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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…

February 3, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Since our Russian gymnast was deported, we don’t have Oleg to stand on”

"Oleg to stand on" is a pun for "a leg to stand on" and has been cited in print since at least 1946. A popular version was posted on Twitter on July 15, 2016: "One of the…

August 4, 2016
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Sit-ups are the best exercise because they include the most lying down”

Sit-ups involve lying down, and this has been used in jokes. "Just got halfway to 1000 sit-ups! OK, FINE, the lying down half" was posted on Twitter on November 21, 2010. "Do the sit…

March 14, 2016
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Sitting is the new smoking”

"Sitting is the new smoking" is a popular expression showing just how bad sitting is for the body -- sitting can be as bad as smoking. A headline in the Daily Mail (UK) in 2007 was,…

February 26, 2026
Buildings/Housing/ParksExercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Skipped the gym today and put on a fitted sheet instead”

"I burn about 2000 calories every time I put on fitted sheets by myself" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Putting a itted sheet on a bed can be a challenge.…

August 2, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Slow runners make fast runners look good. You’re welcome!”

Entry in progress -- B.P."Slow runners make fast runners look good. You're welcome!" is a saying that has been printed on many images. TwitterTriathlon Montreal‏ @TriMontrealThe…

July 10, 2021
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“So ‘naked running’ apparently means no music, no watch, no GPS… Now they tell me”

A "naked run" ("naked running") means running without electronics -- no iPhone, iPod, watch, etc. It does not mean running without clothes (although the context of the term…

January 23, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Some folks exercise their right to vote. I vote my right to not exercise”

"Exercising" a right to vote is not physically exercising, but a joke was posted on Twitter in October 26, 2016: "Some folks exercise their right to vote. I vote my right to not…

July 2, 2018
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Some guy proposed in the gym, but she said no. It didn’t workout”

"This man in the gym just proposedddd and she said NOOOOOOOOOO" was posted on Twitter by Milyn Jensen on March 26, 2018. "Sounds like it didn't work out for him" was a…

June 6, 2017
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Some idiot at the gym put a water bottle in the Pringles can holder of this treadmill”

"Some idiot put a water bottle in the Pringles can holder of this treadmill" is a jocular gym saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on August 18,…

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