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I found Cathe a little over a year ago but my journey began 10 years ago. Before and after the birth of my first son 10 years ago, I was 50 pounds overweight. The day my son was born, my world changed. I decided I would be a mother healthy enough to keep up with [...]

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After being out of a good routine of exercising for nearly a year, and having a really bad diet for even longer, I headed to the doctor for my routine thyroid exam. While I certainly did recognize that I wasn’t looking very good in the low-rise jeans that had looked pretty good when I bought [...]

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At 11 years old, I was due to start secondary school. I was one of just two from my primary school who would be starting there. I was scared. I was nervous. I was overweight. Should it have mattered? No. Did it? Yes, it really did. To top things off, I had been on crutches [...]

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If you would have told me 3 years ago that I would be fit and healthy today, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Because 3 years ago, I weighed almost 300 pounds. I was stuck in a body that I hated. I didn’t know how to break free from it. Finally, I decided to get [...]

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I had my first massive stroke at the age of 34 a week before I was to be married! I wore a size 18 wedding dress and did not consider myself overweight or morbidly obese. After a stay in ICU, medications and many doctors later I was finally diagnosed with a blood disorder. My neurologist [...]

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In April of 2007, I went in for a routine physical. I have always exercised with exercise videos and dvds and I considered myself healthy. I was actually looking forward to the doctor coming in and saying how great my results were! Instead, the doctor told me my cholesterol was very high and she wanted [...]

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Today, because of Cathe’s challenging and fun workout videos, I am the strongest I have ever been in my life. This is a far cry from the near-death car accident I suffered from over 25 years ago. This accident left me with severe head injuries and a damaged left hip. Back then, the technology wasn’t as advanced [...]

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We’re Dennis and Marlene, a married couple in their 40′s from NYC. We completed STS together and want to tell you about our experience doing STS as a couple. Marlene: Thanks to Cathe’s workouts, I lost over 35 pounds last year. This was a gradual process, and as I acquired more Cathe DVDs, more equipment, [...]

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I am a classic ectomorph. Me putting on muscle is a near monumental task and for a long time, I didn’t even bother trying even though I longed for the muscular, athletic look. I have never been athletic at all – I was in band in high school so I wouldn’t have to take P.E.! [...]

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I’ve been doing Cathe’s workouts when “Cathlete” was still “Catheite” and cathedotcom was still Step ‘N’ Motion. I found Cathe in an online search. I was tired of the same-old, same-old gimmicky workouts on the market. I wanted tough, I wanted exciting, and I wanted results. Cathe gave me all that and more. When STS [...]

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