strength training

Attention Cathe Live Subscribers, Thursday, October 20, 2022, at 9:30 am EST, we’ll be doing “Muscle Mash Up” Live! This total body dumbbell workout is designed to enhance overall muscular strength and endurance through rounds of compound movements! Equipment needed: 10, 12 & 15-pound...

In this pic Cathe is doing a Pendlay Row. A Pendlay row involves the same sequence and movements as a barbell row except with the Pendlay row, you place the barbell down on the floor at the end of the sequence rather than holding it above the floor, as with a standard barbell row. So, you pick...

The short answer is yes! As an example, in this picture, Jenn D. and Al have their resistance bands attached to a wall anchor while Jenn A. is using her foot to secure her band. Kristin is using dumbbells. We've added wall anchors to our new set so that we can use our resistance bands more...

This pic is from Cathe's STS Phase 2 Upper Body workout. Though we have a lot of pics and information from STS Phase 1 still to share with you, this week we will also begin to tell you about the STS Phase 2 workouts. While STS Phase1 was all about total body workouts, STS Phase 2 consist of two...

Pictured here is Cathe with Jenn A and Brenda doing a Close Grip Sumo Squat in the STS Trisets Total Body workout. Muscles worked: quads, glutes, hips, hamstrings, and inner thighs…oh so good

Attention Cathe Live Subscribers, Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 9:30 am EST, we’ll be doing “21 and Done” LIVE. This brisk-paced, high-intensity, ALL upper body workout packs a lot of punch in a short amount of time. Get in, get busy, and get done Equipment Needed: Dumbbells ranging from...

Attention Cathe Live Subscribers, Thursday, August 11, 2022, at 9:30 am EST, we’ll be doing “Build It, Burn It Bootcamp” Live! A steady-paced total body strength and endurance workout that moves from exercise to exercise to keep the muscles building and burning . Equipment Needed: A...

Attention Cathe Live Subscribers, Thursday, July 14, 2022, at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “Total Body Compound Core” Live! Another intense mix of core intensive compound moves with a splash of cardio. These metabolic moves will surely have your body “work-working” hard. Equipment Needed...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “PHA Supersets With Ball” Live! Always a popular favorite, we are back with another PHA Superset! This time we’ll add some stability ball in the mix. So get ready to do two upper body exercises followed by...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “Dynamic Total Body” live! This dynamic total body workout is great for boosting your metabolism and fat loss. It’s a “breathy” workout with a variety of heart-pumping movements to keep you engaged and...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “PHA Supersets #3” live! Time to dive in and let your heart and muscles do the pumping! You’ll be doing two lower body exercises followed by two upper body exercises from start to finish! Let’s do this...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, March 24, 2022, at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “Upper Body Burn” Live! Time to turn up the heat with this upper body and core strength workout. We’ll focus on one body part at a time as we make our way through this solid “waist up” workout...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “Pumped Up Upper Body” LIVE! As a follow-up to last week’s lower body workout, this intense workout now focuses on rounds of upper body exercises (go for a challenging weight!) Each round starts off...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, July 1, 2021, at 9:30 am EST, we’ll be doing “Intense Upper Body” LIVE! Get ready to dive into a solid high-intensity upper body workout that focuses on each muscle group at a time. A few exercises per body part (which then gets repeated) before...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “Lift it, Split it Upper Body: Back and Biceps” LIVE! In this focused back and bicep workout, we’ll do slow controlled reps, 12 per set. We’ll start out with a thorough back workout hitting your back muscles...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, Jan 21st, 2021 at 9:30 am EST we’ll be doing “Opposites Attract” LIVE! This intense total body workout will focus on supersetting opposing muscle groups from start to finish (well except for shoulders and abs, wink)! Equipment Needed: A set of 5...

Perfect Pump Upper Body Workout Get ready to get heavy! This upper body routine builds a solid muscle burn with no huge time commitment. Each body part is hit with a series of heavy and lighter exercises. This workout moves! Tightening up on those rest periods ensures that your arms will be...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, August 13, 2020, at 9:15 am EST we’ll be doing “Push Pull Total Body: Heavy Weight” LIVE!!! It’s time to “push” your limits and “pull” your weight with this time-efficient heavier weight workout. We’ll be working opposing muscle groups throughout the...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, July 2, 2020, at 9:15 am EST we’ll be doing “Burn Sets: Biceps and Triceps" Live. Get ready to pick up some heavier weights and slow down the reps. You’ll have 18 alternating bicep and triceps exercises (9 of each). We’ll be working in a controlled 8...

Attention Cathe Live subscribers: Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 9:15 am EST we’ll be doing “Touch Up Training: Upper Body” Live! Following up from my Touch Up Training: Total Body Live from a couple of weeks ago, this fast-paced high-intensity workout will focus purely on sequential upper body...