“When you hook your feet under a support and lift your torso up in a conventional Sit-Up, you are also using the iliopsoas muscles.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe it 100%,”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Every morning you have two options. Continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Kurt Marnul can win Mr. Austria," I thought, "and he's already told me that I could too if I train hard, so that's what I'm going to do." This thought made the hours of lifting tons of steel and iron actually a joy. Every painful set, every extra rep, was a step toward my goal of winning Mr. Austria and entering the Mr. Europe competition.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“It was a tough movie to make, with lots of stunts and injuries and craziness and night shooting and dust.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“That's what most people lack: having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Mass is vital to a bodybuilder’s physique. But it is the shape and the quality of this mass that win contests.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Forget plan B. To test yourself and grow, you have to operate without a safety net.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“To be successful, however, you must be brutal with yourself and focus on the flaws.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“So is that what’s important to you? To be able to freeze in the middle of a scene and to have somebody give you your line? Wouldn’t it be much better to go through Africa and show them how to dig wells and how to make vegetables grow and inspire them to plant?”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“It took many months in court, but the tabloid eventually published a total retraction and paid substantial damages in an out-of-court settlement. The money went to the Special Olympics in Great Britain.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
“it's not what you get out of life that counts. Break your mirrors! In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at yourself and more at each other. you'll get more satisfaction from having improved your neighborhood, your town, your state, your country, and your fellow human beings than you'll ever get from your muscles, your figure, your automobile, your house, or your credit rating”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
