Lena Scissorhands is the vocalist of Infected Rain.
She’s a powerhouse performer who brings raw emotion to every show.
She’s also someone who had to completely adapt her fitness routine due to health challenges, learned which foods destroy her vocals, and found that going upside down refreshes everything.
Behind the intensity, Lena deals with a weak back from a tour bus accident, discovered meditation that actually works, and embraces the connection between mind and body more than most.
In this Gym Rock Crew Interview, Lena breaks down how she stays active despite physical limitations, why certain vegetables are banned before shows, the sleep problem that gets worse with age, and why movement is medicine.
Hiking became everything
Lena doesn’t have a traditional fitness routine anymore.
Health conditions stopped her from doing what she used to do, and she says that with a heavy heart because she misses it.
But she stays very active because the moment she becomes stagnant, her mental health declines fast.
She talks about the strong connection between mind and body, why hiking in different terrains keeps her feeling alive, and how living somewhere with lakes, mountains, and desert gives her options year-round.
She also shares her current routine that fits her lifestyle and health goals.
The vocal warm-up nobody talks about
Lena can’t rehearse, record, or perform without warming up her entire body first.
Not just vocals. Her entire body.
She shares why she needs at least 15 minutes of full body stretching before 15 minutes of vocal warm-up, how a weak back from a tour bus accident forces her to build specific muscles, and why heavy lifting made her body too stiff.
In this interview, she talks about what she prefers now.
Foods that destroy your vocals
Lena discovered certain foods are in the way of singing clearly.
She eliminates them completely on show days – even at home in her studio.
She talks about how your stomach sits right where your diaphragm is, why certain vegetables cause acidity that burns your vocal cords on stage, and how she learned these things slowly over years because there aren’t enough studies teaching vocalists what to avoid.
She goes into detail about her pre and post-workout diet routine.
The sleep problem gets worse with age
Lena has always been a light sleeper since childhood.
Whatever she’s going through in life eats at her the moment she goes to bed. Her head doesn’t turn off.
She talks about how the older she gets, the more she feels that tiredness, why she’s trying herbs and CBD oils now, and her strategy of concentrating all work in the first part of the day so evenings can be chill.
She also found meditation that actually works – less than a year ago.
Plus her take on different mechanisms to aid sleep.
You get one body
When asked what she’d tell younger musicians who think they can fix their health later, Lena is clear:
Everything you leave for later, you will never do.
Do it now. Do your best in the moment you are with the circumstances you have.
Don’t be lazy with your body because it’s not a guitar you can tune or a piano you can fix.
It’s made of flesh and bones and blood. And you get one.
She shares her three health and fitness tour non-negotiables.
This was an insightful interview with Lena.
Lena doesn’t hold back about health challenges, the vocal techniques Melissa Cross taught her, and why staying authentic while evolving is essential.
Click here to watch the full interview
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