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I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to!
Sep 29, 2025
Hard work ain't so easy, strength training is just plain old hard work and it ain't easy.
It was going to be really tough to juggle the two as far as rehab and strength training, getting the shoulder back to where it needed to be and also worrying about the weight cut. We thought as a team that the best option for me right now with the recovery was to stay at middleweight, for this fight at least. We'll see what happens after this.
Lack of Confidence, low Self-Esteem, and depleted Mojo are symptoms of inadequate Strength Training.
It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can't be as bad as that workout.
No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training
I'm not against working out. It's just not effective for weight loss. I like strength training to tone and firm the body so you look tight. But working out just makes you hungrier.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three to six hours a week - or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 - 165 hours of the week.
What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.
You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.
Most champions are built by punch the clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts.
There is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift
There is no reason to be alive if you can't do the deadlift!
They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life, I'm doing it. What are you doing?
To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in bodily strength is borne out by the long history of mankind paying homage in folklore, song and poetry to strong men
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.
Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.
I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong.
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole. I see them move from their offices to their cars and on to their suburban homes. They stress out constantly, they lose sleep, they eat badly. And they behave badly. Their egos run wild; they become motivated by that which will eventually give them a massive stroke. They need the Iron Mind.
Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.
That's the classic nature of people, though. We'll skip the basics and get pissed when the sexy stuff doesn't work.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
I exercise a lot. I enjoy exercising. I switch back and forth with cardio and strength training every other day, and I try to do something active every single day. Other than that, I try to make sure I have enough quiet time to myself to recharge every week as well.
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
A suspension program like TRX provides consistency, is great for strength training, and you can do it anywhere, which is good for us because we're always on the go!
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
It's my life dream to be able to go and continue going to schools and teaching them about stretching and aerobics, cardio and strength training, because I want them to have a better life than I did. I don't want them to grow up to be me. I want them to be healthy. I want them not to go through eating disorders [like me].
My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Everyone has the ability to accomplish unique feats, everyone. You choose this. Become someone great in one other life. Forget about failing to many. Who cares? Doesn't matter when you start or finish, just start, no deviations, no excuses.
When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.