Cathe How do you prepare??

[Rockael]

Cathe,You may need to get a pad of paper to keep track of all of my questions.
But I was wondering: When you are preparing to film a workout, what do you eat to get ready, you must eat very strict I would think.
If a person does not eat real well, or clean, wouldn't their workout performance suffer?
I mean sometimes when working out it is really hard, but you are getting through as are Ceide, Jai, Brenda, Lorraine with more ease than myself. I really really really would like to know how you prepare for the workouts.
Are the classes at your Gym as tough as the ones that you have filmed?
And do you work out hard everyday?
What is your workout routine?
You are my rolemodel Cathe, what works for you, will help me to know
what I need to do in order to reach my goals. I mean I hate pushups
How do yo do all of those?
I would like to be as strong as you.
I am taller than you are I am 5"4.5
So I figure that I should be going heavier and always use
an 8 inch step.??????
Oh Cathe I hope I am not overstepping by asking these questions.

But this is important info for me and would be so helpful and mean so much,if you would answer them.
Rocky
Thank you Cathe.
Rocky

 

[1fitgrl]

I would love to know how Cathe eats when preparing for a film. Again, we all know that everyone has different caloric intakes, but come on Cathe, please just tell us how you prepare. I know that my caloric intake will be different from the next, but Cathe is a role model, and everyone wants to know what a day of eating is like for a day for Cathe.

Amanda

 

[neicebug]

Hi, Rocky -

I hate straight leg pushups too! I am gradually getting better, but I think that the key is to actually TRY }( them! I hate to admit it, but I have been guilty of fast forwarding through them! I still struggle not being able to be a full and complete pushup, allowing my body to go as far down as Cathe does.

Best of luck and just keep pushing!
Denise

 

[Jazcam]

Rocky I'm not Cathe but I know how I ate the day before affects how much energy I have to workout the next morning. If I ate clean with good carbohydrates I'm energized. On the other hand if I ate junkie food my ability to get through an hour step workout is difficult.

 

[Teals]

Hi Rocky,

I've pasted in a reply that Cathe gave about preparing for the hard core series (dated 3/24/05). It won't answer all of your questions but it does cover a few. If you use the search funtion in the forum, you are sure to find info about what Cathe means by eating clean, etc. Plus, many of your questions can be answered by your "fitness friends" in the open forum or the video & rotations forum. They know their stuff and everyone is really helpful. But for now, here is the paste in from Cathe. Ironically, she pasted in her responses also..


#49125, "RE: You and the Crew-"
In response to Reply # 0

Here are a couple of copy and pastes from the last month or so that I wrote which will answer this for you.

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Hi Icklemoley! Thank you so much, how nice of you. You may notice a big difference if you are comparing my appearance to the last series we just filmed (Basic Step/Body Fusion) because I filmed that series while nursing "tennis elbow" (which I got from a day of bowling) and was not able to train heavy and/or do certain exercises with heavy weight for a few months.

So once hardcore was announced, I was ready and longing to train hard.

With many obligations on my plate, I had to budget my time wisely and be accountable to my workouts. That's when I decided to work with my trainer/friend to keep my focus. I set my goals of wanting to regain the muscle that had atrophied through the tennis elbow ordeal plus gain overall lean muscle mass. I also have been dealing with separated abdominals (diastisis recti) which I developed as a result of my pregnancies (but my cutie pies are so VERY worth it ) After getting clearance from the doctor that I could train my abs as hard as I wanted without causing further harm, I decided to go for it. Side Note: this separation can be surgically repaired but I have opted not to go that route since it is a very involved procedure.

So I worked out hard and heavy 4 days a week in addition to my classes. I also pushed extra hard on my weaknesses (mostly abs)squeezing in an extra workout for them per week.

4 weeks before filming I was more strict in my diet (no more finishing the kids peanut butter sandwiches and ate super clean. No sauces, low fats, low sodium, low sugar etc. But since we filmed and rehearsed so much, I could occasionally slip in some sinful treats to keep a smile on my face, ha. I also increased my protein quite a bit since I was lifting so heavy. After every lift, I would have an ISOPURE protein supplement.
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Hi FK! Thank you, it was a lot of focus and consistency. Many times when I am busy choreographing it is hard for me to keep up with my workouts. This time I worked with my trainer/friend to keep me accountable to my workouts plus make me push out 3 more reps when I wanted to stop (but never told him that )

The muscle definition was simply a result of lifting heavy weights, doing some cardio, and eating a clean diet.

Perhaps the biggest difference in this series compared to the last(when we filmed our beginner to intermediate series) was the fact that I had not been able to lift heavy because of my tennis elbow injury.

And another overall big difference from the last few series is the fact that I had just had my second baby and the post-pregnancy hormones, those which hold body fat to produce breast milk, were still in my system.

The vidoe clothing was by KOS USA and by Oh My Bod.

Thanks and glad you are enjoying your new workouts.

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As for the cast, I didn't post bio's because nobody really did any specific training to prepare for the Hardcores. Based on chats with them, they all lift on a pretty consistent basis throughout the year with a good mixture of intense cardio sessions and varied weight training sessions. So when its time to begin rehearsals, we gradually enhance our shapes even moreso due to the grueling schedule and pace.

Thanks for asking.
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Hope this helps,

Teals

 

[teddy16410]

Teals- Thanks so much for finding and posting this! I am on week 3 of no upper body work + no heavy leg weights (BB) due to a shoulder injury... I have been told that at least 3-4 more week of max DB of 8#s! I cringe when I see whats happening to my upper body already in spite of ultra clean eating... I feel like I now have at least a game plan for resuming my lifting in 3-4 weeks... My spirits are lifted.
Thanks for responding to OP -

 

[Rockael]

Hi Teals, Thank you for all of the info:
Cathe probably has been asked the same questions many times before.
Rocky