Jack LaLanne Quotes

I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.

When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters.

The pros stretch their bodies to the limit.

Actors normally go to the gym to achieve a certain kind of fitness for a role but when you start playing a sport, then you realise that being athletically fit is a very different kind of fitness.

I think CrossFit is highly beneficial to any athlete, in any sport.

Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.

Whether it's in the weight room or extra stretching, you never know when you're going to need that little extra oomph.

I've been doing Pilates since 1974, I lift weights, I power walk every day and I run backwards. That's sometimes a little hard when you're not on your home turf, because you've got to find a place where there are no bumps in the way - or people.

I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree.

I reached a point towards the end on the old heart where I had trouble getting out of a chair. All I wanted to do was get out of bed in the morning and walk to my office and sit back down in the chair. Now I throw 50 pound bags of horse feed in the back of my pickup truck and I don't even think about it. I'm back doing those things.

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.

It's not like I've been vaulting my whole life. I haven't. So my body hasn't taken that physical beating. I'm still on the upscale.

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do.

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.

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.

If you can lessen the chance of a bad injury by being strong, you have to do it.

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don't tear the muscles from the bones.

I think that for my sport, the core is the most important. I mean, really in all sports, but especially in the sport I play, I keep my core right and try and keep that up no matter what I'm doing.

My back and shoulders are my strengths. They are well-toned and do not require too much of maintenance.

That's one thing I need to work on, my flexibility. I'm not mobile enough, am I.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

Pilates works all the small muscles in your body and there's so much core that comes with it - and core is so important for a quarterback.

What batsmen like me do for fitness is often a bit different to what bowlers like Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad do but everyone in the squad has a big focus on core strength. It is really important for batting, bowling and fielding. You need a strong core and spine so your movement isn't restricted out there.

The older you get, it is harder to prepare physically, even if you have all the experience in the world. You're more sore the next day, you can't pack in as much, and you have to train smarter. You have to pay attention to more subtle things like your warmup routine or core work.