Greg Rutherford Quotes

If I need to bulk up for a role, I will do more weights. If I need to slim down for something, I will do more cardio. That's usually how it goes.

I always had this perception that when you lift weights, you're going to get bulky and thick. I didn't realize you actually burn a lot of fat and that it trims you down.

Sculpting a body is different from fitness.

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.

I don't really need bulk, just strength. I can get strong without putting on weight.

I've attained my mass basically by training hard and very, very heavy.

If I don't go to the gym and work out, I look like a bag of bones. I go three times a week usually and it's nearly all weights work to help with definition.

I didn't want to lift weights and get all big; I just wanted to get cut.

From middle age on, there's nothing more vital to your health and weight control than building lean muscle mass, and the only way that happens is with weight training and exercise.

I work out one-and-a-half hours a day, five times a week to strengthen my muscles and increase tone.

Biceps for show, triceps for go.

I do weight training and follow strict diet. It is very important to look a certain way. I don't think being extra skinny and thin is desirable, but you have to be fit.

People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.

I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle.

I stick to bread-and-butter bodybuilding. I hit my muscles from various angles, work on bringing up any weaknesses, and design workouts that are always challenging and helping me progress.

If you have less weight, you have less strength.

I really work hard to stay in great shape and make weight.

I think Ryan Reynolds has a fab physique: he's not bulky but nicely toned and proportioned.

If I don't lift weights, I don't feel healthy.

Dropsets overload the muscle with shorter rest periods and increasing volume, which you need to grow.

I am someone who is a fitness freak, I wouldn't skip the gym and eat whatever I want because I have to look fit.

Well, being fit is not about flaunting muscles or biceps. Being fit is about flexibility and fit is about flexibility and body composition.

I can get to a point where I get pretty chiselled.

I have really heavy muscle.

If you can get to the gym 4-5 days a week, that would be perfect. You can still do chest/tri's, back/bi's, legs, shoulders, and make the fifth day a cleanup day, meaning focus on body parts you may be weaker in.