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June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach just informed me I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach just informed me that I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach just told me I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach told me I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

December 30, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My New Year’s resolution is to stay out of shape. Maybe I won’t stick with this one either”

Many people have a new year's resolution to lose weight, but they don't keep it. Others apply reverse psychology. "My resolution every year was to slim down and it always fail! How…

June 8, 2012
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My sport is your sport’s punishment” (cross-country running aphorism)

"My sport is your sport's punishment" is a popular T-shirt saying worn by many runners. When football players (for example) get into trouble, the coach often has them run laps as…

January 3, 2020
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My stomach is flat. The ‘L’ is just silent”

The word "fat" is oh so close to the word "flat." "My stomach is flat. The 'L' is (just) silent" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…

January 3, 2020
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My stomach is flat. The ‘L’ is silent”

The word "fat" is oh so close to the word "flat." "My stomach is flat. The 'L' is (just) silent" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…

February 14, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My thighs are so sexy, they can’t stop touching each other”

"My thighs are so sexy, they can't stop touching each other" -- that is, one is pleasingly plump -- is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "My thighs are so…

September 19, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsFood/Drink

“My trainer tells me that my fitness goals are within reach. Unfortunately, so are my snacks” (

"All of my fitness goals are within reach, but unfortunately so are the snacks" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "All of my fitness goals are within reach…

September 19, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My workout goal is to get my chest to stick out further than my stomach”

"My fitness goal is just making sure my boobs stick out further than my stomach" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "My workout goal is to get my chest to…

April 27, 2023
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My yoga instructor is from Jamaica. She teaches Pilates of the Caribbean”

The Pirates of the Caribbean film series has nothing to do with Pilates, but there are jokes. "If I was a yoga instructor, I would move to Key West and open a studio for vacationing tourists…

January 4, 2021
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“My yoga pants have never been to yoga”

Yoga pants have become so popular, they are worn to many places -- even by people who have never done yoga. "My yoga pants have never been to yoga" is a popular saying that has been…

May 22, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Never give a donation to anyone collecting for a marathon. They’ll take the money and run”

"Take the money and run" is an old expression. A jocular twist was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on May 13, 2017: "Never give a donation to someone collecting for a charity marathon.…

June 23, 2012
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Never stand when you can walk, never walk when you can run” (exercise adage)

"Never stand when you can walk, never walk when you can run" is advice given to people to discourage them from being sedentary. Charles E. Page, M.D., wrote in Health Culture in 1900:…

August 24, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Never throw in the towel. Use it to wipe off the sweat. Then keep on going”

"You have a choice. You can throw in the towel or you can use it to wipe the sweat off your face (and keep going)" is a motivational exercise saying that has been printed on many images.…

April 3, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Never trust a fat motivational speaker”

"Never trust a fat motivational speaker" was posted on Twitter on October 13, 2011. "I could never listen to a fat motivational speaker...why couldn't they motivate themselves…

October 26, 2016
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“No body won the skeleton race”

A skeleton beauty contest? "Who won the skeleton beauty contest? No body" was posted to the newsgroup alt.folklore.ghost-stories on October 31, 1997. "I heard no body won the…

December 18, 2005
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“No Judgements” (Crunch)

Crunch (a fitness club that began in the East Village) has the slogan "No Judgements." This is the English spelling and should be "No Judgments," but who are we to judge?…

June 9, 2015
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“No matter how slow you go, you’re still lapping everybody on the couch”

"No matter how slow you go, you're still lapping everybody on the couch" is a popular motivational saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying was cited on Twitter on…

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