Greg Rutherford Quotes & Sayings

I think if you're not going to look so daft walking down the street split your workouts a little bit. — Greg Rutherford

Motivating yourself, I think having big strong legs, that's pretty cool. Having a big VMOs [the teardrop-shaped muscle above your knee] is always nice. But, the thing is, when you see guys who are clearly gym junkies who only do bicep curls all day every day, and you see them walking down the street ... 'Mate, what about the legs?'. — Greg Rutherford

For getting lean and trying to get toned, it's not about having a low weight and maximising as many reps as possible. — Greg Rutherford

I love cooking all different things, so any form of meat, fish, anything else. I do have a really strict diet, but it's all protein and veg basically. When you are on a diet like that you have to get inventive, so you have to be willing to try any different fish that's out there. Probably a favourite of mine is some baked trout fillets, on a salad. — Greg Rutherford

I think squats is a generic thing - you can do squats with anything. That's the great thing about it. As long as you get in a safe position to do it. — Greg Rutherford

I only enjoy legs day! For my training, it's sort of vital and I've learned to love it, I think. — Greg Rutherford

For whatever reason, people aren't taught that sugar is a massive enemy. — Greg Rutherford

For me, box step-ups and power clean [exercises] is by far the best. — Greg Rutherford

Probably the biggest thing around not training correctly is eating. You've got to fuel your system correctly, and I think what we're very unfortunate with in this country [UK] is the [lack of] education around food and nutrition. — Greg Rutherford

Nearly anything you need to get at the gym you can get naturally.A lot of training I do is running up hills, running up steps, just in the woods behind my house. Jumping on to things. All these things you can do anywhere, you don't have to go to the gym. — Greg Rutherford

I'm not a grunter, I'm relatively quiet. There's a little bit of breathing out. Some people get really loud! There's a little bit of psyching up sometimes, if you're going for a really heavy weight you might make a little noise, but when lifting, I try and keep it quite quiet - I'm not a fan of male noise in that way to be totally honest. I think when girls do it it's not as bad, but when guys do it it's just like, 'Come on mate, hold it in!'. — Greg Rutherford