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April 1, 2014
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running away from your problems is a race you’ll never win”

"Running away from your problems is a race you'll never win" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "Running away from your problems is a race…

January 15, 2026
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running feels awesome until you compare it to not running”

"Running feels great unless you compare it to not running" (or "Running feels awesome until you compare it to not running") is a jocular anti-running saying that has been…

January 15, 2026
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running feels great unless you compare it to not running”

"Running feels great unless you compare it to not running" (or "Running feels awesome until you compare it to not running") is a jocular anti-running saying that has been…

January 15, 2026
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running feels great until you compare it to not running”

"Running feels great unless you compare it to not running" (or "Running feels awesome until you compare it to not running") is a jocular anti-running saying that has been…

June 16, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running is a great way to meet new people. Today, I met two EMTs, three nurses, and a cardiologist”

"Running is a great way to meet new people. Today, I met two EMTs, three nurses, and a cardiologist" was posted on Facebook by Michael Schilling on June 7, 2025. The joke is that medical…

April 29, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running is a mental sport and we are all insane”

"Running is a mental sport and we are all insane" is a jocular one-line running saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2005. 14…

June 23, 2019
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running is like a drug”

Many people are addicted to working out. "Running is like taking a drug" was printed in the Edmonton (Alberta) Journal on April 26, 1977. "Working out is like a drug" is a…

October 26, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running is the best way to remind yourself how much you love sitting”

Some people prefer sitting to running. A joke was posted on Twitter by Blue Moon on October 7, 2014. "Running is the best way to remind yourself how much you love sitting." TwitterBlue…

October 5, 2020
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running reminds us that even in our weakest moments, we are strong”

"Running reminds you that even in your weakest moments...you are strong" is a running saying that has been printed on many images. "Running reminds you that even in your weakest…

October 5, 2020
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Running reminds you that even in your weakest moments…you are strong”

"Running reminds you that even in your weakest moments...you are strong" is a running saying that has been printed on many images. "Running reminds you that even in your weakest…

January 3, 2023
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Saw a couple holding hands while jogging and it made me hopeful that one day I will meet someone..”

"Saw a couple holding hands while jogging and it made me hopeful that one day I will meet someone who will hate them with me" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images.…

January 21, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Sex counts as cardio”

"Se is my cardio" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the speaker doesn't get much sex. "And no,sex doesn't count as cardio.UNLESS...." was…

January 20, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Sex is my cardio. Which probably explains why I’m fat”

"Se is my cardio" is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the speaker doesn't get much sex. "And no,sex doesn't count as cardio.UNLESS...." was…

March 20, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“She Will Endure All Things” (“sweat” backronym)

"She Will Endure All This" is a backronym (back acronym) of the word "sweat" that has been printed on many images. "SWEAT = She Will Endure All Things #myfitnesspal"…

January 1, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Shopping is my cardio”

"Shopping is my cardio" and "Shopping counts as cardio" are jocular sayings that have been printed on many images. The character of Carrie Bradshaw in the American romantic…

July 30, 2025
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Shouldn’t a Personal Trainer who trains people via online video be called an Impersonal Trainer?”

Many people who go to the gym to work out have a personal trainer. Are there impersonal trainers? "I have an impersonal trainer. We meet at the gym, we don't talk, he works out alone and…

September 21, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Shouldn’t pregnant women be called body builders?”

Pregnant women are, literally, "body builders." "What idiot called them pregnant women and not bodybuilders" was posted on Twitter on May 30, 2013. "Why are pregnant women…

October 18, 2013
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Shut up and squat” (bodybuilding saying)

"Shut up and squat" is a bodybuilding saying that has been printed on many images. "At least she was wearing a shirt that said Shut Up and Squat, nice shirt" was posted on the…

July 9, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Shut up and train”

Entry in progress -- B.P. "No pain, no gain. Shut up and train" has been cited in print since at least 2009. "Shut up and squat" is a similar saying. TwitterCarlos Ed.…

March 9, 2021
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Since I bought a solar-powered treadmill, I’ve been walking on sunshine”

"I'm walking on sunshine woahhhh I'm walking on sunshine woahhh wait it's a treadmill ..." was posted on Twitter by Anna Craig on April 9, 2010. The song "Walking on…

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