Johnny Gargano Quotes

For Punjabis like me, we have to work a little harder on our body.

I didn't really lift consistently before I got to the NBA. In college, I would skip out on it or not do as many reps because, honestly, I didn't like it. I was like 'Man, I'm not going to put on weight, I'm always going to be skinny, I'm not going to be big as the sky.'

I've no wish to run into a contest and make a fool of myself, leaving my career in a cul-de-sac. I want to be a success in the sport of bodybuilding.

Whenever you're looking at new ways to get in shape, first you have to decide what you want. Do you want a more muscular look, or do you want to slim down and appear more toned and ripped? I adapt my training and diet with each role I do, depending on the image I want to convey.

I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the gym skinny at 15 or 16, and I was that way, too.

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.

I always tell people I'm not one of these guys that was, like, born with, like, a halfway decent body.

When I see muscles that are more defined that I hadn't seen before, it's exciting. I love a muscular figure. It feels like an accomplishment, and it makes me feel strong, and I love having a strong body.

I want to do an action movie where they say, 'Go the gym and get ripped like Linda Hamilton.'

Weight training has enjoyed a huge impact, and the transformation has gone mainstream. I'm fortunate to be part of it.

For 'Baahubali,' I gained eight or nine kilos for the warrior look. But for 'Saaho,' I didn't need look like that.

I began bodybuilding shortly after I watched a couple friends compete at a state show and thought it would be cool to try.

I have been following what is now called the 'Spartan Way' long before it became popular!

The program for me, 'The Ultimate New York Body Plan,' is about realizing the best you and really loving the body you create.

I was relatively buff (before 'Avatar'), because I was working in a tanktop half the time on stage, anyway, but I just went kind of into hyperdrive after that and really worked to beat that old body into shape, to get that carcass where...I didn't want to be looking at it and see anything hanging where it shouldn't be hanging.

I can bulk up very fast. I can lift heavy weights because, like most people, I started off with heavy workouts. That's stayed in my muscle memory. I feel horrible when I feel my jeans are getting tight. Workouts peace me out.

I've always been into bodybuilding and keeping in shape, and I just challenge myself to see if I can continue to make improvements.

The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest.

I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!

My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body.

Well what I will tell you is for this movie, I got into probably the best shape of my life.

When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat and seeing veins in places you shouldn't see them, it kind of skews your understanding of what is normal and OK.

My personal trainer suggested paleo to build muscle while staying lean, and it's one of the first plans that's worked for me.

I had to wear that suit, so I put in my required time in the gym. But I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.

As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.