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    Workout shoes

    Hello, fellow Cathletes! I think it's (really, past) time I got some new shoes for cardio. I tried poking around the forum, but the most recent thread I could find was from 2012. What are some of your favorite shoes to use with Cathe's stuff (i.e. HIIT, step, Kickbox, etc.)? Thanks for...
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    Cathe helped me solve my crossword!

    So I'm looking at the clue "1977 Foreigner hit," with the pattern of -OL-A-I-- And what do I hear in my mind? Cathe in IMAX2 shouting out: "Three . . . two. . . one, run it up. Basic left." Ah, of course - Cold as Ice!
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    I think I strained a muscle

    It was probably only a matter of time! When I was doing dumbbell pullovers yesterday, I felt one of my pec muscles twinge. Ever since, it has been sore, or its corresponding lat, or both. The soreness, I would say, is kind of an ache that almost reminds me of a bruise. Is that a strained...
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    100 Rep Challenge Question

    Cathe -- I am so excited to work on the 100RC! I think the idea of actually building our neural pathways is fascinating, and I am anxious to throw these in to my workout regimen! My question (which I haven't found clarified elsewhere, but I hope I'm not making you repeat yourself) is this...
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    Praise for the Pyramid

    I am currently on a kick of alternating upper body/lower body days. As such, I am reaching back in my annals, trying out some of Cathe's earlier works. Two days ago I popped in Pyramid Upper Body, which I haven't done for awhile. However, I still have a guide for how much weight I've used...
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    Turbo Tower

    I've seen this question posted elsewhere, but I haven't found an answer yet. Will the Turbo Tower be coming back? Pretty please??
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    My first 5K

    Well, thanks to Cathe's challenge, I have signed up for my very first 5K! I am not a regular runner (I do DVDs almost exclusively), so I don't know too much of what to expect. For something as short as a 5K, should I "carbo load"? What kind of a breakfast should I eat, and when? Do you walk...
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    When honey isn't honey

    I just read this shocking article about the removal of bee pollen from honey. One of the things not mentioned (at least from my first read/skim) is the nutritional value of bee pollen! Tosca Reno first turned me on to it, and as she wrote with her husband in the Eat Clean Diet for Men, it has...
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    Mega Step Blast from the past!

    As I was preparing to select my workout for today, I decided I wanted to do a cardio-focused one, since I had done High Step Challenge yesterday. I knew I didn't want to do an interval workout, since I'd done IMAX 3 ony a few days ago. So I looked and looked at my DVDs, waiting for inspiration...
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    Cathe's "interview" in Oxygen

    I just wanted to congratulate you on your comments in August's article on Plyometrics. It was funny, as I was reading it, I kept thinking of your IMAXes and how you tell us to do them no more than twice a week - and there you are, saying the exact same thing here! Anyway, glad to see you...
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