The video posted on April 9 caused a buzz on social networks. And for good reason, it features Lenny Kravitz performing an express bodybuilding session in a crowded gym. So far, nothing surprising, the 59-year-old singer has long accustomed his fans to appearing more or less naked on Instagram, revealing a particularly sculpted body. What is surprising in the artist's latest publication is the contrast between her outfit and the activity carried out.
Installed on an inclined weight bench, the
Let Love Rule
singer performs seven chest raises, an exercise supposed to strengthen the abdominals, while supporting the weight of a loaded barbell at arm's length. Detail: to lift the cast iron, he is dressed in a tight, transparent plum-colored tank top, leather pants and biker boots. “Thank you God for this day. Grateful. I have never felt so good. There are no shortcuts, so enjoy each day. Anything is possible,” said Lenny Kravitz in the caption of this improbable video.
"Ridiculous"
“Liked” by nearly 471,000 people on Instagram, accumulating 23.2 million views on X (formerly Twitter), the publication generated several hundred comments. “He’s a 59-year-old man!” thus reacted a won over Internet user. “Lenny is himself in every situation,” commented another, while a third brought up the fact that Zoe Kravitz's dad was probably the only person who could “go to the gym in that outfit without it shock anyone.”
But if it seems to have seduced and amused Internet users, this sequence has on the other hand given a cold sweat to many professional sports coaches. In the columns of
The New York Times
, bodybuilder Mike Yablon deemed this exercise “ridiculous”. Roxanne Edwards, an athlete and fitness model, who was in the room at the time of Lenny Kravitz's exhibition, for her part considered that the movements performed by the singer were the perfect example "of everything that is not necessary not to do". In short, an exercise not to be reproduced at home.