Musician
Henry Rollins
Black Flag and Rollins Band singer; spoken-word performer
2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Henry Rollins bench press
Henry Rollins's recorded bench press is 285 lb. Source date: 1995. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at comeinandburn.com gives this mark. Source type: interview. Confidence is low.
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Movieline interview
Source quote and limits
“My best bench press is 285, 290,”
285 lb is the floor of the stated 285–290 range. The next paragraph names pounds. Date uses the Jan/Feb 1995 issue year because the lift date is unknown. Only a named fan transcription was opened; the magazine scan was not found. A 1999 Guardian review also gives a 285-pound bench description: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/nov/30/artsfeatures7 .
1995
- Bench press285 lb
Quote and details
“My best bench press is 285, 290,”
Henry Rollins deadlift
Henry Rollins's recorded deadlift is 525 lb. Source date: 2024-02-24. The effort is unknown. The source at wesleydoylewrites.substack.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.
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Retrospective interview about earlier lifting · Earlier lifting recalled in a 2007 interview
Source quote and limits
“I was deadlifting 525lb [238kg]”
The lift date and repetition count are unknown. Date uses the source publication, 24 February 2024. Author Wesley Doyle states that he interviewed Rollins on 13 July 2007 and first published the full transcript here. The reported lift predates that interview. No squat number is saved because the source says only about as much.
2024
- Deadlift525 lb
Quote and details
“I was deadlifting 525lb [238kg]”
Photo: Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.