.
I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout.
I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.
Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.
A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.
Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease.
Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise.
Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again.