![]() ![]() Gradually I work up to bench-pressing my bookshelf. deep knee bends, head bobs, surfing in place. Hank: I start by doing warm-up exercises. I'll take you to the gym and show you what pain is, you little motherfucker." ![]() Now, I can give you a lesson in bodily pain. "I haven't been tattooed in years," Rollins explains. "Okay then," I say, "you're a punk rock star. Interview with Disinformation (apparently a blog), July 2, 2001. Ten-kilometre bike ride, read Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, flex neck veins, memorize ****** for upcoming movie, band practice, put finishing touches on new book, film GM truck commercial, refrain from smoking or drinking, organize spoken-word tour, weightlifting (dead-lift record: 515 pounds), write songs for new solo album, and then, finally. Quote (from the article, not from Rollins): Jam! Showbiz (apparently an online magazine) article, undated but references Rollins as 37 years old, so approximately from 1998 (Rollins' birthday is 2/13/61) Original found here. Women leave you, money gets stolen, 300 pounds just sits on that bar, saying, 'Lift me or don't.'" I don't think you get a better deal in life. Three hundred pounds does not care if it crushes your head or if you put it back on the hooks. You give it 100 percent and you're built like a brick shithouse you cheat and you break your back. If you hit it hard, it gives back to you. Gazing at the machine the way other men might look upon a loved one's bed, Rollins tells me that lifting weights means more to him than simply keeping fit. And when I'm not given the chance to work out the way I like to, I feel really.furious." But I haven't had time to do the workouts I want, so it leaves me handicapped. "Usually I got at it very hard, very studiously. ![]() "My best bench press is 285, 290," he says, surveying the equipment with obvious pride. Regular workouts here - he began lifting at the age of 14, at the behest of a teacher - provide Rollins with the bulk that makes him famous. It is dominated by a massive weight-lifting cage and racks of weights. The tour of Rollins' crib ends downstairs, in the best room of the house. Quote (from the article, not all from Rollins): So I've dropped the poundage dramatically and lift in higher rep sets for more of a toning, cardio workout rather than for bulk. Henry Rollins: I no longer lift heavy because I don't think my joints can handle it and I want to keep my shoulders. What's a typical week of workouts for you? Lots of bench, squat, and deadlift? 5x5's? Original appears here - Īlexandria, Va: Kind of off-topic, but I'm a powerlifter and I know you like to lift too. Washington Post article, Ma- this appears to be an online Q-and-A with people asking all sorts of questions. But I found this.įor starters, here's a sad panda moment. Originally I was looking for an online interview I read years ago where he mentioned his PRs for the big 3 (squat, bench, deadlift) - didn't find it. If not, here it is - īut I figured there might be a few more bits of info out there in Internetland. Most of you have probably read his famous essay on lifting. ![]() He's a longtime weightlifter and a saint in Saint Wilhelm's Nondenominational Church of S&P. I'm procrastinating (got some work to do at home) and was just reading a magazine article with Henry Rollins (if you're not familiar with the guy, he is the best-known vocalist from the legendary punk band Black Flag, and in recent years has fronted the Rollins Band, become an author and spoken-word artist, dabbled in acting and hosts his own radio and TV shows). ![]()
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