“My legs are weak, my arms are sore, my chest is heavy, my body is tired, I WILL NOT BE STOPPED”

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Entry from December 06, 2013

“My legs are weak, my arms are sore, my chest is heavy, my body is tired, I WILL NOT BE STOPPED”

Fitness Motivator wrote on Twitter on April 3, 2013:

☑ My legs are weak.
☑ My arms are sore.
☑ My chest is heavy.
☑ My body is tired.
☑ I WILL NOT BE STOPPED.

The saying became immediately popular on Twitter and is listed among sports motivation quotations.

Twitter
Fitness Motivator
‏@Fit_Motivator
☑ My legs are weak.
☑ My arms are sore.
☑ My chest is heavy.
☑ My body is tired.
☑ I WILL NOT BE STOPPED.
5:14 AM - 3 Apr 13

Twitter
Athlete Motivation
‏@LV_Sports
✔ My legs are weak.
✔ My arms are sore.
✔ My chest is heavy.
✔ My body is tired.
✔ I WILL NOT BE STOPPED.
11:02 PM - 7 Apr 13

Crushing Iron
April 10, 2013
Being Committed and Finding Motivation
(...)
Someone else posted this.

✔ My legs are weak.
✔ My arms are sore.
✔ My chest is heavy.
✔ My body is tired.
✔ I WILL NOT BE STOPPED.

Facebook
PsyKo Fit with Kelly
July 29, 2013 at 4:40am ·
✔ My legs are weak.
✔ My arms are sore.
✔ My chest is heavy.
✔ My body is tired.
✔ I WILL NOT BE STOPPED.
(You know what’s going down at 6:30!)

Twitter
Fitness Motivation
‏@FitnessMotivat
✔ My legs are weak.
✔ My arms are sore.
✔ My chest is heavy.
✔ My body is tired.
✔ I WILL NOT BE STOPPED.
4:08 AM - 3 Dec 13

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