Kevin Frasard is a death metal guitarist, bodybuilder and a self-taught musician.
He’s also someone who accidentally broke an unofficial world record at the gym, and turned childhood pain into metal and muscle.
Behind the brutality, Kevin deals with a pinched nerve that’s threatening his guitar playing, trains without music and lives by chicken and rice like it’s a religion.
In this Gym Rock Crew Interview, Kevin breaks down why barbell rows became his favorite exercise, how this one thing might have destroyed his back, the story of getting invited onto Suffocation’s tour bus, and why he refuses to become a slave to screens.
The accidental world record
Kevin’s favorite exercise is barbell row.
Not just because he’s good at it, but because he accidentally broke a world record with it.
He was doing 275 for 30 reps, when a gym buddy saw him and said it had to be some kind of record.
Turns out the Guinness record for barbell rows in 60 seconds was 10,361 lbs at 220 lbs bodyweight.
He talks about the mental game of heavy lifting, the positive side of injuries, and how he’s waiting for official Guinness approval to crush it again and set the bar even higher.
Training without music
Kevin doesn’t train with headphones.
Never has.
In this interview he talks about why he prefers to train without music.
He also talks about why he prefers pen and paper over fitness apps, his split routine that changes based on how work looks, and why he can’t deload without getting mean and irritable at the gym.
The only time he uses music? Cardio!
Sitting destroyed his back
Kevin has a pinched C8 vertebrae on his right side.
He can only play guitar for a couple minutes before he has to stop. He’s losing grip on the pick.
His massage therapist pointed it out – he’s always leaning the same way.
He talks about switching to different picks, using mobility tools daily, and the struggle with wanting to throw piles of weight around at the gym while trying to heal.
Turning pain into something positive
Kevin’s parents got divorced when he was 7.
He went from honor roll student to doing terrible in school, not giving a shit, hearing constant yelling.
He talks about how guitar became an outlet for that toxicity, how lifting was another layer to channel pain, and the night he just dropped to the floor doing push-ups and sit-ups.
Lifting taught him discipline, and several life lessons.
This was a raw and interesting conversation with Kevin
We talk about why certain foods just work for getting in shape, why morning workouts suck, meal staples, and why social media is mentally exhausting.
Kevin doesn’t hold back about injuries threatening his playing, the AI problem with the next generation, and why he refuses to be a slave to his phone.
Click here to watch the full interview
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