Dan John Quotes

• Squats don't hurt your knees; what you are doing hurts your knees.

  Dan John

  Hurt   Knees  

  Dan John (2012). “Mass Made Simple”, p.33, On Target Publications

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• Please understand nearly every concept I hold near and dear has been stolen from others much brighter and better than me.

  Dan John

  Stolen   Dear   Please  

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• I only judge people by the depth of their squat.

  Dan John

  People   Judging   Depth  

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• Most new trainers agonize over the perfect workout, over-train virtually everyone and are the crazy purist idiots who embarrass themselves at restaurants trying to impress everyone with how clean they eat.

  Dan John

  Workout   Crazy   Perfect  

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• Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed 218 pounds with eight percent body fat, and threw the discus over 190 feet. Then I got some advice from the people at the Olympic Training Center. I needed carbs, they advised, and lots of them. They pointed to studies done on the American distance runners. Being an idiot, I took the advice to eat like emaciated, over-trained sub-performers. It took years of high carbohydrate grazing to learn the evils of this advice.

  Dan John

  Senior   Workout   Distance  

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• Come, enter into my imagination and see me as I truly am.

  Dan John

  Imagination   My Imagination  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.190, On Target Publications

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• Most champions are built by punch the clock workouts rather than extraordinary efforts.

  Dan John

  Motivational   Workout   Bodybuilding  

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• The Goal is the keep the GOAL the GOAL

  Dan John

  Goal  

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• If it is important do it everyday

  Dan John

  Everyday   Important   Ifs  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.166, On Target Publications

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• Their highs are too low and their lows are too high.

  Dan John

  Lows  

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• I think there are two keys to success. One is to show up. The other one is to keep going. Most people don’t keep going.

  Dan John

  Thinking   Keys   Two  

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• The 9th grade was the best three years of my life. I was benching 85 lbs, drug free!

  Dan John

  Years   Drug   Three  

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• There are “bus bench” workouts and “park bench” workouts. A bus bench and a park bench look exactly the same, but your expectations sitting in them are radically different.

  Dan John

  Workout   Expectations   Different  

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• When things go wrong, simplify.

  Dan John

  When Things Go Wrong   Simplify  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.104, On Target Publications

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• There is a price you pay if you want to train military personnel - they don't all come back.

  Dan John

  Military   Want   Pay  

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• There's nothing worse than when someone takes a community education course and becomes an expert on how yoga is the best way to burn the visceral fat that's housed deep in your abdomen.

  Dan John

  Yoga   Community   Abdomen  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.77, On Target Publications

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• I said it was simple. Not easy.

  Dan John

  Simple   Easy   Said  

  Dan John (2012). “Mass Made Simple”, p.16, On Target Publications

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• Fat loss is an all-out war. Give it 28 days - only 28 days. Attack it with all you have. It's not a lifestyle choice; it's a battle. Lose fat and then get back into moderation. There's another one for you: moderation. Revelation says it best: 'You are lukewarm and I shall spit you out.' Moderation is for sissies.

  Dan John

  War   Loss   Lifestyle Choices  

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• I don't care what you bench. I care if you have friends and family you love, a career that you love, and helped someone you don't know today.

  Dan John

  Careers   Family And Friends   Benches  

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• The best tonic for soreness is to do the movement that got you sore in the first place.

  Dan John

  Movement   Firsts   Soreness  

  "Mass Made Simple…Lite". danjohn.net. January 29, 2012.

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• Just tell me what to do. I don't know where I'm going, but I know I don't want to be here.

  Dan John

  Want   Knows  

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• It's hard to peak when you've been training since 1965.

  Dan John

  Training   Hard  

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• Here's an idea: eat like an adult. Stop eating fast food, stop eating kid's cereal, knock it off with all the sweets and comfort foods, and ease up on the snacking. And don't act like you don't know this: eat more vegetables and fruits. Really, how difficult is this? Stop with the whining. Stop with the excuses. Act like an adult and stop eating like a television commercial. Grow up.

  Dan John

  Sweet   Growing Up   Kids  

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• If something is important, do it every day; if it's not important, don't do it at all.

  Dan John

  Important   Ifs  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.165, On Target Publications

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• Without challenges, the human body will soften. We thrive when we push our boundaries, reach goals, and blast personal records. We perform better, we look better, and we feel alive.

  Dan John

  Goal   Challenges   Looks  

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• The problem is yes, everything works. Doing everything at once makes you marginal at everything... at best.

  Dan John

  Problem  

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• Well, I am a great believer in supercompensation. Short term overtraining leads to long-term success. I can hear the complaints about injuries, but, in truth, not too many of us suffer injuries that lead to surgery, according to those studies in the 1950′s. In fact, if you are not a druggie and have some common sense, I think you can afford to train harder than you think.

  Dan John

  Workout   Thinking   Long  

  "Questions and Answers About Lifting. How do I prevent overtraining?". danjohn.net.

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• If it's important do it everyday.

  Dan John

  Everyday   Important   Ifs  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.166, On Target Publications

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• If you're spending so much time at the gym that your mail is forwarded there, you're not dedicated - you've got a mental disorder.

  Dan John

  Mail   Disorder   Spending  

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• As we're bombarded daily with new ads for pills, diets and ab-doers, we have to protect our wallets and our time.

  Dan John

  Pills   Doers   Wallets  

  Dan John (2009). “Never Let Go”, p.266, On Target Publications

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