Ronnie Coleman Quotes

I'm a big runner, and I like to lift heavy. I'm not one for those little two-pound dumbbells - my goal is to be super-muscular in my 40s.

Everybody always asks me, 'How much can you bench?' I'm like, 'I don't know. I don't lift weights.' Now that I'm in college, we lift weights every once in a while, but not maxing out. We do things with a weight vest on... That surprises people, too, how strong you can get by just basically lifting your body all the time.

I pretty much spend most of my time in the gym bulking up and staying fit and putting muscle on so I can play the part of Luke Cage, but I've never been a gym rat.

I am training a lot harder, gym a lot, more muscle, strengthening my back, my legs, my muscles, my weak areas a lot.

I want people to realize bodybuilders are athletes. We have a very meticulous philosophy on how we are able to gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously.

Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates.

When you push and pull heavy things, your body thinks it's going to die, and so it's like, 'I better get bigger, in case we do that tomorrow.'

Obviously, getting stronger is the key, and knowing how to use my body, knowing what to expect.

I work out with my trainer; he knows my body to a T. He knows the things that I'm great at, and he knows the things I'm not necessarily great at, and he'll try to help those things.

Whenever I get a chance to get my reps in, that's a good challenge for me.

When younger, I was tall but very skinny. When I was 14, I grew and started gaining muscles. So I started doing sit-ups, abs work, press-ups, strengthening my core. I'd do 100-150 reps each day. I knew if my core was strong enough, I would get fewer muscle injuries.

I work out. I'm getting toned, too. The Wii Fit really works your body. When I get off, I'm dying.

I was probably 12 or 13 when I started doing pushups, situps, dips.

Your body's made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.

I was a personal trainer for about a decade. I competed in powerlifting, and I did a bodybuilding competition. I was heavily entrenched in the personal training world.

There's a lot of talent out there with just the normal physique. The 'cross-fit' type physique - that's the new exercise that took over.

I've picked up a lot of muscle weight. I have to be a physically strong guy.

I need to improve my physical play and get as big and strong as I can.

I like weightlifting and cardio workouts, and I'll do a lot of circuit workouts and plyometric as well.

I got extremely fit and slim on 'Strictly,' but I did find that, each week, a different part of my body hurt. It really makes you realise the hard work dancers have to put in and how fit they have to be.

Three days a week I do wrestling, as that's the best workout for the whole body.

You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.

Squats and hang cleans. I love them. You can just feel yourself getting bigger and better.

I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.