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| Barbie is smiling through Roller Boat |
Full Name: Barbie Decker, PhD
Current: The About page on her “Get Fit With Barbie” website tells the story of her transformation from a 33-year-old divorced woman and college professor, who was ready to give up on getting healthy, to five years later, when she had become a Beachbody coach with a team of over 6000 members. She has a blog on the home page, and her website also provides information about “eating clean” (which generally refers to eating only healthy, minimally processed foods).
It was interesting to me that Barbie is the first P90X or P90X2 cast member I’ve read about so far whose first Beachbody purchase was the Slim in 6 program. You can see the influence of Slim in 6 on her “Eating Clean” page. She also created a video about her Slim in 6 and P90X Transformation.
In addition to her website, be sure to check out her extensive YouTube channel, which lists almost 200 videos to date. For example, if you’re interested in the Beachbody Ultimate Reset, she posted daily updates about her own experience. Maybe someday she will add “YouTube celebrity” to her resume?
My Comments:
On the X2 Core DVD, Barbie looks very perky, up, or chipper, or however you would like to describe it. At first, I was a little put off by this, as you will see if you read my blog entries for P90X2 Day 8 and Day 15. On further reflection, I have no idea if I would ever get selected for a fitness video, let alone how I would look to the people watching it, so I am willing to cut her some slack. Now that I’ve read her background, I’d be thrilled to make my way onto a Beachbody video too, smiling all the way. That’s why I enjoy doing these cast profiles, to learn more about these folks! Besides, Barbie is a native New Yorker (my adopted state, where I’ve lived for a long time), and she studied French (my other native language), so she was going to win me over one way or the other.
Official/Personal Websites:
Barbie’s Team Beachbody coaching page
Facebook (personal)
Facebook (Barbie Decker Fitness)
Twitter @barbiedecker
Her EXTENSIVE coachbarbie YouTube channel
Other Sites Featuring Barbie:
Clip from X2 Core
P90X2 Meet the Cast Barbie D
Corp 101 “A Week in the Life”
Related Posts
All Cast Profiles
P90X2 Cast Profiles
My X2 Core Workouts
Aw, thanks for this post. Gotta tell you, my perkiness in the video is pretty annoying to me, too. I didn’t realize I looked so darn happy, lol. But hey, the smiling dissipated and gave way to grunting once I got to work. Yikes! 🙂
Hi Barbie! Thanks so much for your comments. They are few and far between. I’m working on that. 😉
I got some flack on a Team Beachbody post when I mentioned these cast profiles. Some people thought they were obvious (for those of you who are easy to find), or creepy. You are the perfect example, as I said in my post, because you could have stayed just a little annoying to me… Until I learned more about you.
I’ve only got a few dozen more profiles to go. I’d better get to work!