No pain, no gain is the gym saying that results demand suffering. As they say, no pain, no gain, remember no pain, no gain, the old no pain, no gain.
It spread through aerobics videos in the 1980s and is now questioned by trainers, since pain during exercise is often a signal to stop rather than to continue. Soreness the next day is a different thing entirely.
1phraseno pain, no gainThe gym saying: results demand suffering.
“My legs ached after the run, but as my coach says, no pain, no gain.”
no pain, no gain is a saying.
Also accepted in games: no pain no gain
An old proverb in the form of a rhyme, popularised by aerobics videos in the early 1980s.
Came into prominence around 1982 through the American actress Jane Fonda's aerobic workout videos.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Idioms