Tracey Staehle 'does' Cathe

jillybean

Cathlete
I'm sure I'm late on this one, but I very recently found out about an advanced video instructor named Tracey Staehel (she was at Cathe's '05 Road Trip). She filmed three workouts this past Saturday, and here is a portion of a post Tracey made on her website commenting on the filming:

"I am one of you. I buy workout videos, I do workout videos. I never had a clue how bloody hard they were to film until I did them myself! Now I understand how most smart people just film ONE a day!!!! Not 3 - but it was a money thing, so anyway...

So we started with the step video - it was the most complex and had the hardest drills, etc. Ok, did it take us forever to film the bloody warm-up?! Yes, it did! I am not a huge lover of warm ups, when I do videos at home (always Cathe, I LOVE her!!!) I always FF through them... So little did I know this was pretty major! Anyway, we FINALLY got the w/u done, then moved onto the step combos - now this we could do in our sleep, we had 10 combos & 10 intervals and the intervals were all 2 mins - can I just say, I am shocked nobody threw up! We had to keep re-shooting the intervals to get the timing right and our footing right. Some of us jumped higher than others, some were getting SO tired and just running low on stamina...it was getting llllloooonnnggg! Greg decided to cut out combo 10 because the dvd was long enough. He came out and said, "this is really long" and at that point, I was like, cut out #10 then, fine by me -- big smiles of relief on all the girls! So we did 9 combos and 9 drills... We did NOT do abs or stretch on the step dvd, I wanted to - but there was no time"

Please don't flame me, as I think it's great that Tracey is being so honest with those who pre-ordered from her, but I **think** it's situations like those above that keep Cathe from posting details about her workouts as things don't always go as planned.

Wow, even other instructors 'do' Cathe. I'm so impressed!!!
 
And why not - She is one of the best - Cathe is ;)

Just a side note - and I haven't ever heard of Tracey - or her workouts before - but she would be wise not to post messages like "I don't like warmups" and I "fast-forward" through warmups".

If she is trying to establish herself as an aerobics instructor and build some credibility in the Aerobics DVD market, she shouldn't make such statements... Funny or not - she really sounds unprofessional and lacking in knowledge. It really doesn't entice me to buy her products at all.

Ok - I'm off the high horse now

Yve.


:7
 
Funny, because a lot of people who hadn't pre-ordered, read her honest comments and then decided TO order. I just heard about her, didn't order, haven't even watched her clips, but I thought it was pretty cool of her to admit what a tough job it is, making videos. It'll be interesting to read reviews once her videos hit the market.
 
I am curious to see what this chick has to offer.... Keep us in the loop if you try her out.
 
I agree with Yve... I'm an ACE certified trainer and her comments come across like those of a non-certified instructor. Too bad!
 
I just found it, it is www.fitbytracey.com There are some clips from someones video camera during the shooting so you can get an idea of what they might be like. They look interesting but even with the preorder you don't save that much.
 

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