Lenny Kravitz Finally Explains That Viral Video Of Him Working Out In Tight Leather Pants

Lenny Kravitz is finally responding to that viral video of him pumping iron in the gym wearing a pretty unorthodox item: leather pants. 

The rock star left the internet reeling last month after he posted a video of himself working out in skin-tight trousers. Social media users were left stunned and impressed by his choice of attire, which also included a mesh tank top and sunglasses.

In a new interview with Variety , Kravitz, 59, explained why he doesnt mind breaking a sweat in the look that only he could pull off. 

The American Woman crooner said hes usually on the go, so he squeezes in his workouts wherever he can, and that often requires skipping a wardrobe change before hitting the weights. 

Im coming from somewhere or Im going somewhere [before the gym]. And I just dont care. Im gonna pop in, Ive got 45 minutes, were gonna hit it and Im gonna go run to where Im going, he said in the article published Tuesday.

So I dont do it for effect. I didnt do that to be like, Oh, let me be just so different and wear leather pants and glasses. No, its just me walking in off the street.

As for the fans who were wondering about the sweat factor of wearing such snug pants, Kravitz revealed that his solution is skipping the leather pants on cardio days.

Im always working out in leather pants or jeans and boots and whatever if Im not doing cardio, he said. If Im doing cardio, obviously Im going to wear sweats because Im going to be sweating all over the place. But if Im lifting weights, I dont sweat so much.

Kravitz shut down the fitness experts who questioned the effectiveness of his workout in such an unconventional ensemble. 

I know what Im doing and my trainer knows what hes doing. And I know my body and what my body does and what it can do and how it feels and its all good. I trained with elite athletes, I trained with football players, NFL and NBA stars, he said. I trained with MLB stars, wrestlers, boxers. Ive played with them all. I wont mention names, but theyre all people you would know. And theyll tell you I train very seriously.

Kravitz also recalled the time big athletes made fun of him for wearing jeans and a belt and boots to the gym before hitting a sweat session with his trainer Dodd Romero. 

Its funny because I remember once pulling my tour bus up to the gym after getting off a leg of a tour, going to see my trainer Dodd Romero who is the guy in the [viral leather pants] video who Ive been working with for 25-plus years, and these big athletes saw me walking in and my trainer said Hes gonna work out with us, he shared. And they all started laughing. 

The Hunger Games star said he later humbled the critics after he destroyed them during the workout. 

Because I was wearing jeans and a belt and boots and whatever shirt I was wearing, and they were like, Were gonna work out with this little rock star dude? Like they were making fun of me. And I destroyed them. And they didnt see it coming. 

Despite the mixed reactions over the viral video, which was shared on April 9, many of his fans praised the rock legends look as the most rock n roll shit EVER and so Lenny .