Cathe Friedrich

I’m proud to say that for the past year and a half, I’ve been a part of the dynamic group of ladies that call themselves “Cathletes”. And, I can’t believe what all I’ve accomplished in such a short amount of time. In January 2010, I decided it was time to shake up my workout routine. [...]

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I just finished cathe’s STS and what a difference it made in my strength building. My sister convinced me to get the STS and I was a bit hesitant since I tried so many other programs before. I even worked out with two different trainers in the past. One was an ex NFL player and [...]

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I have been working out with Cathe for several years now. With Cathe and my high school aerobics teacher they both got me into loving fitness and health so much that I wanted to do it for my own job. I now just received my Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science and have been certified as [...]

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18 months ago, I experienced the happiest day of my life when I married my wonderful husband. However, something wasn’t right; leading up to it, I had been falling out with people, arguing and putting on weight; so much so that I had to buy almost an entirely new wardrobe. Everyone put it down to [...]

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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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