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Shake up your workout playlist with some new tracks worth adding

By Shelika Baez

While the music industry prepares to celebrate the 52^nd annual GRAMMY Awards tomorrow Sunday, January 31, 2010, get familiar with the nominees and prepare for   bikini season with a workout playlist great for no matter what exercise you prefer.

PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING (the real stuff)

By Jessica Bianculli

YEEHAW!!! If you’re ready to get dirty then pull your cowboy boots out from the back of your closet (you know you have a pair), grab your plaid shirt and get ready to experience a whole lotta country in the middle of New York City.

The Professional Bull Riding (PBR) is a national event that comes to Madison Square Garden once a year, and yours truly was lucky enough to score some tickets to this year’s event. For a girl who was born and raised in the city, the experience was definitely new and adrenaline packed! I mean, how could it not be with a stadium full of heavy bucking bulls ready to fling cowboys into the air?!

For those of you who don’t know, the PBR is a dirt sport where they take a good bucking bull (they can weigh anywhere between 1700 to 2200 lbs). You tie a rope around their backside, throw a cowboy on and… there you have the professional bull riding championship. The cowboy should last up to eight seconds on that bull without getting thrown off and possibly stomped on.

When you first walk into the arena you can’t help but get overwhelmed by the waves of cowboy hats in the audience, and not to mention the smell of bull…shit.  But once you get past the culture shock and the lovely “aroma,” it’s game time! Because the second that bull is let out of its stall, the tension and the adrenaline that fills the stadium is almost immediately ignited and the crowd is roaring with excitement.

The championship will be airing this weekend on NBC.  So, if you didn’t get to pay a visit to these cowboys while they were in New York, be sure to check out the championship on Saturday, January 30. Either way, the PBR will be returning to NYC in 2011 in the first week of January.

Here’s a Professional Bull Riding 101 lesson for the curious folks out there:

Believe it or not, we have dedicated male viewers and they’re asking for more guy related stories! Occasionally, men are asked by their wives or significant other to pick up a bottle of wine on their way home and many times they don’t know where to begin.

Our editor Mercedes spoke with Jesse Frost from September Wines in the Lower East Side for some great and inexpensive tips for guys! Frost says you don’t have to spend more than $20 to get a good bottle. Watch the video below for more advice.

Having the best accessories and chicest items mean nothing if your health isn’t up to par! We speak nutrition with expert Joy Bauer from the TODAY Show and her new book Your Inner Skinny.

Don’t let the title fool you- Bauer isn’t saying everyone has to be thin. Instead, Joy gives us practical advice to eating well and staying fit. Watch our exclusive interview below.

Our editor met with Cindy Barshop from the hi-tech spa Completely Bare on the Bowery to talk about the phenomenon behind the Vajazzle! The professional estheticians from CB have been decorating their clients’ “precious ladies” for many years with swarovski crystals, but it’s become popular all over again since Jennifer Love Hewitt talked about her own vajazzle on Lopez Tonight! Watch the video below as Barshop demonstrates how viewers at home can get vajazzled!

Thinking of getting vajazzed for Valentine’s Day? Completely Bare is offering BeChicMag.com readers a special promo code to use on CompletelyBare.com when purchasing the ouchless professional wax that comes with a free flair to vajazzle yourself at home! For our NY readers, go to any CB location for a bikini wax and receive the flair complimentary. Promo Code: BeChic