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Personal trainer

Bob Harper is a renowned personal trainer, born on August 18, 1965. He is known for his expertise in health and fitness, serving as a fitness coach on various television shows, including 'The Biggest Loser'. Bob Harper is dedicated to helping people improve their health and physique, combining rigorous training with nutritional guidance.

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“Being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down to the ground. Are you able to stand up and keep fighting?! That’s what it’s all about.”

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“If you want to be right-sized in body, you've got to get rid of the supersize way of life.”

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Book:The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin

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“You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,' when you're still choosing to have poor eating habits.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“If you're wanting something salty, do air-popped popcorn. That, to me, would be a healthier choice than having any kind of fried chip.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“CrossFit is all about constantly-varied, high-intensity movements. And to do these movements, you have to have a certified coach to take you through this - or any type of physical activity.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“Even though you really don't feel like you're motivated to go to the gym, remember how good you felt after the last time you went. Keep that in the forefront of your brain.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“For me, working out is a form of therapy. It's cathartic for me; it's a good stress reliever. I know that when I go to the gym I am taking care of myself, and I know I'll feel so much better afterwards.”

Knows Feels Care Form Stress Work Out Therapy Gym Cathartic Stress Reliever

Author:Bob Harper

“I found that people like rules, and I love to tell people what to do. It's not rocket science when it comes to weight loss. It's about eating a little less and moving a little bit more.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.”

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“Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She's gorgeous, she's smart, and she really takes care of herself. I think that she looks great. I think that as Jennifer Aniston gets older, she looks better and better, and I really like that.”

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“Our external environment no longer seems to have any firm boundaries, any limits, or any positive cues about when to stop consuming anything. I mean, there is a reason that people get fat - it's easy and cheap to get high-calorie, tasty food.”

People Mean Reason Seems Easy Environment Limits Boundaries Fats Firm Consuming Calories Getting High Tasty External Environment

Book:The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin

Source: The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin

“Since I started CrossFit, I've read and heard about the critics talk about how unsafe it is, and my only response to that is any form of exercise can be unsafe if you don't have the proper coaching, education and guidance.”

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“The CrossFit program is broad, general and inclusive, and most of all, the movements can be scaled down to any level of athlete. Just watch what I do with it on 'The Biggest Loser.'”

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Author:Bob Harper

“When I was first introduced to CrossFit, I found it to be the hardest workout that I'd ever done. It wiped the floor with me, and I fell in love with it immediately. The results that I have seen in my strength and physicality have been unparalleled to any other things I have ever done in my more than 20 years in the fitness business.”

Years Firsts Has Beens Done Found Results Hardest Workout Physicality Crossfit

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“I believe in the power of the human spirit.”

Believe Humans Spirit I Believe I Believe In Human Spirit

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“By default I am the good parent. I've used my own personal experience. I came from a world where I was in need and starving for the good parent, so it's like I'm bringing my own persona issues into that. I am the parent that I always wanted to have; that's how I look at my role.”

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“I don't want anyone to ever put himself or herself in a box of, "I lost my second chance!" Because life brings you ebbs and flows, and if you miss out on this second chance, guess what, you're going to get another one if you decide that you're ready to have one.”

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“It's the fact that no matter how bad it's gotten, the body wants to be healthy. The body wants to bounce back. When you do these changes, you do these small changes every single day, and you trust the process of what you're doing. You really do make lasting changes onto your body.”

Want Matter Facts Body Process Healthy Your Body Lasting Doing You Back When Bounce Small Changes Lasting Change

Author:Bob Harper

“No carbs after lunch is one of the hardest (rules) to follow. But if you follow this rule YOU WILL lose weight”

Ifs Loses Weight Hardest Lunch Lose Weight Carbs

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“I'm tired of good people getting ripped off by diet products that don't work!”

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“There's no finish line. That's a big pill for people to swallow, Every single day for the rest of your life, you are going to have to make better food choices, and move around a bit more.”

People Bigs Moving Choices Bits Lines Pills Rest Of Your Life Finish Line Food Choices

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“Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible.”

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“Stand up and finish what you started”

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“The path to obesity is paved with bacon and white bread; the way to skinny is built on apples and Ezekiel.”

Way White Path Built Bread Apples Skinny Obesity White Bread Ezekiel

Book:The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin

Source: The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin

“Try a recipe that uses leafy vegetables like kale, or switch to filling, high fiber grains like whole-wheat pasta.”

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Author:Bob Harper

“You need a good support system when you're trying to make positive lifestyle changes. If everyone is eating burgers and fries while you're having fish and salad, it's easy to lose your willpower.”

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“Believe in yourself. Trust the process. Change forever.”

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“Stop talking about tomorrow. You owe it to yourself to do whatever you can to live you can to live a better life today.”

Life Today Talking Tomorrow Better Life

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“I really believe that our past can really hold us back from growth, so the best thing that we can do is MOVE ON and NOT DWELL.”

Believe Past Moving Growth Can Do Best Things Our Past

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“Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit.”

Children Kids Parent Parenting Following Suits Role Models Raising Children Trainers

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“I have found that CrossFit has made me more fit than I have ever been.”

Made Found Fit Crossfit

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“When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak. And being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.”

Years Mean Gay Weak Who You Are Obstacles I Realized Being Gay

Author:Bob Harper

About the Author

Born: August 18, 1965
Known for: Personal trainer
Quotes: 33

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