The entire purpose of 1RM testing is to help you determine the correct weights you should use in your exercise program. Let’s say you decided to hire a trainer at a local gym to help you with your fitness program. There are two trainers you can hire: “Trainer A” has all of her clients do
Prior to STS, I had been doing weight workouts at my local gym a few times a week, with limited success. I was frustrated as I had been working out – a combo of 3-4 weight workouts (45 mins – 1 hr) plus 3-4 cardio workouts a week (Cathe DVDs, mainly) – yet only feeling
I am a 59 year old widow. I lost my husband two years ago from lung cancer and from then to now is the second part of my fitness story. The first part started after my son was born 23 years ago when I was 36 and realized I would turn 50 the year he
We now have added STS Progress Tickers to our Cathe Nation website that you can post in your signature here on our forums or other forums if you prefer . Progress Tickers are a great way to let others know what your fitness goals are and how far along you are in reaching your goal.
Hi Everyone! I’m excited to announce that today was our first official Shock Cardio rehearsal as a group (I have been designing, choreographing and practicing the workouts alone prior to this so that the group rehearsals would be more productive) . We are excited to start sharing more Shock Cardio details with you as we
My story is a familiar one. I had been gaining weight steadily since my marraige in 1995. After having my two children in 1998 and 2000, I finally came to the realization that my lifestlye had to change if I wanted to get the weight off. In 2000, I started to exercise at home with
We have just released beta 2.6.1 of the Workout Manager. With this update we have added the ability for you to print your STS Fitness DVD workout card from a PDF file. This should solve the problem that many of you have reported with the font being too small for you to read on your
We have now just released beta 2.6 of the Workout Manager. We have fixed a few bugs in this release, but the main new feature is the ability to add notes to any exercise on your STS workout card. We have also made a change concerning the note and pencil icon. Formerly, the note and
We have now released Beta 2.5 of the Workout Manager . The main new feature in this release is the ability to easily and quickly copy a workout to any date you like. This is done by following these simple steps: 1. Click on the Calendar date with the workout you want to copy 2. Click
Hi Everyone! This month we are kicking off the summer with Muscle Endurance and Fat Loss using a mixture of the STS workouts and some of the other workouts in my video collection. Enjoy the variety and keep your water intake high, your overall food intake moderate, and your fat intake low. You may now download
Paige Waehner at About.com in a recent video review says that “Cathe’s STS program is one of the most comprehensive, and most impressive, workout series available” and that “There truly is nothing like this (STS) out there”. To read Paige’s complete review at About.com – Click Here You can also read reviews from our customers
Our newest Cathe TV show (STS – Week 12) is now up. You may view Cathe’s newest show now by going to the following url: http://tv.cathe.com/ Highlights of Show #12 In this week’s show Cathe briefly recaps the 3rd week of STS mesocycle #3, discs 31, 32 and 33. She then finishes the segment by
