Top 232 Muscle Quotes

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

I noticed the more muscle I put on, the more cushion and padding I had, the better my performances were getting. I decided I could be this little, stick-thin thing out there and be hurt all the time, or I could show my athleticism, and if it comes with a little bit of weight on the side, it is what it is.

Everyone has a ‘risk muscle.’ You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don’t, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising.

I was this tiny, frail little girl, I needed to build up muscle, and I fell in love with dancing from the first lesson.

I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who want to misuse their muscle and weight in order to get what they weren’t supposed to.

I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.

There’s no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and that’s allocated according to political muscle.

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle – the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You’d use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.

I’m looking for things where, like with ‘Ten,’ I don’t look like me, and I’m playing something a bit different. I’m just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I’ve saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.

I still do cardiovascular exercises, aerobic exercises, and then strength training, as it’s important to keep your muscle strength, as every decade you lose about 10% of this.

I used to do too much weight training years ago. You probably wouldn’t see it on me but I probably had a bit too much muscle.

Slow-twitch muscle fibers are mostly used for long endurance exercises like aerobics, swimming, and distance running. Fast-twitch muscle fibers are generally more powerful and are activated during maximum exertion exercises like heavy weightlifting and intensive, short bursts of sprints.

The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up.

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

When I started out in the industry, I turned to magazines like ‘Flex’ and ‘Muscle & Fitness’ – the people on their covers were my inspiration.

People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don’t care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it’s like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

Once you put that muscle on, it’s hard to go back down. Most guys, when they put that muscle on, they just stay big. To go back down while at the same time trying to maintain that punching power, it’s very tough.

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.

I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are.

The brain is muscle. If you don’t exercise it, it will get slow.

I just say rise and grind and hustle for the muscle.

There’s so much you can do with bodyweight alone. The basics always come up for a reason: sit-ups, planks, push-ups. They’ll always give you results. The way to take it up a notch is to compound the basics to work multiple muscle groups at once.

I use an electric wheelchair because I have no sense of balance, and muscle spasticity has arched my spine like a cat’s, while my legs are really just for show.

Cardio-based exercise involves moving at a moderate intensity, using many muscle groups at once. Think: walking, jogging, cycling, etc.

If you’ve got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You’ve got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.

For me, imagination is more important in climbing than muscle or daredevil antics.

Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.

Right now I’m 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I’ve got big bones and I’m maintaining muscle.

It’s not just the light weights that give a long toned look with the Tracy Anderson Method, it’s using the body in different rotations while contracting and releasing the muscle, causing it to stretch and lengthen.

The more muscle I’m losing, the better I’m cueing.

People don’t realize it, but you’ve got to take care of it. The vocal cord is the smallest muscle in the body, and it gets more use than any other muscle.

The thing about motor neuron disease, once a muscle stops working, it doesn’t start again.

Since muscular contractions are usually more or less regularly alternated with relaxations, the system of valves makes of the veins of every muscle a very effective pump, capable of maintaining a low pressure in the muscle capillaries.

Cardio activity burns fat, and when you burn fat while building muscle, you change the ratio of stored fat to lean muscle mass, and your arms appear to be more defined.

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

I did not know what metal was, so I never headbanged before… I used to have muscle pain that lasted three days… but now I am used to it and I have more stamina now.

Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.

The labourer’s muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow.

Botox, trust me I’ve been tempted – but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles – and your skin – if you’re sick and don’t move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?

I remember recording with Johnny Sandlin at his place right outside Muscle Shoals and he turned me on to a lot of those musicians at an early age, like Roger Hawkins and David Hood and just a ton of great players.

I try to keep it in a very low impact – I have scoliosis, so exercises can be really hard on my back, whether it’s too much running, jumping or boxing. I’ll do those things once in a while, but I keep it mostly Pilates, resistance-band based, softer exercises that build strength from inside the muscle.

Most uses of bioassay involving smooth muscle demand high sensitivity and specificity.

I take magnesium to prevent cramps. A few years back, I suffered from hamstring tears, and part of that can be to do with muscle cramping, and then pushing the muscle at that point. I also take a fish oil supplement.

Marriage is a linchpin in many women’s lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have.

When I am doing cardio I lose my muscle really fast because it just kills it. That’s why I have to do weights in the gym: to ensure I don’t lose my shape and can lift my dance partners above my head.

I thought Ray Lewis was 6-6, 275 pounds, all muscle. I did a commercial with him before I even got drafted to the Baltimore Ravens. I was like, ‘Oh, you’re not that tall.’ But it’s just something about that guy.

My dream was to become a ballet dancer, but after a year in bed with rheumatic fever at 13, I had grown too tall, and had no muscle tone left. I tried a ballet class and couldn’t even do a plie without falling over. It was my first death.

I lose anywhere up to 20 pounds on location with adventurers like Conrad Anker or Brady Robinson. So I need to replace that lost weight and muscle by training hard when I am back in the States between jobs. And as I get older, it is far more important for me to be doing this and taking my conditioning seriously.

In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion.

I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps.

Certain foods are good for preparing your body for an intense workout and giving you the energy you need to endure it. Others are great for after exercising to help you maintain calorie burning, build muscle, and prevent cramping.