#muscle

You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat! ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#bigger #body #burn #calories #exercise

If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#because #big #bigger #build #changing

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#about #athletes #ball #because #bound

I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#also #being #casting #directors #fact

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#bump #business #causing #dull #going

I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#character #i #movie #muscles #notice

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#character #force #great #great things #judgment

A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#becoming #blank #body #capable #cell

I don't want to be all power and muscle. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#muscle #power #want

I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are. ↗

— Ludacris

#everything #i #i love #latest #love