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Hi Everyone!

Although I've been lurking around the forums for a while, this is my very first post! Like many of you I discovered Cathe on FitTV and let me tell you that is one of the best discoveries I've ever made!! I thought wow these were the toughest workouts that I've seen on TV so I went to her website and shall we say the rest is history.....since the end of July I've acquired the Intensity series(which I love, love, love!) HSTA, KPC/L&G, Rhythmic Step VHS, and just received Cardio Kicks/Circuit Max today. I also purchased the High Step which I can't imagine being without. Although I consider myself an advanced exerciser, I feel that Cathe has taken my fitness level to a completely different dimension! I've already noticed significant strength and endurance gains, it's just amazing! I am really focusing on blasting away fat so that the muscles I know I have can really surface. So my question is what should be my next purchase? I am thinking about CTX series as I've heard raving reviews about it. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have to say although I've been exercising for a few years I have NEVER been this motivated to work out in my life....even while I was in the military! So a very big THANK YOU to Cathe:) Sorry if it seems like I'm rambling on and on, but it is just so nice to find a place where my Cathe obsession is not only understood but shared, and where people won't think I'm a few sandwiches short of a picnic:)
I find all of you so incredibly inspiring, entertaining and informative, and I'm really looking forward to learning as much as I can from these forums.

Take care,
Sandy
 
i absolutely LOVE CTX! i would highly recommend it as your next purchase! it's so versatile! you get 6 workouts that are customizable.. they are the perfect length for pre-work mornings! you'll LOVE it!
 
Yes another vote for CTX for your next purchase. :) :) But you'll eventually have to get S&H and the rest of the BB series and PS and...and... Welcome to Cathe and glad you came out of lurking!

By the way, did you preorder Hardcore? You'll definitely need that too! :) :) :)

Jo
 
Hi Sandy,

So glad you outed yourself! LOL If you're going for fat burning, you've got two great kickboxing workouts already. I would agree that CTX would be a good choice for your next purchase.

You do know we love to spend each other's money around here...watch out!;-)

Ruth:)
 
CTX is an excellent choice, I love the upper body work. If this one is a bit pricey at the moment, I'd get the Timesaver dvd which has been dubbed CTX 2. Eventually I'd recommend adding Step Blast, Step Jump & Pump, Power Hour and the Pure Strength series to your collection.

Welcome aboard!

Stacy
 
Do you have the dvd with SB and SJP?. I love these two workouts.The music is fun and the coreography is easy to learn.Do you have problems with rithmic step?.For me the first two are easy buth the thrid segment seems very difficult.I loove all the workout and the thrid segment is a challenge but do you have a counsel to do the third segment? You have the IS.Talking about the old cathies I love power hour, a body pump class in dvd for endurance and MIC a marevollus cardio workout.
 
Congratulations on your new addiction! They are all great. CTX is very versatile, and tons of fun. You'll most likely have them all before you know it. Enjoy! :)
 
RE: New Cathe addict.....need help choosing what to get...

Thank you all so much for your input and warm welcomes!! OK, that's it, I'm definitely getting CTX.....oh but I also need the rest of BB, PS, S&H....the list goes on and on....I hear my credit card crying out in pain already!! LOL! Oh boy I can tell you guys are going to get me into a WHOLE lot of trouble:) But hey, at least it's a healthy addiction/obsession right??

Stayfit....no I don't have SB/SJP yet, but I am definitely eyeing that one! I love RS, and surprisingly I picked up the choreography rather quickly, although you're right, the last segment is a bit tricky. I'm thinking about MIC but from all the posts I've read about this, it seems a little scary! Just wondering, did you mention you are from Spain?

Jo, I only preordered IMAX 3 (I adore IMAX 2, love those intervals!) but since there is still time to preorder more.....}(

Now I have another question........if I had to choose between S&H and PS, what would you all suggest I purchase first??

Thanks!!!!
Sandy
 
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Welcome! I too am a new Cathe addict and have the smoking credit card to prove it! I have a list of DVD's I want to purchase.

I taped Step Blast from FitTV and I can't wait until I can purchase it. Oh and CTX, and Legs & Glutes and....

Enjoy your stay!!

Tammy
 
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Yes I am from Spain.I a a spanish cathe fan.Lot of miles separate us but all of us share the same passion and addiction:Cathe and her workouts.I Think that is awesome that cathe has fans in another countries outside USA.Here there are persons of England,Japan,Germany,France,Finland etc.It is fantastic don't you think? I discovered cathe with video fitness.I saw her name in the five stars step workouts and in the reviews and opinions of the people in the forums and I thought¿Who'S that girl?.I went to geoogle and wrote her name.If I have to be sincere I had to write her name in a paper before because I thought I could not write that name well¿What surname? Friedrich. Now I can write it with my eyes close. I wrote her name and discovered this web page and the rest is history.I have found the best workouts in the world,an incredible woman: cathe, and great persons who undestand this passion and are always kind.Between Ps and S6H I prefer to buy first PS.You can do it more often .S6H demand a slow and concentrated manner that can exhaust you. Mic is a hard, hard cardio workout.I sweat bullet when I do it but I have to do it once a week ¿Maybe an addiction?.I like to lose my breath working out because behind the tired there is a paradise endorphine.I love the sensations after a workout with cathe.It is a drug.A healthy drug.Enjoy the weenend.

Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie :) :)
 
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Stayfit- I have to say I just love your posts and your passion for Cathe. You keep me motivated. You may be many miles away but very dear to many of our hearts.

take care
catherine
 
RE: New Cathe addict.....need help choosing what to get...

Stayfit....Yes, I think I'll be leaning more towards purchasing PS first. Plus I may also be giving MIC a try as well after reading how it makes you feel!! I agree with Fit fairy, your posts are always so incredibly inspiring and motivating...it never fails every time i read one of your posts it makes me want to go straight for another workout. Thanks for keeping us so motivated:D
I just want to let you know that my mother's side of the family has Spanish ancestry.....my grandmother's side are all "Galegos" from Ourense and my grandfather's side may have come from Catalunya. I have at least one cousin that lives in Madrid. Si puedo hablar y escribir un poco en castellano! (yes, I can speak and write just a little in castilian). I would love to go visit the "motherland" one day!! Spain looks like such a beautiful country:)

Tammy, I see from your username that you used to work out with the Firm. So did I....although i really don't care much for their new stuff I do give them credit for getting me into fitness years ago. I still have their old tapes which I think were the best, I don't think I can ever get rid of those and i use them occasionally. Yes there are so many dvds that need to find their way into my collection....rest assured my christmas wish list grows larger each day:7 LOL!

Well, tomorrow I will try Circuit Max and Sunday I will try Cardio Kicks....I can't wait!!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!:)
 
There is no doubt that Cathe is addicting. I've always liked to work out, but her workouts are incredible. I was doing the Firm, but, personally, they do not compare to Cathe. I love Cardio Kicks and Pure Strength. They are my mainstays. I just got CTX although I already had Leaner Legs (incredibly tough). I also have several of the Intensity workouts (IMAX 2 is powerful- what a cardio workout!!!). She definitely takes fitness levels to new heights. I thought I was in really good shape until I started her workouts. Now, I, too, feel stronger and in better shape (my clothes prove that). So, continued success with your workouts! :)
 
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Yes it is a wonderful country.I hope you will visit my country and your motherland someday.You have written "si puedo hablar y escribir un poco en castellano" perfectly.I have never gone to Galicia and Cataluña but I go to Madrid very often.I live in Toledo and there is only one hour between Madrid and Toledo.Madrid is the capital city of my country. I was born in Madrid and lived in that city all my childhoold untill I went to live in Toledo.Tu castellano es muy bueno (Your castilian is very good).


Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie :) :)
 
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Muchas gracias, Mariangeles!! My castilian is a bit rusty so I am so glad you understood me:) Ah, Toledo....my uncle went to Toledo years ago and just had nothing but wonderful things to say, he loved it! So perhaps one day I can visit and we can work out to Cathe together
:7

Luv2bhealthy....I just got cardio kicks/circuit max and tried CK for the first time....in the beginning there was a little too much hi-lo type stuff for my taste, but just loved the drills towards the end...all in all a very good workout!! Boy I felt my upper body the next day!! I can't wait to order CTX....I'm trying to be good and use my debit instead of credit so I will have to wait until Friday...hope I can hold out until then!! I especially can't wait for leaner,or as they say meaner;-) legs! Yes, IMAX2 is a killer but I love love love it!! Continued success on your fitness journey:D
 
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Sandy, Working out together.It would be fantastic.:) :)

Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie
 
RE: New Cathe addict.....need help choosing what to get...

>Sandy, Working out together.It would be fantastic.:) :)
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>Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie


Working out in Spain.....yes that would definitely be fantastic:7 :+
Could actually be a possibility as I'm thinking about planning a trip for next year!!
 
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