180+ Fired Up Fitness Quotes to Motivate You Before Your Workout Session

When it’s time to work out, we often lose heart. Practice needs will, focus, and most importantly a sense of direction. Whatever your goal might be, wherever you want to get by running on the treadmill or flexing those muscles, you have to remember that it takes a strong heart and a clear point to reach.

Our collection of fitness quotes will always remind you the true value of your next workout and the importance of staying fit and healthy. That’s when you know you should -once more- give your very best.

Best Fitness Quotes

• Mens sana in corpore sano (A sound mind in a sound body). Decimus Junius Juvenalis
• You’re only one workout away from a good mood.  Unknown
• Weights before dates.  Unknown

• Sweat is fat crying.  Unknown
• A year from now you may wish you had started today.  Karen Lamb
• You don’t need coffee, you don’t need cocaine, you need to breathe into YOUR FUCKING BALLS ! Elliott Hulse
• The difference between try and triumph is a little “umph”. Marvin Phillips
• Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.  Unknown
• Don’t stop until you’re proud. Unknown

 

 

• No pain, no gain.  Unknown
• The only bad workout is the one that didn’t happen. Unkown
• Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.  William Shakespeare
• Fit is not a destination. It is a way of life.  Author unknown
• Good things come to those who sweat.  Anonymous

• You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible.  Kai Greene
• Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.  Khloe Kardashian
• If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.  Fred Devito
• The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.  Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom.  Jack LaLanne
• The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.  Morihei Ueshiba
• The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.  Kenneth H. Cooper
• Exercising is a blessing not a chore. I workout and I’m grateful that I physical can. Unknown

 

 

• There’s no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard, and aim to be the best.  Ronnie Coleman
• To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.  Gene Tunney
• Excuses are for people who don’t want it bad enough. Unknown
• A feeble body weakens the mind.  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• It’s pretty simple. Either you do it, or you don’t. Unknown
• An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.  Henry David Thoreau
• When everything is working out for you, it means you are in the wrong gym. Jarod Kintz
• Your body is a reflection of your lifestyle. Uknown

• Be the girl who decided to go for it. Unknown
• Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.  Marquis de Sade
• Gym Rule #1: If you want to know the correct way to perform an exercise, the answer is: Whatever hurts most.   Jason Love
• A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t. Jack Dempsey
• All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. Michael John Bobak
• Confidence comes from discipline and training.  Robert Kiyosaki
• Any way to make a workout feel like playtime is great.  Lauren Conrad
• Blood, sweat and respect. First two you give. Last one you earn.  The Rock
• Running is not just exercise; it is a lifestyle.  John Bingham
• Sometimes less is more when it comes to workout routines.  Nina Agdal

• The groundwork for all happiness is good health.  Leigh Hunt
• Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.  Michael Jordan
• Fitness is like marriage, you can’t cheat on it and expect it to work.  Bonnie Pfiester
• The gym is always open, except when it’s closed. Trenton Lee Stewart
• The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. Richard Marcinko

• The muscle and the mind must become one. One without the other is zero.  Lee Haney
• Exercise is labor without weariness.  Samuel Johnson
• I feel the best after a workout – I’m sweaty and exhausted, but it also gives me an energy I really like.  Hilary Rhoda
• I never get bored of a workout, because I feel great after a session.  Esha Gupta
• I train to be the best in the world on my worst day.  Ronda Rousey

• If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.  Robin Sharma
• If you eliminate the junk food, you don’t really run the risk of gaining weight if you’ve got a good workout routine.  Joe Bastianich
• I change the workout every month, so you never adapt and never plateau.  Jillian Michaels
• No magic involved. You work out, stay consistent and you will get fit. Unknown

 

 

Fitness Motivation Quotes

• The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be? Greg Plitt

• Half the struggle is just getting yourself to the gym or getting yourself in your workout gear and ready for action.  Mel B
• Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going!   Jillian Michaels
• When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.  Unknown
• If something stands between you and your success, move it. Never be denied. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
• If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.  Unknown

• Look in the mirror. That’s your competition.  John Assaraf
• It never gets easier. You just get stronger. Unknown
• 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
• Setting goals is the first step into turning the invisible into the visible.  Tony Robbins
• Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.  Roy T. Bennett
• The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. Arnold Schwarzenegger
• You don’t need equipment of any kind to get a good workout in. In fact, you can get a good workout in the smallest of spaces, from a dorm room, to a studio apartment to a hotel room.  Harley Pasternak
• You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky
• Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.  Sylvester Stallone
• Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!   Jillian Michaels
• Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.  Vince Lombardi
• Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits. Jerry Dunn
• Strength does not come from a physical capacity. It comes for an indomitable will. Mahatma Ghandi

 

 

 

 

• People only see the results, but they don’t see the effort. Unknown
• Exercise not only changes your body. It changes your mind, your attitude and your mood. Unknown

 

Inspirational Fitnes Quotes

• My workout is my meditation.  Kyle MacLachlan
• Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.  Cher
• The human body is the best picture of the human soul.  Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.  Robert H. Schuller
• If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous. Bret Contreras
• Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.  Ovid
• Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.  Lance Armstrong
• The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare parts.  Hermann M. Biggs
• Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body. Arnold Schwarzenegger
• A buddy will keep you honest and add a dimension of fun to your workout.  Bill Toomey
• Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.  Mary Anne Radmacher
• In training, you listen to your body. In competition, you tell your body to shut up.  Rich Froning Jr.
• Life is much like going to the gym. The most painful part is deciding to go. Once you get past that, it’s easy. Robert T. Kiyosaki  
• Regarding the mantra…”There is no overtraining” Just because you can handle large amounts of volume doesn’t mean it’s needed. That’s the crux of the issue. Just because the body can tolerate something doesn’t mean it’s a necessity for progress. This is simply poor logic. Steve Shaw
• Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.  Susan Gale
• Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.  Michael Phelps
• For me, life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.  Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels.  Author unknown

 

• You don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for. Unknown
• Make fitness your favorite habit. Unknown
• It hurts but one day it will be your warm up. Unknown

 

Funny Fitness Quotes

• Hustle for that muscle.  Unknown
• I don’t sweat, I sparkle.  Unknown
• Life has its ups and downs. We call them squats.  Unknown
• Life is short. Lift heavy things.  Unknown
• Eat clean, stay fit, and have a burger to stay sane.  Gigi Hadid
• I don’t jog. If I die I want to be sick.  Abe Lemons
• I only work out because I really, really like donuts. Unknown
• Gym should be illegal. It’s humiliating. Laurie Halse Anderson
• I can’t join a gym! I’m depressed, not suicidal! Meg Cabot
• The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.  Joan Rivers
• I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.   Marsha Doble
• I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James! Ellen DeGeneres
• Those who can’t do, teach. And those who can’t teach, teach gym. Woody Allen
• Fitness: If it came in a bottle, everyone would have a great body.  Cher
• I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happier with buns of cinnamon.   Ellen DeGeneres
• I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.   David Lee Roth
• I consider my refusal to go to the gym today as resistance training.   Author Unknown
• My favorite machine at the gym is the television.  Unknown
• If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it. Elizabeth Berg
• If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third. Heather Brewer
• Friday night. Party at the gym with my friends dumbbell and barbell.  Unknown
• 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.   Joey Adams
• I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.   Neil Armstrong
• Oh, this shouldn’t be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you’ve met in the gym should never meet you in real life. Sophie Kinsella
• Okay, ‘Best Party Ever’ — to me, that’s like saying ‘Best Gym Ever’ or ‘Best Nature Documentary Ever,’ like how good can it really be? Lena Dunham
• Some men’s chests are more buttlike than some women’s butts. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
• 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.  Josh Billings
• To lose weight, spend time at the gym. To appear like you’ve lost weight, spend time with people who are bigger than you. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
• Thanks for the reminder that I have to hit the gym today. I haven’t worked out in days. Unless one counted mattress gymnastics!!! Sylvia Day
• Yeah, I know. Terror Aerobics. Just wait until they get it at the gym. It’ll be bigger than pilates.  Eve Rachel Caine
• I don’t exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.   Joan Rivers
• I exercised once, but found I was allergic to it. My skin flushed and my heart raced. I got sweaty and short of breath. Very dangerous.   Anonymous
• My doctor recently told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.   Milton Berle
• When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away.   Robert M. Hutchins
• Every time I hear the dirty word ‘Exercise’ I wash my mouth out with chocolate!   Unknown
• I got 99 problems, but I’m going to the gym to ignore all of them. Unknown
• I’m 99% sure no one would run marathons if they weren’t allowed to talk about running marathons.   Mike Vanatta
• If you still look cute after working out, you didn’t go hard enough.  Unknown
• Instead of calling my bathroom the ‘John’ I call it the ‘Jim’. That way it sounds better when I say, ‘I go to the Jim first thing every morning.’   Unknown
• The most annoying are those people in exceptionally good shape at the gym. I’m like ‘What are you doing here? You’re done.’   Jim Gaffigan
• The word ‘aerobics’ came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we’re going to charge $10 an hour, we can’t call it ‘jumping up and down.’   Rita Rudner
• When people ask me if I exercise I tell them I do crunches every day – especially Captain Crunch and Nestle Crunch.   Unknown
• You make my knees weak. Just kidding. Yesterday was leg day.  Unknown

 

Fitness Quotes for Women

• Don’t train to be skinny. Train to be a bad ass.  Demi Lovato
• Your current body is the only body that can take you to your new body — so be kind to it.  Elaine Moran
• I try to squeeze in a workout whenever I can, even if it’s doing squats with my 7-month-old in the kitchen or jumping on the trampoline with my 5-year-old.  Jennie Finch
• I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I’ve been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won’t be bulky.  Serena Williams
• Fitness  if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.  Cher
• I’m not a waif-y girl and never will be. I think it’s healthy when fitness experts encourage fitness rather than getting a certain body shape.  Sophia Bush
• 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
• I’ve got this old-school workout – push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.  Valerie Bertinelli
• It doesn’t matter if you’re sad or hung-over or lazy or tired – a workout will get your endorphins pumping, and you’ll feel like a new person almost instantly.  Rachel Nichols
• It’s going to be a journey. It’s not a sprint to get in shape.  Kerri Walsh Jennings
• Sell yourself short on nutrition and you’re selling yourself short on maximizing your physique development.  Ernie Taylor

 

Positive Fitness Quotes

• Your hard work is going to pay off.  Author unknown
• When you get a good workout in, you feel good for the rest of the day. It helps clear the mind.  Reggie Miller
• The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.  Swati Sharma
• Increased physical activity enhances positive energy.  Lailah Gifty Akita
• My New Year’s resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.  James Lafferty
• Put all excuses aside and remember this: You are capable.  Zig Ziglar
• Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.  Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Create healthy habits, not restrictions.  Unknown
• Do something today that your future self will thank you for.  Unknown
• Don’t let the scale define you. Be active, be healthy, be happy.  Unknown
• Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do. Not a punishment for what you ate.  Anonymous
• Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will. Venus Williams
• Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.  Jill Johnson
• The best feeling in the world is a hard workout, a shower, and a protein shake.  Mirko Cro Cop
• You need to be dedicated to your workout, whatever you choose.  Tracy Anderson
• Find your why and no excuses will come between you and your goals. Unknown
• If you’re tired, learn to rest, not quit. Unknown

 

 

Famous Fitness Quotes

• Bring a workout DVD with you everywhere. I always have one in my bag.  Nina Agdal
• My favorite off-mountain workout is the long run. It’s great for building endurance and strength.  Jimmy Chin
• Nowadays, we have become so busy in our work, especially in our phone, that we don’t go out for workout. It creates a lot of health problems.  Armaan Malik
• 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
• For me, if I stay on the couch all day – or even one day – I’ll be more tired doing that than going out and giving my body a workout.  Ichiro Suzuki
• If you’re gay and live in New York and don’t go to gym, eventually they come for you.  Augusten Burroughs 
• As long as I get those running shoes on, then there’s no turning back, and I have to go for that run. As long as you’ve got those workout clothes, you’ve got them on, you’ve got to go.  Kim Raver
• I feel so good after a workout. Any time you can be alone with yourself is really important.  Shay Mitchell
• I hate morning workout; I’m a night person more. But it’s good to work out in the mornings because then you can have all day free.  Irina Shayk
• 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
• Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.  Mark Rippetoe
• Men scream and go crazy in the gym. I’m a silent workout partner, but when my adrenaline gets up, I talk trash.  Fergie
• One things guys have to remember is consistency… You can’t make up for three years of eating poorly in just one workout.  Apolo Ohno
• Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. John F. Kennedy
• Some people like to live without too much risk. They’re satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates into their goals. Every successful athlete – or businessperson – enjoys taking calculated risks. You have to. Especially in the gym when you’re squatting 500 for reps and you can’t get one more but grunt out ten. Your nose starts bleeding, you fall into the rack and that’s set one.  Tom Platz
• The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights. Muhammad Ali
• Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.  Edward Stanley
• Working out and working as an actor have gone hand in hand – I always feel more prepared if I know I have done a workout. It gives me confidence – and peace of mind.  Sebastian Stan
• There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don’t feel like working out any more, so you don’t want to keep yourself fit any more, but that’s your decision. Why should you be judged for it?   Janet Jackson
• The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as if being a man means looking the way a sculptor or art director says. Like Tyler says, even a souffle looks pumped. Chuck Palahniuk

 

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