Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich has been a leading innovator of the home exercise video industry for over two decades. With over 200 workout titles to her credit, she created one of the first “step” aerobic videos in 1989, and continues to this day to produce fun, intense, and challenging workouts for all body types and fitness levels. Her workouts are distributed on DVD and via digital downloads and streaming. Cathe holds a long-time ACE primary certification, and has specialty fitness certifications in Indoor Cycling, Body Pump, Kickboxing, Boxing, Prenatal Fitness, Resist-A-Ball, Yoga Fit, Silver Sneakers and more. Her award-winning fitness workouts have been featured in the New York Times, Dallas News, and the Philadelphia Inquirer and have appeared in articles in the magazines Shape, Oxygen, Self, Health, Fit, Consumer Digest and Fitness. Cathe has also been featured on Fox Business News, CBS and QVC. Cathe is the mother of two boys: Eric, age fourteen, and Kyle, age twelve.

Is it too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle?

If You Upgrade Your Lifestyle Later in Life, Do You Still Get Health Benefits?

January 20, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Most of your life, you’ve eaten French fries and washed them down with soft drinks. Your refrigerator is stocked with more cookies than carrots. But you’re now in the middle or latter stages of your life and have heeded the calling of the Golden Arches too many times. Now, you…

What is a Normal Resting Heart Rate & What Does It Say about Your Health?

January 20, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

One thing you can count on. Every minute you’re alive, your heart is beating rhythmically inside your chest. If you place your hand on the left side, just above your breast, you can feel its perpetual pulsations. Your heart is one of the hardest working organs in your body, right…

Do weak hips cause knee and back problems?

How Weak Hips Can Lead to Knee and Back Problems

January 20, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Do your knees ache when you walk or climb stairs? If you have knee pain, the problem may actually come from your hips. Hip weakness is a common cause of knee pain and weak hips can lead to other orthopedic injuries by changing gait biomechanics The hip is one of…

Could your waistline be a marker of brain health?

Is the Size of Your Waistline a Marker of Brain Health?

January 20, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Your brain only weighs about three pounds. Yet, there’s a lot of gray and white matter packed into the small space that makes up your brain, and it’s a busy place! Your brain houses around 100 billion neurons that carry information and uses about 20% of the body’s total energy.…

Is sitting too much bad for your organs?

Can Too Much Sitting Damage Your Internal Organs?

January 20, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

It’s no secret that too much sitting is harmful to your health and well-being. When you sit too long, your body goes into hibernation mode. Just as a hibernating bear’s physiological processes becomes dormant when he retreats to his den for the winter, the same happens to you when you…

6 Reasons Taking Calcium Supplements Could Be Harmful

January 20, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Calcium is an essential mineral that your body needs in relatively large quantities, unlike trace minerals, like iron, that your body needs only in tiny amounts. 99% of the calcium you take in is stored in your bones and teeth. You need the other 1% on a minute-by-minute basis to…

5 Scientifically Proven Reasons Fitness is the Key to Healthy Aging

January 13, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Who doesn’t want to live a long, happy life and stay healthy, happy, and functional as they age? According to research published in the journal Immune Ageing, how we age is 75% lifestyle and only 25% genetics. Lifestyle matters! One lifestyle habit that’s intrinsic to any successful aging program is…

Break Out of a Biceps Curls Rut & Get More Shapely Arms with These Exercises

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Are biceps curls your “go to” arm exercise? If you’re like most people, it is. Don’t give up curls! You need them in your routine as they’re a focused exercise for the biceps muscles, the muscles that make the front of your arms look strong and firm. Biceps curls are…

If You Could Do Only One Strength Training Exercise, This is the One You Should Do

January 13, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Hopefully, you never have to choose only one exercise, but let’s pretend for a moment you do. The gods of exercise tell you that you must select only one exercise to get stronger, preserve muscle mass, and stay in shape. What’s your top choice? You might choose squats. Not a…

The Healthy Food You Should Never Eat Raw

January 13, 2019 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Do you top your salads with sprouts? These days, you have an abundance of sprouts to choose from. Some of the most popular are broccoli sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, clover, and mung bean sprouts and they’re readily available in little plastic packages at many grocery stores. Unlike the mature plant, sprouts…