Get Naked With Carmen

Carmen ElectraCarmen Electra came to town to promote her new Striptease Fitness DVD, and took some time out to chat to Vic Saggers about why stripping is the new thing.

Echoing the thoughts of thousands of women across the country, Carmen revealed that working out in the gym is plainly tedious - so she added a bit of stripping here and a bit of lapdancing there to give it some spice.

But just in case people (namely boys) had the wrong idea about the DVD, she made it quite clear that it isn't just her getting sweaty and getting her kit off.

There's only one guy who gets to see Carmen in stripping action and that's her husband, musician Dave Navarro.

Carmen working out"I'm not on this video taking my clothes off - I'm in workout clothes. No I don't get nude but you can if you want to.

"The only time I would do a striptease and actually take off my clothes is if I was performing for Dave... if I was giving him a little treat then I would do that - but as far as just working out I like the regular workout clothes, you know for comfort," she admitted.

Getting Your Knickers In A Twist

When quizzed about whether the stripping would work for the more clumsy among us, Carmen revealed that, although she's never fallen flat on her face, she reckons it would be very sweet if someone did.

Carmen strikes a pose"You have to keep doing it to get it right, it's about repetition, doing it over and over again - once it gets stuck in your head, you don't have to worry about falling over - but I think that's adorable."

She did admit that plenty of guys are buying the DVD for their girlfriends, evidently hoping that they'll get a free lapdance out of it and also - more of a long shot - probably hoping that their lady might end up looking like Carmen.

"You can perform for your boyfriend or husband, and you can give them a lapdance or a striptease - it can be used for this purpose or just to keep fit," she explained.

Pole Dancing Next?

Carmen clearly isn't shy to try out new things and has pole dancing on her list of things to try out - but would rather take some lessons first.

"There are pole dancing classes and I'm dying to go take them because pole dancing is really hard. I really want to try that but it would have to be something I'd have to work towards.

"I'd have to take class - it takes a lot of upper body strength and it hurts... it really hurts your inner thighs and it feels like it's ripping your skin."

So for now, Carmen will just concentrate on stripping and lapdancing - which she loves and hopes to pass on some of that enthusiasm to the rest of us.

"It was great fun to come up with the lapdance DVD... I got to try it out on Dave. Did it work? Absolutely," she admitted.

Tedious Toning

And judging by her figure, clearly peeling your clothes off whilst doing a spot of aerobic exercise works and is nothing but fun, as she reiterates:

"I get really bored with workouts, so to me there are just so many fun things you can do with this and it's just another reason to look forward to a workout, you kno, instead of dreading it."

She explained that the reason she opted to do this DVD was because, having done so much dance training, she realised how beneficial it was for her physique:

"I've been dancing my entire life. I've had years when I've stopped dancing and then started up again, and I've noticed that the more I'm dancing the better my body is."

She's hoping that any woman, anywhere, can benefit from her special workout:

"I think it's cool because, for women who wouldn't feel comfortable going to the gym and taking a class in front of other people, they can do it in the privacy of their own home and find their own inner sexiness and become more confident."

And for the boys out there... sadly she hadn't thought about whether blokes could also benefit directly from her workout video.

But she added kindly: "I'm really open to anyone who wants to try it - I'm not going to judge anyone."

Enough said.