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'Better than the last Sex Pistols reunion. Hilarious and wonderfully done.'-Greil Marcus, author of Lipstick Traces: a Secret History of the 20th Century
Would you flee in terror if confronted with a room full of sweaty people in spandex thongs? Are you not immune to the occasional Joe
If you answered 'yes' to either of these questions, here at last is your workout book. As simple as throwing on that old Ramones (or even White Stripes) record, punk meets fitness in an exercise craze that is spreading like wildfire among teens and aging rockers alike: Punk Rock Aerobics. Though punk and aerobics may seem to be unlikely bedfellows-the love child of Richard Hell and Dr. Richard Simmons?-here are two 'formerly decrepit, lazy, cigarette-smoking' rockers-turned-certified-aerobics-instructors as enthusiastic about X and Iggy Pop as they are about getting into shape.
Full of easy-to-follow moves in a home-exercise-friendly format, Punk Rock Aerobics is a calorie-burning DIY workout. Back in the 'good old days,' cigarettes might have sufficed to keep rockers slim, but to really be able to rock out all night, you need to drop those chips and get off the couch.
Peppered throughout to help you stay inspired are Q&As and photos of rockers on their own workout routines, including:
J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. perfecting the 'Face Down Butt Lift:-Page 106
Mary Timony doing the 'Jumpin' Jacked Ups'-Page 74
K Records' Calvin Johnson on the philosophical implications of Ultimate Frisbee-Page 79
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore declaring 'it's not so much the poundage as the roundage that I have a problem with'-Page 92
Hugo Burnham on the percentage of Jack Daniels (6) that comprised his sweat back in his glory days drumming for Gang of Four-Page 73
Also included to help you get of the Schlitz gut is a sure-to-be-controversial discography for picking you favorite M_3s, CDs, and LPs. As Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth declares, 'Just put on yr favorit punker and 'kick out the jams, motherf---er.''
Maura Jasper is a video artist and painter with an extensive exhibition historiy and background in music, including designing album covers for SubPop and Atlantic Records and curating art and music for gallery Bershad in Somerville, Massachusetts. Fellow Boston resident Hilken Mancini studied dance at the Boston Conservatory before forming the indie rock band Fuzzy as lead guitarist in 1992. She currently plays music with Buffalo Tom's Chris Colbourn, as well as with The Count Me Outs.
Contents
List of moves
Introduction: Your furious questions
1 Ready, steady, go! Getting greased up for your workout
Rebellious jukebox
Rags, duds and threads
Weights, mats and gear
2 Don't be a stiff: Stretching
Warm-up: Lower body stretches
Loose: Upperbody stretches
Real-time cool: Body stretches to slow down
At loose ends
3 Kick out the jams: Cardio moves
Basic
Footloose
Prime movers
4 Raw power: Strength training
Gettin' ripped: arms and upper body
Never mind the buttocks: Ass and legs
Six pack anyone?: Abs
5 Bust a move: Combo-hatching
6 Slappin' it together: Creating the perfect workout
7 Keep on keepin' on
Crash nn' burn
Big plans
From apathy to atrophy
decay
Sick of us?
Getting hooked
Last rites
Discography
Acknowledgments
List of moves
1 Stretching
Mono leg
Unnatual axe
Gas bag
Moron rollup
Back scratcher
Cat scratch fever
Deltoid void
Leaning tower of torso
Neck breaks
Rock 'n' roller
Ripped T-shirt stretch
Ab flab
Ham sandwich stretch
Spinal twist
Legs McNeil
La reste
Bootlicker
I see spiders
Put a cork in it
The Gene simmons
2 Cardio
Pogo
Skank
Rock
Wack jack
Cross-cross
Go go
Sideswipe
Bacne
Circle jog
Dee Dee's lunge
Greased lightning
Ham curls
Teenage kick
Teenage skank
Iggy's pop
Iggy's punch
Thin thigns
Hip slug
Roadrunner
Transient squatter
Driscoll
Swizzle swish
Swizzle kicks
Rut dance
Thug
You be the star air guitar
Super lunge
Roto-rooter
Slits leg lifts
Head kicked in
Jumpin' jacked ups
Squatter
Plunger
3 Strength
Puss-ups
Biceptual
Shulder-ups
Iron man
the stinky
chicken witn 1 & 2
Quadruped
The Iggy
Butterflies 1 & 2
Leg lifters 1, 2, 3 & 4
Slut butt
Fire hydrants
Hydrant plus
Face down butt lift
Moving unit
thunder thighs
Scissor thighs
sid-ups
Meet your knee
Center cut
Gut buster
Upside-down cross
Bicycles
Water bottle torture
Would you flee in terror if confronted with a room full of sweaty people in spandex thongs? Are you not immune to the occasional Joe
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Strummer-style air guitar jump?If you answered 'yes' to either of these questions, here at last is your workout book. As simple as throwing on that old Ramones (or even White Stripes) record, punk meets fitness in an exercise craze that is spreading like wildfire among teens and aging rockers alike: Punk Rock Aerobics. Though punk and aerobics may seem to be unlikely bedfellows-the love child of Richard Hell and Dr. Richard Simmons?-here are two 'formerly decrepit, lazy, cigarette-smoking' rockers-turned-certified-aerobics-instructors as enthusiastic about X and Iggy Pop as they are about getting into shape.
Full of easy-to-follow moves in a home-exercise-friendly format, Punk Rock Aerobics is a calorie-burning DIY workout. Back in the 'good old days,' cigarettes might have sufficed to keep rockers slim, but to really be able to rock out all night, you need to drop those chips and get off the couch.
Peppered throughout to help you stay inspired are Q&As and photos of rockers on their own workout routines, including:
J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. perfecting the 'Face Down Butt Lift:-Page 106
Mary Timony doing the 'Jumpin' Jacked Ups'-Page 74
K Records' Calvin Johnson on the philosophical implications of Ultimate Frisbee-Page 79
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore declaring 'it's not so much the poundage as the roundage that I have a problem with'-Page 92
Hugo Burnham on the percentage of Jack Daniels (6) that comprised his sweat back in his glory days drumming for Gang of Four-Page 73
Also included to help you get of the Schlitz gut is a sure-to-be-controversial discography for picking you favorite M_3s, CDs, and LPs. As Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth declares, 'Just put on yr favorit punker and 'kick out the jams, motherf---er.''
Maura Jasper is a video artist and painter with an extensive exhibition historiy and background in music, including designing album covers for SubPop and Atlantic Records and curating art and music for gallery Bershad in Somerville, Massachusetts. Fellow Boston resident Hilken Mancini studied dance at the Boston Conservatory before forming the indie rock band Fuzzy as lead guitarist in 1992. She currently plays music with Buffalo Tom's Chris Colbourn, as well as with The Count Me Outs.
Contents
List of moves
Introduction: Your furious questions
1 Ready, steady, go! Getting greased up for your workout
Rebellious jukebox
Rags, duds and threads
Weights, mats and gear
2 Don't be a stiff: Stretching
Warm-up: Lower body stretches
Loose: Upperbody stretches
Real-time cool: Body stretches to slow down
At loose ends
3 Kick out the jams: Cardio moves
Basic
Footloose
Prime movers
4 Raw power: Strength training
Gettin' ripped: arms and upper body
Never mind the buttocks: Ass and legs
Six pack anyone?: Abs
5 Bust a move: Combo-hatching
6 Slappin' it together: Creating the perfect workout
7 Keep on keepin' on
Crash nn' burn
Big plans
From apathy to atrophy
decay
Sick of us?
Getting hooked
Last rites
Discography
Acknowledgments
List of moves
1 Stretching
Mono leg
Unnatual axe
Gas bag
Moron rollup
Back scratcher
Cat scratch fever
Deltoid void
Leaning tower of torso
Neck breaks
Rock 'n' roller
Ripped T-shirt stretch
Ab flab
Ham sandwich stretch
Spinal twist
Legs McNeil
La reste
Bootlicker
I see spiders
Put a cork in it
The Gene simmons
2 Cardio
Pogo
Skank
Rock
Wack jack
Cross-cross
Go go
Sideswipe
Bacne
Circle jog
Dee Dee's lunge
Greased lightning
Ham curls
Teenage kick
Teenage skank
Iggy's pop
Iggy's punch
Thin thigns
Hip slug
Roadrunner
Transient squatter
Driscoll
Swizzle swish
Swizzle kicks
Rut dance
Thug
You be the star air guitar
Super lunge
Roto-rooter
Slits leg lifts
Head kicked in
Jumpin' jacked ups
Squatter
Plunger
3 Strength
Puss-ups
Biceptual
Shulder-ups
Iron man
the stinky
chicken witn 1 & 2
Quadruped
The Iggy
Butterflies 1 & 2
Leg lifters 1, 2, 3 & 4
Slut butt
Fire hydrants
Hydrant plus
Face down butt lift
Moving unit
thunder thighs
Scissor thighs
sid-ups
Meet your knee
Center cut
Gut buster
Upside-down cross
Bicycles
Water bottle torture
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ISBN
306813394
Publication
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