Lee Haney Quotes

Perfecting your form and technique at early stages will go a long way. Don't compromise on the big lifts - deadlifts, squats, and bench-presses.

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

I lift weights. Then I put them down again.

Your body can't get stronger or more powerful unless you're balanced.

Depending on how slow I move that day, weight training will take two to three hours.

I try and work out every day if possible, or as many times as possible in a week. I concentrate on one body part at a time, and spend at least two to two-and-a-half hours on really intense weight training.

You don't start out getting into the gym and bench pressing 300 pounds. You start out by doing the bar.

I wish I had more body parts that I could work out. If I had my way, I'd be in the gym all day. I love to lift.

In order to pack on the most amount of muscle from your training, you need to train specifically for hypertrophy.

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

The only weights I lift are my dogs.

You've got to find ways to breathe while you're dancing so that when it comes time for you to stop and sing again, you have it. To prepare, I do a lot of aerobic activity. Many times at the gym, people will look at me because I'll be on the treadmill humming.

I lift weights four times a week, usually run five days a week.

We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.

When I'm in the gym, I always try and pair a push and a pull motion. I'll then follow that with a lot of shoulder stability work.

I see so many people in the gym just slinging weight around. You can accomplish more if you squeeze the reps out in perfect form, instead of going big and trying to kill it every time.

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.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.

I like lifting weights. And there is a cardio element to lifting if you're doing it the way I do it.

I didn't train for powerlifting. I trained as a bodybuilder. I had to train to stress the muscle and not because of what was on the bar. I think my strategy was a good one because I have no aches, pains, or lingering injuries from training today. I feel great.

The key to building massive, powerful muscles is to doggedly increase the training weights you use.

The true measure of strength is through a squat and deadlift.

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.