Lucas Till Quotes

When you feel the burn, that's when you know you're doing an exercise correctly. If you're doing 20 crunches, and you're not struggling, make an adjustment so they're harder to do. Don't cheat yourself. If it isn't burning, you're not getting stronger.

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

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

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.

I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.

I don't need to do that many weights but every now and then I do the bar, with 25-30 kilos on either side, which amounts to roughly probably my body weight. I lift this up above my head, then drop it and lift it up again.

Once you go up in weight, I will never go down; you just don't do it.

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.

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

I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.

If you look at Jane Fonda's first tape, it's like, 'How to injure yourself to music.'

I've been doing a lot of deadlifting and squatting for overall strength.

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.

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

Bodybuilding is about building your body. Whether you do it to maintain your fitness levels, climb Everest, run the marathon, or be a competitive bodybuilder is up to you.

You don't have to be built like Karl Malone to be strong. There are thinner guys who are really strong. Kevin Durant, who I used to work with, has real strength to his body.

I have always maintained you should be able to bench press and deadlift at least twice your body weight.

I hate it when anyone in the gym can deadlift more than me.

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

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 do a lot of free weights in the gym, with lots of squats, lunges and push-pull exercises to help develop strength and power.

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