Selected motivational and funny quotes from
here (Access link at your own risk, vulgar language and mass stupidity abound)
"Muscle cells slowly transform, morph, and evolve into fat cells. This is known as lipomoronification."
-- Mike Lane
"RACK 'EM WHEN YOU'RE DONE! I AIN'T YOUR MOMMA!"
-- Bev Brandt
"The myth that women should not lift heavy is advanced only by women who fear effort and men who fear women."
-- Eric Midkiff
It ain't rocket science, son. Just keep piling it on till you can't lift any more.
-- Krista Scott
I can squat, and will continue to squat. When I die, I'll need a T-shaped coffin.
-- Stephen Mulholland
I lift because it kicks ass. And there are so many butts just waiting for my boot print.
-- Viki
Arse to the floor. You know it's good for you.
-- George Whyte
Duh, John! Of course deadlifts hit the lats. That is, the version of the deadlift where the bar is fixed overhead and you lift yourself up.
-- Viki
When in doubt, stand on your feet and hold the bar in your hand.
-- Edward J. Kilsdonk
If you aren't holding some type of iron-ness in your hands, then you're not doing it right.
-- ROBO
Hello all, I'm just starting weight training today and could someone tell me what to do, and possibly lift the all the big heavy weights for me. Thanks.
-- Stephen Mulholland
(This one made me laugh)I'd like to teach the world to squat With butt-cheeks to the floor And when they thought that they were done I'd make them squat some more.
-- Billy Chambless
WHAT?!!! NO CHILD OF MINE IS GOING TO LEG PRESS!! YOU JUST MARCH BACK TO THAT GYM RIGHT NOW YOUNG MAN AND CRANK OUT SOME SQUATS OR YOU GET NO DESSERT TONIGHT!! AND DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU ROUNDING YOUR BACK OR IT'LL BE NO ALLOWANCE FOR YOU!!
-- Krista Scott-Dixon
Whaaa!! You think you can just rip your old mother's heart out? I should live this long just to see my child leg press? What did I do wrong? Nobody is going to marry you with legs like that!
-- Krista Scott-Dixon
Well, I got myself right back to that gym today, and I worked I disagree off (unfortunately, I disagree came right back as soon as I left the gym).
-- Kathleen DeFilippo
And in terms of the cardio, that stuff can chew through muscle like fire through a gas-soaked haystack if you do too much.
-- Krista
I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning, and it hurts when I breathe, but other than that sore abs are no problem!
-- Viki
Sore glutes are really inconvenient because people will notice you're walking funny and you can't explain it away by saying, 'Oh, I'm fine; I disagree is a little sore.'
-- Viki
And verily the great goddess SQW'AT said unto you: Get your ass under the bar, boy!
-- Annette Howard
Come over the side of good and pick up heavy things, then set them down. This is the way to the acceptance of self, to the feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of self-gratification.
-- Watson Davis
You are doing 15-20 reps why? Put some of those LARGE round objects on the bar and all your dreams will be fulfilled.
-- Mike Moore
Powerlifters - we may be many things but constipated ain't one of them
-- Jason Burnell
When I'm doing some heavy squats I put one of those foo-foo plastic covered weights in my mouth to bite down on it while I squat. I don't know if it helps or not, it just makes me feel better to leave teeth marks in those f***ing things.
-- Brent Lee
(Sounds like something I might try)I've always gone to the gym with the conviction that I'll be the hardest working m*********er in the joint. Make that your credo, and hope we don't lift at the same place.
-- Adam Fahy
there is one advantage to the leg press: you can load up the plates, do six-inch partials, and impress all the dimwits in the gym. BFD.
-- John Williams
I'm so glad I read this before making another protein shake. I could have unknowingly ripped the whey into its component aminos, then compounded my folly by leaving the blender to further destroy the molecules, finally ripping apart atoms and generating a fission reaction in my kitchen which would have left me with some nasty radiation burns, not to mention a big vanilla-scented mushroom cloud all over the place.
-- Krista
And that, my friends, is why so many people prefer the leg press to squats ... it just depends on what you're trying to build -- your muscles or your ego.
-- Billy Chambless
Actually, deadlifts help anything. You want more muscle? Deadlift. You want to lose bodyfat? Deadlift. Your alternator on your car not working properly? Deadlift.
-- ROBO
Obviously, you've never tried to hang a towel on a smith machine! Now, that is where those babies really shine.
-- Deepsquatter
My goal is overall improvement in strength, if not for the purpose of competing in powerlifting, then for the sheer pleasure of hauling progressively heavier objects.
-- Viki
Why not use weights? Is it because you think you'll turn all lumpy and muscular in a month or two?
-- Stephen Mulholland
JUST PICK THE BAR UP UNTIL YOU CAN'T ANYMORE THEN GO EAT!!!!!
-- Billy Chambless
Plus, they don't want to tire themselves out too much on squats. I mean you've gotta save some energy for the Hammer Strength IsoFooFoo cross body reverse lateral curl. That's where the growth comse from!
-- Jason Burnell
Get your low weight, high reppin', bicep curlin' 'I just wanna tone' ass outta my power rack.
-- Jon Grimes
If aerobics bunnies live longer than weight-lifters, they spend the difference as brittle, immobile nursery home inhabitants.
-- Viki
Hit your food as hard as you hit the iron, then be a lazy bastard.....THAT is the key to gaining size and strength.
-- SWLABR
May your knees never crunch and your butt cheeks always kiss the floor.
-- Krista Scott-Dixon
If you can't do it with a barbell or a dumbell, then you're either doing it wrong or it's not worth doing.
-- Bil Greene
Try putting that weight across your shoulders and bearing the strain like a man.
-- Jon Agiato
Smite the HITtites!! Slay them unto the very last one-set-to-failure zealot amongst their number!! Verily, put to the sword their very wives, and their children, and their oxen, and their goats, and their wildebeests, and their orangutangs, and .....
-- Steve Gallagher
(Is this guy for real?)