Lenny Kravitz workout routine
That’s why he wears leather pants when he works out
You can also find Lenny Kravitz in the gym wearing leather pants and sunglasses.
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A video of Lenny Kravitz in leather pants doing weight training has caused a stir. Now the musician explained what was behind it.
Three weeks ago Lenny Kravitz (59) caused a stir with a social media video. It shows him working out with a barbell in the gym. The unusual thing: The rock star is wearing black leather pants, a mesh tank top and sunglasses. Now Kravitz explained the practical reason for his unusual training clothing.
“I always train in leather pants or jeans and boots or whatever – if I’m not doing endurance sports,” said the 59-year-old in an interview with Variety. During endurance training, he “of course” wears gym clothes, “because I sweat everywhere. But when I lift weights, I don’t sweat as much.”
Lenny Kravitz added that he often “comes from somewhere or is going somewhere” for his gym visits. “And I just don’t care. I show up, I have 45 minutes, we get started and I go where I want to go.” So he doesn’t do it for the effect, he explains further about his Lederhosen sports video, which became a hit on Twitter and Instagram: “I didn’t do it to say: ‘Oh, I want to be so different and Lederhosen and wear glasses.’ No, it’s just that I come in from the street.”
“I know what I am doing”
He also doesn’t seem to be interested in criticism of the exercise that Kravitz demonstrates in the clip. “I know what I’m doing,” he told Variety. “And my trainer knows what he’s doing. And I know my body and what it does, what it can do and how it feels, and everything is fine. I’ve trained with elite athletes, I’ve trained with football players, NFL players and NBA stars. I’ve trained with MLB stars, wrestlers and boxers. I won’t name any names, but they’re all people you would know train seriously.”