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.

You Burn Calories More Than You Think With Resistance Training

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Resistance training builds muscle, but aerobic exercise is the real calorie burner, right? That’s what many people believe. However, a new study finds resistance training burns more calories than expected, and the overall calorie burn may trump the calories you burn during an aerobic workout. However, the calories you burn…

6 Ways to Protect Against Viral Infections

January 26, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Viruses are strands of genetic material that uses the machinery of the host cell to replicate. These tiny infectious agents are incapable of surviving on their own and have to get inside your cells to make you sick. However, that doesn’t stop them from gaining control of cells and causing…

Can Hot Chili Peppers boost your metabolism

How Much Can What You Eat Boost Your Metabolism?

January 26, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Who wouldn’t like a switch you could turn on and off to speed up your metabolism? The idea of boosting metabolism appeals to people! With almost 40% of Americans meeting the criteria for obesity, it’s easy to see why. You sometimes read about dietary supplements that claim to boost resting…

Walnuts Aren’t Just Good for Your Brain, They’re Healthy for These Organs Too

January 26, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Have you noticed how walnuts are shaped like a brain? It’s no coincidence! It should come as no surprise that this crunchy tree nut is beneficial for brain health. Of all the tree nuts, walnuts are richest in omega-3s, a type of fat linked with brain health. Although the omega-3s…

Two Types of Aging and You Have Control Over One of Them

January 26, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

People don’t like to talk about aging because of its negative connotations. Words that come to mind when people discuss it are terms like sickness, chronic health problems, disability, and falls. No wonder we’re so reluctant to talk about the topic! Yet even the World Health Organization points out that…

Can Artificial Sweeteners Cause Digestive Problems?

January 21, 2020January 26, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Artificial sweeteners sound like a sweet deal–the taste of sweet without the calories or sugar. Who wouldn’t want that? These days, you can find packets of artificial sweetener in colored packets of pink, for saccharin, blue, for aspartame, and yellow, for sucralose in many restaurants to sweeten your coffee and…

How Sugar and Processed Food Cause Weight Gain

January 19, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

At one time, the focus was on fat and how it expands the waistline. Being more calorie-dense than carbohydrates, dietitians warned clients not to consume too much fat to avoid weight gain. In response to this not so sage advice, the low-fat movement was born. Rather than nosh on healthy…

5 Benefits of Bulgarian Split Squats and Why You Should Include Them in Your Workout

January 19, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Squats are the king of functional exercises and one of the best ways to work your lower body. This versatile movement and its many variations can help you build a strong, defined lower body, and with so many ways to do them, you don’t have to become bored. Once you’ve…

How to Reduce Stress on Your Back When You Do Deadlifts

January 19, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Deadlifts are a multi-joint exercise that works multiple muscle groups at the same time. Being a compound exercise, this movement is also a functional movement that trains your muscles to do common movements that you do in everyday life such as bending over to pick something up. Plus, deadlifts are…

Do you get a runny nose when you exercise

Why Do I Get a Runny Nose When I Exercise?

January 19, 2020 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

You expect to have a runny nose when you have a cold or allergies, but what if a stream of mucus drips from your nose every time you work out or you have to stop and wipe or blow your nose every five minutes? When you’re huffing and puffing during…