Favorite Sayings To Get You Through A Tough Workout

sarahjay1
sarahjay1 Posts: 175 Member
edited December 24 in Motivation and Support
Went for a bike ride the other day and my brother said he had heard the following saying: "Sweat is just your fat crying". A lady on a different thread said the guys at her gym say: "Pain is weakness leaving the body". I actually used this as motivation when my legs were killing me. Any other great sayings???
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  • rayita001
    rayita001 Posts: 150 Member
    Here are a few:

    "The only bad workout is the one that didn't happen"

    "No one ever drowned in sweat"

    "If you went running when you first started thinking about it, you'd be back by now"

    "A year from now you'll wish you had started today"

    "To exercise or NOT to exercise? What a stupid question!" LoL!!
  • Ariberri9
    Ariberri9 Posts: 206 Member
    I really don't have a saying...I just think about how much body fat I used to have, how high my cholesterol used to be, and how happy I am now. And also, how badly I want a six-pack. :P

    If I had to put it in to a saying, it'd be, "You've changed a lot so far, but let's go farther."
  • MistyWeeks
    MistyWeeks Posts: 28 Member
    "pain is only temporary"

    "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" Dori's famous quote can be used for sooo many things!!!
  • jordanreddick
    jordanreddick Posts: 197 Member
    Nothing tastes better than thin feels
  • Mbishop7684
    Mbishop7684 Posts: 171 Member
    Just one more minute...just one more minute! (even though there are 15 left!)
  • AmandaLou4319
    AmandaLou4319 Posts: 73 Member
    Nothing tastes better than HEALTHY feels :)

    Strong is the new skinny.
  • MellyGibson
    MellyGibson Posts: 297 Member
    "Life is tough, but I'm tougher".
  • Dragonnade
    Dragonnade Posts: 218 Member
    No sayings, only maths. I can do 2k on a rower easy as hell. So when I did 12k, it was a constant divvying up of the remaining distance. Saw it as a set of 2's, 1/3rd way through, 5k left - done that before so why not again and now? Etc etc etc.

    And then the last 2k is purely "It is nearly over, get it done quick and then you can sprawl on the floor whimpering like a broken woman!!!" and I end up putting in PB's!
  • sonamon
    sonamon Posts: 12 Member
    What doesn't kill me makes me stronger...
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Not exactly a saying, but when my PT is pushing me really hard (like today), I tell myself that I am here because I want to be and its costing me £50 an hour :bigsmile:
  • shaelataylor
    shaelataylor Posts: 224 Member
    you dont stop when youre tired; you stop when youre done.
  • Big_Port
    Big_Port Posts: 23 Member
    This one gets me through every time I want to quit... "It's YOU against YOU" Your body can do so much more then your mind gives it credit for...don't let you mind win!!!
  • gomisskellygo
    gomisskellygo Posts: 635 Member
    "I really regret that workout."

    -Said no one ever.
  • dedication6
    dedication6 Posts: 184 Member
    it doesn't get easier, YOU get stronger
  • theresmynapkin
    theresmynapkin Posts: 183 Member
    "suck it up" "push through it" "you got this" "breathe" "it will be over before you know it and think how good you'll feel"
    Sometimes I just think about how a year ago I NEVER would have been able to do it.
  • sarafil
    sarafil Posts: 506 Member
    If you honestly want to know, I remind myself that I had a natural (medication free) childbirth with a nine pound baby....if I can handle that, I can handle anything!
  • carriparton
    carriparton Posts: 62 Member
    BUMP - I NEED SOME OF THESE!!!!
  • LaSweetMini
    LaSweetMini Posts: 157 Member
    :laugh: Want to be a fat lazy pig for the rest of your life? No? Then get moving! lol (this is what I tell myself)
  • k8ermarie
    k8ermarie Posts: 204
    No Challenge, No Change!

    Sweat Is My Fat Crying!

    Get Your FUNderwear On!

    DIG DEEP!
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    I usually just repeat to myself "I am strong, I can do this."
  • AlexanderK1994
    AlexanderK1994 Posts: 243 Member
    "You can do it", "push through it", "one more minute" are my favorites x)
  • Blaqheart
    Blaqheart Posts: 235
    Love that butt love that butt!!!! :bigsmile:
  • RachFace1000
    RachFace1000 Posts: 154 Member
    "if you still look cute at the end of your workout, then you didn't work hard enough!"
    "stop admiring other people's bodies and make other people admire yours"
    "The only thing separating your desires from reality... is your b*tch *kitten*, now MOVE"
    "When you think about giving up, imagine where you'd be in six months if you didn't. Still want to give up?"
    "You're only young once so you might as well look as hot as you can"

    lol
  • theresmynapkin
    theresmynapkin Posts: 183 Member
    No sayings, only maths. I can do 2k on a rower easy as hell. So when I did 12k, it was a constant divvying up of the remaining distance. Saw it as a set of 2's, 1/3rd way through, 5k left - done that before so why not again and now? Etc etc etc.

    And then the last 2k is purely "It is nearly over, get it done quick and then you can sprawl on the floor whimpering like a broken woman!!!" and I end up putting in PB's!

    lol I do this too! especially with swimming. I break it up into hundreds or fifties. :)
  • tracy63janis
    tracy63janis Posts: 24
    I stole this from Jason Ellis: 'Harden the f**k up!' I say this every time that I want to quit, still have 5 miles to go, 10 minutes left or one more segment to go. It's crude, but I push through it. :embarassed:
  • jenluvsushi
    jenluvsushi Posts: 933 Member
    I'd rather be covered in sweat at the gym than clothes at the beach!
  • juleszephyr
    juleszephyr Posts: 442 Member
    Ooooh I really regretted that workout - said no one ever!!!

    Sweat is just fat crying

    and a load more personal mantras, Iike I'll show you what you're missing you *******
  • FuneralDiner
    FuneralDiner Posts: 438 Member
    "I'm gonna be thin and sexy."

    "This sweat is just the fat pouring out of me."
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    An adaptation of the Bene Gesserit saying:



    I must not fear pain.
    Fear is the fat-keeper.
    Fear is the little-death that stops fat obliteration.
    I will face my pain.
    I will permit pain to pass over me and through me.
    And when it has gone past I will burn the inner fat to reveal myself.
    When the fat has gone I will see muscle.
    Only I will remain.
  • shellsrenee01
    shellsrenee01 Posts: 357 Member
    When I am on one of my runs and I begin to get tired and wanting to stop, I tell myself "If you stop now, you just wasted that whole first part of your run." It helps me stay on track mentally.
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