Bodybuilding Quotes - Page 3

• I always go heavy and I always go to failure. Even when I tell myself I'm gonna go easy, once I get to the gym and start working, I never end up going easy. I hate leaving the floor feeling like I could have done more weight or more reps. I just love working out and going further than I ever did before.

  Branch Warren

  Hate, Work Out, Leaving

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• The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. Let's say you train your biceps, blood is rushing in to your muscles and that's what we call the pump. Your muscles get a really tight feeling like your skin is going to explode any minute and its really tight and its like someone is blowing air into your muscle and it just blows up and it feels different, it feels fantastic.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Blow, Air, Blood

  "Pumping Iron". Documentary, Sport, www.imdb.com. 1977.

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• 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

  Fun, Lifting Weights, Sound

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• There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority i just use it as a conversation piece. like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd street would have a natural conversation piece. then when they get to talking to me they see i am not mean but gentle to them and thats all they want to know

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Girl, Mean, Talking

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• Going to the gym was never about 'working out' like it is for most people. To me, It was a matter of life or death. It was either me or the weights-and I was going to win. I've always had that competitive streak, whether it was in the gym, on the stage, or In anything else I did.

  Rich Gaspari

  Winning, People, Work Out

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• When you have a childhood dream that still burns and tugs at your heart when you're an adult, you owe it to yourself to pursue and achieve this dream.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Dream, Heart

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• I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Motivational Sports, Exercise

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Don't just reach for the stars. Grab a hold of one, grasp it tightly, and pull it into your heart and soul.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Stars, Heart

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• If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Motivational Sports, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• WAIT TILL THEY SEE THESE ARMS IN AFRICA. THEY LOOK BIG ENOUGH TO ME

  Lou Ferrigno

  Waiting, Looks, Arms

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• Don't be intimidated by people who try to belittle your ambitions. Most of the time they are just jealous of your success or determination to reach the highest peaks of the mountains, and reign over them.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Determination, Jealous

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• All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.

  Dorian Yates

  Guy, Genetics, Equal

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• Plain free-weight squats work better for me than anything.

  Nasser El Sonbaty

  Weight

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• The most important lesson I've learned is that the most productive exercises are simple and compound.

  Markus Ruhl

  Exercise, Simple, Important

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• I've made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I'd trust to oil my back.

  Lee Labrada

  Workout, Good Friend, Oil

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• The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field, no bat, no ball, no skis, no skates. All other athletes have to use equipment, like a football. But I don't use anything in competition except myself. It's just me up there. Me alone. No coach. No nothing.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Sports, Football, Athlete

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• You have thousands of choices and decisions to make everyday. You have the right to not go to the gym, you the right to follow poor nutritional habits, you have the right to overwork yourself and not get enough sleep. You must accept the fact that your physique has suffered because of the choices that you make everyday.

  Robert Cheeke

  Sleep, Choices, Decision

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• When I tell people that I'm vegan, the first question asked is, 'How do you get enough protein?' This immediately tells me that they are uneducated and know little or nothing about nutrition.

  Robert Cheeke

  People, Littles, Firsts

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• Bodybuilding has been my life; if it weren't for bodybuilding, I don't know what I'd be doing. I look at bodybuilding as who I am.

  Tom Platz

  Who I Am, Looks, Knows

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• Bodybuilding is not just a sport; it's a way of life. If every aspect of your life is not focused on making the sacrifices necessary to build your best physique, you will ultimately fail and never reach your full potential.

  Robert Cheeke

  Sports, Sacrifice, Full Potential

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• Dream big with no limitations.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Dream, Bigs

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• Someone could have an outstanding comprehension of a bodybuilding diet and a background in nutrition but not have the work ethic and desire to put it into practice. That person won’t be as successful as the person who understands some basics and puts them into action regularly.

  Robert Cheeke

  Successful, Practice, Work Ethic

  Robert Cheeke (2011). “Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness”, p.69, Book Publishing Company

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• If you want it to be, your heart can be your biggest and most powerful muscle in your body.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Powerful, Heart

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• Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Motivational Sports, Forever

  "Cable Exclusive: Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up on personal and professional failures". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. October 1, 2012.

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• I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Motivational Sports, Doors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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