Why do you think collage...

[careyben]

Why doesn't collage videos call more of Cathe's videos "Staff Favorites"? Low Max, Imax 3, Drill Max? Am I missing something, or are these three of the best workouts ever filmed? What's the deal?

Ben

 

[chefkate]

I wondered the same thing when I looked at my new collage catalog today!

 

[LuvExercise]

Maybe the staff can't finish one of them? ha, I kid.

 

[celestialtimes]

Maybe the staff can't finish one of them? ha, I kid.

That very well could be it...I've always wondered that myself...I love Cathe...although...I used to be afraid of Cathe...not anymore...

 

[Fit_mommy]

Different strokes for different folks I suppose...

 

[Mamafitness]

I really think Collage gears more toward the beginner/intermediate exerciser. Something with too much impact or intensity probably won't be a staff fave.

Just my thoughts

Charlene

 

[jennifer-in-mi]

I personally think that they don't want to promote Cathe too much since she's on FitTV, has her own club, and this site/forum. Plus, Collage has been known to has a "staff favorite" one month then change it. Most of Gin Miller's stuff is a fave but her collection isn't as big, high tech, difficult, and polished as Cathe's are either.
I agree with Charlene, they do cater to beginner/intermeidiates alot. That's their future is in that.

 

[spyrosmom]

I also think the staff favorites are geared toward a more intermediate level. I know when I 1st started I bought a lot of stuff from Collage, and I would always look at the favorites 1st. Had the put IMAX 3 up as a favorite, I probably would have ignored the fact its hard as heck, bought it and keeled over trying to do it! I think the favorites are selected on effectiveness/fun/repeatability/do-ability/wide audience range. I could do a beginner/intermediate video, have some fun and get a decent little workout. Someone who is new to exercise cannot pick up an average Cathe and do the same. Cathe has a lot of fans, but a very narrow audience base when you think about it.

Nan

 

[MAYNARDSMOM]

My thought exactly. They just must not be up to the challenge!!

 

[kathryn]

..are these three of the best workouts ever filmed?

Not in everyone's opinion. I personally think Cathe has made better workouts than these.

As for 'staff favorites,' I have no idea how they choose them, but I've read that if ONE of their staffers deems it so, it is. Not sure if it's true.

I also think I read something about if a workout comes out and it doesn't seem different enough from other workouts that came out previously (by different instructors or the same), it often won't get the 'Staff favorite" designation.

 

[jonahnah]

I guess I'm a cynic but I always figured some instructors cut a deal w/ Collage to be named a staff favorite. I didn't think it was 100% objective especially since some that used to be staff favorites are no longer. Why would they change their preference? The workout didn't change!

 

[cataddict]

I seem to recall that when Collage carried Cathe videos previously most of them put out at that time WERE staff favorites and her workouts haven't gotten easier. I certainly don't think it's because they can't do them. They may have changed their method of determining what qualifies as a "favorite." It's all subjective anyway.

 

[jillybean]

I'll probably get this thread locked for saying this, but about a year ago I had an interview at Collage. I asked the interviewer what constitutes a 'staff favorite' - I wondered if it had to garner a certain number of positive reviews or avoid a certain number of negative reviews, etc. The interviewer said, "We can't have every Cathe workout be a favorite, so we just pick some of them and list them as staff favorites." (She truly did use Cathe as the example.) In the last Collage catalog I received, I noticed that a certain instructor's DVDs had 'staff favorite' by every single one (granted, this instructor doesn't have as many DVDs on the market as Cathe), however; in the current catalog, some of those 'staff favorites' are missing.

 

[lesliew1]

I agree w/ Kathyrn; of the three mentioned Drill Max is the only one I like. I don't care for Low Max or IMAX 3.

 

[jloewe]

I made the mistake of assuming that just because something is listed as a "staff favorite", I would have to enjoy it, and purchased Yoga Journal's Yoga for Stress, I have never disliked a video workout as much as I have this one, and began taking their staff favorites with a grain of salt.

I try and do my homework before any purchase, and didn't do it on this occasion, and paid for it, literally.