Physical activity of at least 30 minutes a day is good for the body. Aside from the fact that exercise can help you feel good mentally, it also lowers the risk of some diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. A regular workout will help you age as well.
Since Osteoporosis is common in older people, following weight-bearing exercises such as jumping, running, or brisk walking will help keep your bones strong as you grow older. In addition to the above-mentioned benefits, working out also regulates better sleep, helps those who suffer mild depression, and gives a sense of accomplishment after finishing a challenging workout routine. Getting the right amount of workout will increase your energy levels and improves your mood in the process.
Although working out offers amazing benefits to the human body, some people aren’t too inclined to do it every day. Not everyone enjoys having to carry dumbbells and run a couple of miles to just end up feeling tired and sweaty. What most people don’t know is that working out doesn’t have to mean you have to wear sexy work out clothes and pay a monthly gym membership.
You can still get your much-needed exercise from your physical activity every day such as mopping the house floor, gardening, fixing broken faucets or sink. Any activity inside the house that requires movement is still considered an exercise. As long as you lessen the amount of time sitting and increase your movements instead, you’re doing it right.
If you need the motivation to push yourself in following a vigorous workout every day, check out these inspirational workout quotes we prepared for you. We hope that these quotes encourage you to live your life healthier!
Workout Quotes
1. Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. – Jim Rohn
2. Workout. Eat well. Be patience. Your body will reward you.
3. When nothing goes right, go lift.
4. Three months from now you will thank yourself.
5. No pain, no gain. Shut up and train.
6. Just because you couldn’t lift yesterday, doesn’t mean you can’t lift it today. Try again.
7. Once you see results, it becomes an addiction.
8. I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don’t.
9. Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.
10. Baby, you make my knees feel weak. Just kidding. Yesterday was leg day.
11. Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving up.
12. Think of your workouts as important meetings you’ve scheduled with yourself. Bosses don’t cancel.
13. If it burns you’re getting closer.
14. Be stronger than your strongest excuse.
15. Wow. I really regret that workout. Said nobody ever.
16. To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise. – Gene Tunney
17. For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being. – Rakul Preet Singh
18. The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. – Morihei Ueshiba
19. 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. – John F. Kennedy
20. I’m not in the best shape, but I want to prove to myself I can do something that seems insurmountable and inspire others by showing them no matter where they are in their fitness goals, they can do it, too. – Ruben Studdard
21. The human body is the best picture of the human soul. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
22. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. – Joseph Addison
23. Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. – Denis Waitley
24. People talk about physical fitness, but mental health is equally important. I see people suffering, and their families feel a sense of shame about it, which doesn’t help. One needs support and understanding. I am now working on an initiative to create awareness about anxiety and depression and help people. – Deepika Padukone
25. The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy. – Kenneth H. Cooper
26. Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be. – Khloe Kardashian
27. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. – Thomas Jefferson
28. True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. – Wilhelm von Humboldt
29. No one’s ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that’s abandoned by February. – Suze Orman
30. Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home. – Michael Phelps
31. If I don’t feel confident about my body, I’m not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It’s all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it’s fitness or whatever. It’s about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it. – Kim Kardashian
32. The mind is the most important part of achieving any fitness goal. Mental change always comes before physical change. – Matt McGorry
33. 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. – Lee Haney
34. I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people. – LL Cool J
35. A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up. – Florence Griffith Joyner
36. Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. – Franklin Pierce Adams
37. 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. – Thomas Jefferson
38. A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths. Steven Wright
39. It’s so easy to lose your fitness and so hard to gain it back. – Alex Morgan
40. A feeble body weakens the mind. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
41. The typical response from people when I tell them I’m diabetic is, ‘Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.’ You know, I’m not. I’m a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I’m more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I’m more proactive about my health. – Charlie Kimball
42. The fitness of the pupil is shown in his love for the acquisition of knowledge, his willingness to receive instruction, his reverence for learned and virtuous men, his attendance upon the teacher, and his execution of orders. – Dayananda Saraswati
43. Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you’ve got to squeeze your buns. That’s my formula. – Richard Simmons
44. 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. – Hippocrates
45. It’s challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise. – Joely Fisher
46. You can always improve your fitness if you keep training. – Pastor Maldonado
47. Never hurry. Take plenty of exercises. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well. – James Freeman Clarke
48. I don’t smoke, don’t drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know. – Sarah Michelle Gellar
49. 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. – Charles M. Schulz
50. Fitness starts at home. What you eat is what you will look, just as what you sow is what you reap. Eat good food: eat fruits, vegetables, healthy grains, and don’t go for sweet and trite food. – Rakul Preet Singh
51. Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the heart. – Gene Tunney
52. My fitness journey will be a lifelong journey. – Khloe Kardashian
53. Exercise is amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy. – Vanessa Hudgens
54. I am not a fitness freak, but I do my regular exercises. – Uday Kiran
55. I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board. – Viswanathan Anand
56. In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation. – Robert Kennedy
57. Promoting healthy lifestyles and encouraging fitness are so important for our children’s development and reducing the nation’s epidemic of childhood obesity. – Marcia Fudge
58. My job is to be fit and I’m really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle. – Kerri Walsh Jennings
59. 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. – Cheryl Tiegs
60. In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable. – Knute Nelson
61. You must also give mental and physical fitness priority. – Jim Otto
62. Practice puts brains in your muscles. – Sam Snead
63. Muscles come and go; flab lasts. – Bill Vaughan
64. A life coach does for the rest of your life what a personal trainer does for your health and fitness. – Elaine MacDonald
65. The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it. – Joan Rivers
66. I’m quite into fitness, and I have a fantastic personal trainer who knows me, knows my body, knows when to push me, and knows when not to push me. She doesn’t make me do 20 burpees in a row and instead focuses on strengthening my core, telling me we need to focus on making me into a tall giraffe. – Poppy Delevingne
67. Like most people, I can be lazy, so it’s nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I’m outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. – Viggo Mortensen
68. My wife and I work out together almost every day. It’s just a great way to spend time together. We’re going to run a marathon together later this year, and that’s one more goal that we’ll accomplish as husband and wife. – Bill Rancic
69. Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease. – Jurgen Klinsmann
70. Everything in moderation. I keep a healthy body, a healthy look. It’s important not to be obsessive about anything – fitness, training, eating – because then you end up focusing on only that. And you can’t obsess about anything when you’re on the road. – Ana Ivanovic
71. Obviously, your family life is the priority, but there’s still other stuff you have to get done in a day. I think the way I make it work is by taking care of myself, and that includes fitness and eating right and all those things, but also by being very organized and punctual. – Cindy Crawford
72. You can be in excellent physical shape, with low cholesterol, a healthy body weight and good overall physical fitness – but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re healthy. – Michael Greger
73. Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. – James Thomson
74. You can’t be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work. – Hank Stram
75. What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories. – Kathy Freston
76. Exercise is labor without weariness. – Samuel Johnson
77. 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. – Peggy Fleming
78. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. – Hugh Blair
79. 15 minutes a day! Give me just this and I’ll prove I can make you a new man. – Charles Atlas
80. One of the things I’ve always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it’s also about stillness and silence. – Joel Edgerton
81. I recommend that people try new stuff or take new fitness classes all the time. It’s important to mix up your routine, not only for your body, but also for your mental state. – Alison Sweeney
82. You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it’s a habit. I always say, ‘Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing.’ There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you. – Brett Hoebel
83. Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. – John F. Kennedy
84. And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet. – Julie Bishop
85. I like to embrace natural beauty. I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drinking a lot of water and exercising. – Tia Mowry
86. I suffer panic attacks which have made me really conscious about my fitness and I have become addicted to jogging. It might sound odd but a lot of good has come out of it. My fans send letters saying they have taken up jogging because I do it. – Ellie Goulding
87. The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. – William Temple
88. I feel if I’m healthy and happy, I look good. With a good mixture of fitness and healthy food I always feel great. – Candice Swanepoel
89. like to exercise. I like a healthy body. – Erin Gray
90. Almost 70 percent of your fitness battle is won the day you realise what your body needs and when. I’ve made my own diets, and I decide for myself what works for me. – Arjun Rampal
91. I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars. – Erma Bombeck
92. For whatever reason, maybe it’s because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that. – Lance Armstrong
93. All we’re trying to do is change how people think about fitness. And build Under Armour into the biggest brand in the entire land. – Kevin Plank
94. It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve. – Martha Beck
95. I can jog, but I can’t run. That’s hard for me. I like the fact that I can jog for fitness, but to me there’s a huge difference between jogging and running. – Mary Decker
96. 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. – Brock Yates
97. 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. – Rachel Blanchard
98. I’m doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well. – Shawn Johnson
99. I’ve been into exercise my whole life, been a runner and been into health and fitness always. – Sissy Spacek
100. It is really important that we get more women doing exercise and being active, and those that have taken up boxing or boxing training will definitely find that it has a really positive impact on their health, fitness and well-being. – Nicola Adams
101. I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher. – Laurieann Gibson
102. I look at fitness as a necessity in the same way as how you drink water, eat food, one should look at fitness in a dedicated way. People will look fresh and happy. If you are happy, you in a way look fit. – Arjun Rampal
103. I would rather exercise than read a newspaper. – Kim Alexis
104. There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out anymore, so you don’t want to keep yourself fit anymore, but that’s your decision. Why should you be judged for it? – Janet Jackson
105. I have to thank the coach for looking after my fitness and allowing me to feel my way into the tournament. – Bastian Schweinsteiger
106. We’ve all tried to bunk our gym session or dance class. A single routine can get monotonous. That’s why I have decided to make my fitness regime fun by incorporating different workouts into my schedule. From dancing to yoga, I plan to keep it as interesting as possible so I’m never bored of working out. – Disha Patani
107. I’m really into fitness, so my hobbies are yoga, Pilates, and working out. – Charlotte McKinney
108. My fitness instructor helped me with strength training, muscle building, and toning. – Karan Patel
109. I am quite a fitness freak. I may not have the time to sleep, but a workout is a must. I have even set up a small personal gym on the sets. – Karan Patel
110. People need to have clear goals about why they are exercising, and they should consult a fitness expert to find out what kind of exercise is suitable. – Lynn Davies
111. Let’s face it: fitness is boring. But it’s critical to be extremely dedicated to whatever you decide to take up to achieve a desired result. There’s no way you are going to get there without dedication, which is the key for me. – Harbhajan Singh
112. It’s better to train for 4-5 hours a week than to do ten hours one week then nothing for two weeks. It helps your body adapt and also maintains your fitness. – Alistair Brownlee
113. 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. – Paul Dudley White
114. Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t. – Jerry Rice
115. Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
116. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle
117. No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.
118. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
119. The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda
120. If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done. – Thomas Jefferson
121. To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. – Steve Prefontaine
122. You’re only one workout away from a good mood
123. Sweat is fat crying.
124. Nothing will work unless you do. – Maya Angelou
125. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
126. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi
127. Don’t count the days, make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
128. Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.
129. When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.
130. Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do. – Oprah Winfrey
131. Don’t let the scale define you. Be active, be healthy, be happy
132. It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape. – Kerri Walsh Jennings
133. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying. – Tony Robbins
134. Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will. – Venus Williams
135. Strive for progress, not perfection.
136. All great achievements require time. – Maya Angelou
137. We cannot start over. But we can begin now and make a new ending. – Zig Ziglar
138. Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.
139. You don’t get the ass you want by sitting on it.
140. Sore today, strong tomorrow.
141. Make sweat your best accessory.
142. Stop making excuses. Burn zero calories per hour.
143. Fit is not a destination. It is a way of life.
144. Sweat is magic. Cover yourself in it daily to grant your wishes.
145. Wake up. Work out. Kick Ass. Repeat.
146. The hardest lift of all is lifting your butt off the couch.
147. One of the greatest moments in life is realizing that two weeks ago, your body couldn’t do what it just did.
148. A good man can make you feel secy, strong, and able to take on the world. Oh sorry. That’s exercise. Exercise does that.
149. Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.
150. It’s actually pretty simple, either you do it, or you don’t.
151. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
