Cathe Friedrich Fitness

Cathe Friedrich has been a leading innovator of the home exercise video industry for over two decades. With over 600 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.

Lorraine’s Bio

August 18, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

I am 40 yrs old, happily married, and have been involved in the fitness industry for 15 years. I am a certified personal trainer with clients from 19 to 72 years of age. I teach multiple kickboxing classes weekly as well as body sculpting, circuit training, and an outdoor boot…

Brenda’s Bio

August 18, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

I am 39 years old, no children; I have a boyfriend of 17 years, one dog and two cats. I work as a database administrator and finance report writer for a company in Runnemede NJ. Exercising and doing my best to keep in good health and shape is something I've…

Jai’s Bio

August 18, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Jai Stulpinas: I am 36 years old, married, and have two spoiled miniature dachsies, Nathan & Kashi. I met Cathe 6 years ago when I started her taking classes and getting my butt kicked by the petite powerhouse...but having sooooo much fun! I teach aerobics twice a week and work…

It’s the Story of Four Lovely Ladies…

August 18, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are doing well today. Yesterday was a busy day. I started out teaching class and then headed out for the day to pick up our DVD outfits. I brought them back and met with the cast to try everything on and make sure it…

Body Max 2 Breakdown

August 17, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Body Max 2 Breakdown: Body Max 2 is similar in format to the original Body Max and is an advanced 90 minute total body workout. (For more details see the "8 Days to Go!" post that Cathe posted on the Blog earlier today.) Step Warm Up Step routine (approx 30…

8 Days to Go!

August 17, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Happy August 17th everybody! Last nights filmed rehearsal was a toughie but goodie.....we worked so hard that we were literally drenched. I had to change my shirt in the middle of rehearsal and wash my face since the salt from my sweat actually crystalized on my skin. Ok, maybe a…

9 Days to Go!

August 16, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Hi Everyone! It's August 16th and we are just 9 days away from starting to film....gulp!!!! But that's an excited gulp, tee hee! We have just been having a blast preparing for everything from soup to nuts. But it is also a very crazy time since so many details all…

Practice Makes Perfect!

August 16, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

The picture of Brenda and Cedie on the left was taken during a recent rehearsal of Low Impact Circuit and Body Max 2. Rehearsals are now being held almost everyday up until the first film date on August 25th. During this time Cathe and the crew work hard on perfecting…

About the New Video Set

August 15, 2006July 6, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

The above pictures are some initial artist sketches that were made over a year ago when we were working on the design for the new video set. We use a professional set design company that specializes in video sets for the movie and television industry. This is the same company…

Low Impact Circuit Breakdown

August 15, 2006July 7, 2009 by Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

Low Impact Circuit is an intermediate to advanced low-impact total body workout that Cathe has designed to be done on a 6 or 8 inch step. If you're looking for a workout that is joint friendly, but still challenging, then this workout is for you. Equipment used in this workout…