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Exercise Quotes by Jack LaLanne

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Jack LaLanne treats exercise like a bank account: the more you deposit, the more you can withdraw in health. He warns that over‑doing workouts quickly leads to quitting, so a realistic routine is best. He also says the brain drives muscles, making movement a lifelong habit.

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Exercise to live. Never live to exercise.

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Remember this: your body is your slave; it works for you.

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Life is great when your in shape!

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Exercise is your king, and nutrition is your queen. Together they create your fitness kingdom.

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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise…

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Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth…

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The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.

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Living is like training for an athletic event. You have to have goals and challenges; you need to exercise and eat right.

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When it comes to health, diet is the Queen, but exercise is the King.

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Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.

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There are so many health food nuts out there that eat nothing but natural foods but they don't exercise and they look…

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Everything you do in life, I don't care, good or bad - don't blame God, don't blame the devil, don't blame me,…

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The most important person on this earth is you. What are you doing to help the most important person in this world:…

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Muscle cells strengthen in response to intense exercise - whether you're 18 or 88. But the intensity is what's lacking in most…

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The crusade is never off my mind - the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think - all…

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People feel so guilty about not exercising. Especially people over 50, who feel like they've gone a lifetime without taking care of…

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Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your…

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So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they…

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You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you…

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Physical fitness takes commitment to exercise just as it requires good nutrition. But it doesn't have to be painful. Just the opposite:…

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We know today about nutrition and we know about exercise. There's no reason for anybody to be sick and tired, fat and…

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You can exercise vigorously and eat junk and get by. But you can't eat perfectly and not exercise. Look at many athletes…

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You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories…

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How do you know what's really organic? Today, there's all these impurities in the water and the air. The water for the…

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Sitting around on your big fat gluteus maximus talking about the good old days. The good old days are right this second.…

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Whatever you can handle, it's up to you. Pick something where you are going to do it to failure--in other words, where…

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I'd rather take a beating sometimes than get in that gym every morning. Anyone who gets up that early and says he…

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I tell people that the scales lie. You may have played basketball and weighed 175 pounds, with a 30-inch waist, back when…

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Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Together, you’ve got a kingdom. If you have a Corvette, you don’t put water in the…

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I'm always asking people to do something in their mind [first]. So if they're gonna do one exercise, it would be to…

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The tape measure doesn't lie. Get that tape measure out and put it on your hips and your waist. Keep checking it.…

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Many so-called spiritual people, they overeat, drink too much, they smoke and don't exercise. But they do go to church every week…

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Yes, exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about…

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You start out with an hour on the treadmill, then another hour of lifting - hell, in two weeks you're not doing…

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What the hell do doctors know about exercise? Most of them know zero. You gotta push elderly people to failure like anybody…

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By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I…

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One of the reasons so many people fail is they get on this treadmill for an hour or an hour and a…

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Have you seen some of the crap they're selling as exercise equipment now? How about that Suzanne Somers? She should have been…

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Those who begin to exercise regularly and replace white flour, sugar and devitalized foods with live, organic natural foods begin to feel…

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My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth…

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Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old…

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There are so many health food nuts out there that eat nothing but natural foods but they don't exercise and they look terrible.

Anything in life is possible, if you make it happen.

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You can't separate the mind and body. It's impossible.

What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start…

The most important thing in your life is your health and your body. You can have all the education and you can have millions…

I only eat fish - no chicken, no turkey, just fish. I get all my protein from fish and egg whites.

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