90 Leg Day Quotes To Strengthen The Body’s Largest Muscle Group

These leg day quotes will inspire you to keep up with your gym routine and work those legs!

What are the benefits of leg day?

Which exercises count as “leg day” exercises? Keep reading to find out!

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Research from the University of Copenhagen highlights the benefits of resistance training, such as leg day workouts. 

Leg day workouts improve muscle strength, physical performance, and overall health

There are several reasons that you should incorporate leg days into your workout routine.

First off, the legs are the largest muscle group in your body.

Any activity that works the muscle group in the leg is good for weight loss.

This is because the amount of energy required to move them will burn more calories.

Some of these leg day quotes mention activities that you can do outside of the gym, including going for a walk, running, or dancing.

Going for a nice leisurely walk outside is good for your legs and good for the soul.

Nature can have an impact on your overall well-being.

Obviously, leg day will help tone your legs and make them look better.

However, strengthening your leg muscles can also reduce back pain.

Back pain is often caused by weak stabilizing muscles.

Working your glutes, hip flexors, quadriceps, and hamstrings can reduce your chance of back injury and help you stand tall!

Now that these leg day quotes have you excited about leg day and feeling ready to get in the gym, go for a run, or try some dancing, be sure to check out the recommended leg day exercises at the end of the article!

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According to a study by the University of Michigan, incorporating resistance training, including leg day exercises, into your workout routine can help to reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

These highlight leg day quotes as a source of motivation for making leg day workout your valuable tool for promoting long-term health.

Put these quotes with a picture and you will have a great Instagram post! Check out the quotes below.

1. “My legs are hungover.” — Unknown

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2. “Hustle for that muscle.” — Unknown

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3. “Will you survive leg day?” — Unknown

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4. “I love leg day. Leg day’s my favorite!” — Unknown

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5. “I can’t feel my legs when I’m with you.” — Unknown

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6. “After leg day, stairs just aren’t the same.” — Unknown

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7. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali

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8. “I got 99 problems and they’re all my sore muscles.” — Unknown

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9. “For some people, leg day is hell. For me, it’s heaven.” — Unknown

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10. “You make my knees weak. JK. Yesterday was leg day.” — Unknown

Motivation to keep going on leg day quotes

According to research from the University of Arizona, incorporating strength training exercises such as leg day workouts into your routine can help to improve balance.

This suggests that leg day workouts reduce the risk of falls, particularly among older adults.

Exercising can wear you out, especially leg day. Here are some motivating quotes to keep you going!

11. “Nothing will work unless you do.” — Maya Angelou

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12. “If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.” — Unknown

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13. “Making excuses burns zero calories per hour.” — Unknown

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14. “You’re only one workout away from a good mood.” — Unknown

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15. “The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph’.” — Unknown

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16. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” — Steve Prefontaine

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17. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.” — Aristotle

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18. “No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch.” — Unknown

19. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” — Thomas Jefferson

20. “Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.” — Unknown

Leg day quotes about reps and exercise

To get healthy, strong legs you have to put in the work. Take a look at the quotes below for some leg day advice.

21. “To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.” — Gene Tunney

22. “The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.” — Kenneth H. Cooper

23. “Keep fighting, stay hungry, and take on the world one rep at a time.” — Joey Swoll

24. “Exercise is like an addiction. Once you’re in it, you feel like your body needs it.” — Elsa Pataky

25. “You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn’t have to be the gym.” — Katarina Johnson-Thompson

26. “Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.” — George A. Sheehan

27. “Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise.” — Linford Christie

28. “Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.” — Sasha Cohen

29. “My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.” — Samantha Stosur

30. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. 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.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Leg day quotes about activities that use your legs

Want some ideas to work out your legs besides with weights? Take a look at the quotes below.

31. “Walking is man’s best medicine.” — Hippocrates

32. “Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels… try it!” — Ariana Grande

33. “To me, running is life. I run to live longer and enjoy a healthier life.” — Eliud Kipchoge

34. “Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” — Thomas Jefferson

35. “Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.” — Paula Abdul

36. “Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.” — Cher

37. “In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.” — Mao Zedong

38. “Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competitions, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.” — Nelson Mandela

39. “Leg day is my favorite day. You can’t have a thorough leg workout without feeling completely spent. It’s a challenge, but the benefits of maintain muscle mass on my legs is important because, as the biggest muscle group in the body, it also helps me keep the proper body composition in terms of fat to muscle ratio.” — Ian Ziering

40. “I use a lot of balance training and functional training. Basically, it’s where you add an element of instability to a regular exercise. So whether it’s on the physioball or the Bosu ball or just balancing on one leg, I try to incorporate an instable plane and/or movement to the exercise, so the body’s doing two or more movements.” — Steve Nash

Leg day quotes that will have you hitting the gym

We all need to help getting to the gym once in awhile. Take a look at the quotes below.

41. “I like to meditate. But I get rid of my stress at the gym.” — Jason Statham

42. “Going to the gym is great for your body, but it’s also great for your mind.” — Rory McIlroy

43. “All I do is work out. Oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating.” — Tom Brady

44. “The harder I train every day on the track and in the gym, the more trust I gain in myself.” —  Miguel Cotto

45. “Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood, and tears, and effort in the gym every day.” — Gabby Douglas

46.  “I am a morning person and the first task for me in the morning is to hit the gym.” — Siddharth Shukla

47. “I promise you; the gym has taken away so much of my stress. It has helped calm me down.” — Khloe Kardashian

48. “It’s so true: the fight is won or lost in the gym, and those words really stuck with me throughout my career.” — Katie Taylor

49. “The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

50. “The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that.” — Paul Pierce

Leg Day Quotes That Push You to Acquire Those Muscles

51. “Don’t have $100.00 shoes and a 10 cent squat.” ― Louie Simmons

52. “I don’t do this to be healthy, I do this to get big muscles.” ― Markus Ruhl

53. “I’m the strongest bodybuilding who ever lived, I think.” ― Franco Columbu

54. “Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.” ― Mark Rippetoe

55. “If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.” ― Bret Contreras

56. “On the Internet, everyone squats. In real life, the squat rack is always empty. You figure out what this means.” ― Steve Shaw

57. “I’m not the kind of guy who tries to run between the drops. Sometimes you gotta get a little wet to reach your destination.” ― Erik Fankhouser

58. “At the end of the day it’s not a weight contest, it’s a visual contest. And it doesn’t matter what you say you weigh, if you don’t look that big then you don’t look that big.” ― Dorian Yates

59. “Fortunately, there is a solution, and it’s not performing multiple sets of whatever cable Kegel exercise is being pushed as “The Answer.” Just a little hard, smart, basic work.” ― Jim Wendler

60. “I don’t believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn’t have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong.” ― Steve Reeves

Leg day quotes to inspire you to push harder

61. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” — Lance Armstrong

62. “Treat your body like an instrument, not an ornament.” ― Gary Thomas

63. “You can’t be fat and fast, too; so lift, run, diet and work.” — Hank Stram

64. “At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.” — Jillian Michaels

65.  “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” — Jim Rohn

66. “It’s challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise.” — Joely Fisher

67. “Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.” — Mike Tyson

68. “I don’t get why people pay to exercise in a GYM when it’s FREE to not exercise.” — Bridger Winegar

69. “The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you’re not in shape for it, its too far to walk back.” — Franklin P. Jones

70. “You’re a work of art, not everybody will understand you, but the ones that do will never forget about you.” — Amber Ibarreche

Leg day quotes perfect for body building

71. “That’s a good weight…for a small woman.” — Dorian Yates

72. “There’s more to life than training, but training is what puts more in your life.” — Brooks Kubik

73. “Most champions are built by punch-the-clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts.” — Dan John

74. “I’ve made many good friends in bodybuilding, though there are few I’d trust to oil my back.” — Lee Labrada

75. “When they get a 50-inch waist and a gorilla butt, it’s ugly looking – and I think bodybuilding has become ugly looking.” — Joe Gold

76. “If you want big arms and shoulders, your first priority is to be sure that your leg/hip/back structure is growing and becoming powerful.” — Stuart McRobert

77. “When I get closer to a show and have to back off from training and cardio, I use sex as an aid to help me burn calories. Look at it this way: The risk of getting injured is zero to none.” — J.J. Marsh

78. “Not only are squats not bad for the knees, every legitimate research study on this subject has shown that squats improve knee stability and therefore help reduce the risk of injuries.” — Charles Poliquin

79. “Working hard on deadlifts (bent legged, trap Bar, or sumo) or squatting (not necessarily at the same time) works more like 70% of your musculature at once and sends a strong message to your body to get better at growing now!” — Wesley Silveira

80. “Far too many bodybuilders spend too much time exercising the smaller muscle groups such as the biceps at the expense of the larger muscle groups such as the thighs, and then they wonder why it is that they never make gains in overall size and strength.” — Reg Park

Leg Day Quotes To Keep On Walking a Bit

81. “A pitcher is only as good as his legs.” ― Early Wynn

82. “When your legs get weaker time starts running faster.” ― Mikhail Turovsky

83. “When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.” ― Don Meyer

84. “When my legs begin to move, the thoughts begin to flow.” ― Henry David Thoreau

85. “Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.” ― Paulo Coelho

86. “Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.” ― George R. R. Martin

87. “In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

88. “Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.” ― Pio of Pietrelcina

89. “Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.” ― Djuna Barnes

90. “When the morning’s freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles give under the strain, the climb seems endless, and suddenly nothing will go quite as you wish it is then that you must not hesitate.” ― Dag Hammarskjold

What are good leg day exercises?

Leg day workouts can help you build muscle in your lower body.

This means your legs will be able to move faster.

They will also be stronger and more powerful.

Now, the only remaining question is—which exercises are best?

Well, the answer is anything that works your legs!

If you are looking for some exercises you can do anywhere with no equipment, then start front squats and a walking lunge.

If you are working out in the gym, give the hip thrust and leg press machines a chance.

If you are new to leg day, or the gym in general, just ask an employee to help you out.

Many gym employees will show you how to use the equipment properly for two reasons.

First, they do not want you to get injured.

They want to make sure you are in good shape and have a desire to come back. 

Secondly, they do not want you to damage the equipment.

Slamming the weights down is a big gym no-no!

Therefore, if you ask, someone will show you the correct way to change weights and use the machine.

Whether you are in a gym or a group exercise class, you will see the benefits of leg day in just a short while.

If the gym really isn’t for you, don’t stress—you can still have leg day! 

Share some of your favorite leg day quotes or exercises with us in the comment section below!