Cathe TV is back..what would u like to see?

Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich

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Hi All, we're getting ready to fire up CATHE TV again. What are some health & fitness topics, fitness activities and/or special interests you'd like me to address?
 
Hi Cathe

I have a couple of burning questions:

1. in STS you use a horizontal row for back, which I love but seem to get twinges in my shoulder, would love a discussion on form and substitutions for this move. (other than vertical row). If I lift heavy enough to challenge the muscle it hurts my shoulder, I can't seem to go beyond 5lbs. I have met with a physiotherapist who says I have great range of motion.

2. I would like to know what general strength ratios are optimal for strength and balance.... how strong should my hamstrings be in relation to my quads and also to glutes? and shoulders to biceps and triceps? and chest and back? I realise this is individual but I also know it wouldn't be healthy to be able to curl 50 lbs and only 5lbs for triceps :)

Thanks for bringing Cathe TV back and everything you do!!:D
 
How about some cooking shows...like how to make brownies that are good but low in fat and healthy with Cathe baking/cooking them or Cathe and guest. (or some other healthy cheat food we could make)! How about having some Cathletes share their favorite recipes?

Or what about some shows that feature Cathletes in their before and after with Cathe interviewing them?
 
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I know you're probably really tired from all your work on Xtrain, but maybe when you're ready you could announce what's next! Just an idea. . .
 
I am really looking forward to what you have to share with us. You are very knowledge and explain things in a way that makes it easy for me to understand.

I would love to see some more form pointers on exercises. It would be great if you could have someone demonstrate good and bad form while pointing out on them what they are doing right or wrong and where the muscle action occurs. Ones that come to my mind are:

• Concentration Curls – do I anchor my arm on my thigh at the elbow joint or slightly above?
• Rear Delt Flyes versus Back Flyes – what’s the difference if any in arm position? There was a recent thread about this and I think many may be confused on the difference.
• T-Band Pulls – how far back are my arms supposed to go?
• Hover Jumps – I don’t feel much of a difference between the hover and the upright portion of the hover jump. What muscles should I be using to hover and stand?


Also, any information you can provide regarding joint issues (tennis elbow, shoulder impingement, knee pain, weak wrists) would be great. In particular:

• What causes these problems?
• What can be done to prevent these problems (pre-hab exercises, supplements, etc.)?
• What to do when you suffer from a problem (rest, re-hab exercises, medication, how long before returning to regular exercise)?
• What to do when you are ready to return to regular exercises?
 
Rotations

I would like to know your advice/thoughts/recommendations on creating our own rotations. What should be included each week/month? I use the rotations you have created and from other programs as examples, but I still have questions. In Xtrain and STS each muscle group is only worked once a week. Is this optimal? And what about high rep/endurance workouts--how do should they be worked in?
 
Interviews with cast/crew of X-train and others about what they do consistently to keep in shape and eating habits.

Also more food advice.

Thanks

Sarah
 
I am also not so sure about rotations: how do I incorporate the different kinds of weight lifting into a rotation? Should I do one style for a cycle (like in STS) and then switch? What about keeping workouts like barre or functional fitness workouts and doing other kinds of lifting in a rotation? I just look at the wonderful variety of workouts in my DVD library and I know that I need a mixture of both strength and cardio, but how often should I do functional fitness ?

Btw, thanks for bringing Cathe TV back.
 
I love all the suggestions above. It would be helpful to know what are some modifications a person can do on some of the high impact moves to make them more low impact.

What are some exercises to do to recover and/or prevent low back pain.

Nutrition tips would be wonderful.

Looking forward to Cathe TV!! :)
Brenda
 
I know you don't like to dabble too deep into nutrition, but how about having a conversation with a nutritionist to help us figure out how to determine how many and what type of calories we should take in to fuel ourselves while working out so intensely. Like, maybe a nutritionist who specializing in athletes' diet for better performance.
 
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Hi!

I would love to see the following:

* Impact modifactions for some of high impact step patterns in Intensity, Athletic Step, and Step Moves. I tried to modify back when I first got them but my mods left me off beat and on the wrong foot.

* Some great streches for those of us with knee, hip, and/or elbow arthritis and plantar faciitis. I know some to help loosen the areas above but I know there has to be more out there.
 
I would love it if you did your version of your favorite things a la Oprah. Fitness, skin care, blow dryers, whatever....it would be Fun and I beit would spark a lot of conversation.
 
Not sure if anyone asked this but if life gets in the way and it prevents you from doing a workout that day, talking about other alternatives that would at least keep your body moving such as:

walking in a store

cleaning the house

moving furniture

washing your car

Some things like that so folks don't panic about not getting full workout in and know that these everyday activites still keep the body pumping :)
 
I know that you mention some of the lesser targeted muscles in some of your dvd's, but how about a series on the different muscles throughout the body? General anatomical information and how we can ensure that we are targeting those 'hard to target' smaller (or not so small!) muscles so that we can prevent muscular imbalances.

I love the previous ideas already listed about general information about common injuries and how to minimize the chance of injury.

Thanks for asking for suggestions! :)
 
Hi Cathe this isn't totally related to cathe tv but is it possible to have a couple more updated intermediate routines please? Maybe one for weight loss and tightening and another for strength training?

Thank you

Anna

Oops I meant rotations not routines!
 
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capricorngirl said:
Hi Cathe this isn't totally related to cathe tv but is it possible to have a couple more updated intermediate routines please? Maybe one for weight loss and tightening and another for strength training?

Thank you

Anna
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This would be nice! Alot of people i know bought your dvd and love it but alittle hard for them and they had been exercising for a little while tjat the begginer one would be to easy. Plus some days id love it myaelf. Lol, :)
 
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