Fitness, for me doesn't mean a bikini body or a size zero. I just strive to be and feel healthy.
I used to train with my husband, Anthony Maina, but he is now too busy as a helicopter pilot, so we only run together when I do light jogging. I don't want to kill him before his next flight!
It's so much easier just to eat and work out than not eat and work out like crazy.
Making six-pack abs for no reason doesn't make sense. When you are young, it is possible.
I will always find something to challenge myself. I will go up to heavyweight or down to middleweight.
I don't do much to keep in trim - I try to walk places instead of driving whenever I can, but I really ought to do more.
I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed.
Well, we're on a never-ending quest to slim down. It's just very difficult for us.
I want a Superman that men will look up to - that somehow he manages to go out and work out and add muscles to his body that he wasn't born with necessarily, but that developed - as a person who takes care of himself and takes care of his health.
I'm super active, so sitting on the couch and staring at the walls isn't ideal for me.
I was realizing, 'I work out all the time. Why can't I drop this weight?' It's really food. So I started dieting a little.
At the end of the day everyone has different goals. Some people, like myself, are trying to keep size on. Some people might come in and have the opposite. So, one size doesn't fit all for nutrition.
It's important for me to keep my cardio up, especially for my body type, or I'll gain weight so fast.
I want to do an action movie where they say, 'Go the gym and get ripped like Linda Hamilton.'
Lots of people who do bodybuilding want to walk around in tank top and shorts, because they want to show people what they've got - and there's nothing wrong with that. But I didn't want to do that because I didn't care what people thought.
If you are thinking every day, 'I have to get to the gym' and 'I have to lose this weight,' and that's all you think about and you obsess over it, it's not healthy.
It is a lot of pressure to prepare for the Mr. Olympia.
Light weight ... Yeah buddy!
I take issue with those who criticize 'The Biggest Loser' for pushing contestants too hard. The whole point is to push them hard. Otherwise, there's no change.
I'm so busy and there's so much going on, that the gym or a workout can't be a last minute thought, like, 'I have nothing to do today I'm going to go to the gym.' Now it's, 'When am I going to find time to work out tomorrow?'
My wife and I work out together almost every day. It's just a great way to spend time together. We're going to run a marathon together later this year, and that's one more goal that we'll accomplish as husband and wife.
I had to cut weight a few years ago, and I felt like I'll be better if I was lighter. I felt like my conditioning would be better if I eat better.
When I was a teenager, I did a lot of pull-ups and push-ups. Every night before bed, I'd do 150 - in sets of 30 or so. Looking back on it now, I'm not totally sure that's the best way to improve as a climber. But it did make me a lot better at doing pull-ups and push-ups.
I've never had a problem making featherweight. Of course, it wasn't easy, but it also was never an issue.
I'm strong, but my arms are skinny; they're never going to get big and bulky like a football player.
