41 Quotes About Bodybuilding

It's often a razor's edge you'll walk between coaxing adaptation while avoiding exhaustion (or injury). Master this, and you'll unlock the key to continual progress.

Training records become a barometer of accomplishment and a roadmap for further progress.

Periodization isn't magic--you can't out-periodize your genetics, drug users, or stupidity.

Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.

When you have a well developed body and you're confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.

The gym was the one place I had control. I didn’t have to speak, I didn’t have to listen. I just had to push or pull. It was so much simpler, so much more satisfying than life outside.I didn’t have to think. I didn’t have to care. I didn’t have to feel. I simply had to lift.

It is only within the context of having properly developed your mind that you will be able to truly enjoy the achievement of your material values, including that of a more muscular body.

Bodybuilding is about accountability: Unlike so many things in the 21-century which can be argued around—I got fired because of X, she dumped me because of Y, I would have done this if it weren’t for Z—your body is an undeniable testament to your success or failure in the sport.

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