Cathe Friedrich
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Qualifications: ACE certified. Has been the Aerobics Director of Four Seasons Health Spa since 1990.
Personal History: Before there was Zumba, Tae Bo, Spinning or even Step Aerobics, fitness video pioneer Cathe Friedrich recognized the need to provide a simple, flexible, affordable and motivating way for Americans to exercise and stay fit. Nearly thirty years and over 200 DVDs later, thousands of people have credited Cathe Friedrich for helping them to transform their bodies and their lives with her videos and TV appearances.
Like going through life with a friend, Cathe’s followers have grown in their workouts as she has learned and expanded her video offerings, staying focused on Cathe’s three guiding principles: Professionalism, Passion, and Quality.
Cathe is often credited with being the first to bring advanced fitness videos to the home exerciser and helped shatter the theory that only celebrities could star in fitness videos. As a certified Group Fitness Instructor, Cathe has taught thousands of classes at her New Jersey health club and has helped to train many of today’s top instructors.
As a leading innovator in the home exercise video industry, in 1988 she founded Step N Motion Videos and in 1989, created one of the first ‘step’ aerobic videos. Cathe continues to produce fun, intense, and challenging workouts for all body types and fitness levels. Her award-winning workouts have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Dallas News, Fox Business News, QVC and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Health and fitness writers have published articles about her in Shape, Oxygen, Self, Health, Fit, Consumer Digest and Fitness magazines.
While appearing on Fox Business News, Cathe told her story of how she got started. When she was 16, she took an aerobics class. Three weeks later, was asked to teach it and she was “hooked.” A few years later, Cathe was teaching a creative movement class at a fitness studio on the top floor of Carnegie Hall, where she used fourteen inch benches as part of her workout. At the same time, Step Reebok was launching what is now known as “Step Aerobics” to the world. Cathe incorporated step into her philosophy, creating her first video, “Step N Motion One,” which was also one of the first and most influential step aerobic videos of it’s time. Today, her fitness empire includes all types of workouts and is one of the largest privately owned fitness video libraries in the world.
Always on the cutting edge, Cathe recognized the power of the internet and was the first to sell fitness videos online nearly 17 years ago. Today, Cathe.com is one of the largest and most visited fitness websites and Cathe’s pioneering work in this area has inspired other instructors to market and promote their own fitness videos in a similar fashion. Today, she continues to be a trendsetter with her DVDs, XTrain, STS Fitness Program, digital downloads, iPhone apps and fitness tracking software.
Collage Video, a source for exercise videos since 1987, says this about Cathe on their web site: “Since the early 1990s, Cathe Friedrich’s videos have set the standard for ‘challenging workouts’. Cathe Friedrich’s workout video technique is excellent; her cuing style is very direct. These exercise videos will challenge even the elite athlete!” The Dallas Morning News wrote: “To say that Cathe Friedrich workout videos are tough is like saying Everest slopes upward.” Fit TV declared: ” Cathe is one the most popular trainers on our network. She is a power-intense cardio-buster, a punch and crunch trainer.”
Recently, Cathe has joined forces with sponsors such as Eggland’s Best to bring her workouts and her message of healthy living directly to her fans, known as “Cathletes.” Part of this effort is done through national road trips which give Cathe a unique opportunity to meet many of her loyal followers in person (something Cathe really loves to do.) She also keeps in touch with her fans by embracing new technology, frequently updating her web page, blogging, Tweeting, posting on Facebook and continually answering questions in her forums.
Since 1986, Cathe has been certified through the American Council on Exercise. Additional specialty fitness certifications include: Indoor Cycling, Body Pump, Kickboxing, Boxing, Prenatal Fitness, Resist-A-Ball, Yoga Fit, and more.
Cathe was just recently inducted into the Fitness Hall of Fame. She is the mother of two boys: Eric, age fourteen, and Kyle, age twelve.
Workout Philosophy: There is no magic pill. You have to DO the work. Establish your goals, design your plan, and stick to it! Workout reminders: be consistent, work hard, stay focused, and always keep your workouts stimulating, effective, and challenging.
Success Story: This is certainly one of my favorites. "My weight hit its all-time high of 375 pounds, but losing weight seemed impossible! So, as always, I continued to ignore the problem and figured, 'well, you have to die from something!' So, I did nothing. Then, my life took an unexpected turn and I lost my job of 8 years; it was the lowest point in my life. No job, obese, and dying from it; I felt like I'd hit rock bottom. While flipping through the channels one morning, I saw a Denise Austin workout and I watched it for a few minutes. Something that day made me say, 'I'll do it; I'll start losing this weight.' I could only last about 10 minutes that first day. But, by the end of the second week, I could do the full 30-minute show. I then found Cathe's videos and, at 350 pounds, began strength training and cardio. The weight began to melt off. Health problems I'd had for years, such as swollen ankles and bronchitis, were gone. I looked and felt better than I'd ever looked in my entire life and my body continued to take shape and shed fat. I did have to modify all of Cathe's cardio in order to complete it. But, even with modifications, I was consistently shedding pounds and inches each week. My journey is not over; I'm still traveling. But, with Cathe's workouts, I know I'll reach my goals of attaining a healthy weight, being fit, and healthy for the rest of my life."
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Cathe Friedrich's Perfect30: Perfect Flow
$ 22.97Perfect30 Flow contains two 30 minute active yoga-based routines that take you through strength, flexibility, mobility, and balance challenges for the entire body! Many fitness-minded people pay close attention to...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Perfect30: Perfect HiiT
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This Cathe Friedrich workout is all about solid, intense cardio without needing to carve out a whole lot of time. This HiiT DVD includes two 30 minute HiiT routines: one...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Perfect30: Perfect Pump
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This Cathe DVD contains two 30 minute strength routines: one upper body and one lower body. You will challenge your muscles from head to toe as we use a mix...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Step Boss IMAX4 $ 22.97
Cathe Friedrich's Step Boss IMAX4
$ 22.97This DVD will follow the same basic format of the past IMAX workouts, with the added bonus of this one being entirely low impact! You'll start each round with a...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Step Boss PHA3
$ 22.97PHA by design is comprised of alternating upper and lower body exercises which allows one body part to rest while the other works. This DVD will follow that general pattern,...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Step Boss Step Sync
$ 22.97If you love step choreography this is the DVD for you! This workout routine will be entirely choreographed from beginning to end! We will build and execute advanced combinations that...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE 7 DVD Bundle
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The "LITE" Low Impact Training Extreme Series is Cathe's new LOW IMPACT series focused on the needs of the intermediate exerciser. Don't let the name of this series fool you. ...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's LITE Strong Body Stacked Sets: Upper $ 22.97
Cathe Friedrich's LITE Strong Body Stacked Sets: Upper
$ 22.97Time to get your muscles pumping! This upper body weight routine will utilize giant sets to incorporate a whole lot of work into a short amount of time! Layer on...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE Strong Body Stacked Sets: Lower
$ 22.97It's time to shape up those legs! This all lower body weight routine will torch your legs and glutes utilizing giant sets! There will be little rest within each giant...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE Rev'd Up Rumble
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Get ready to find your fierce! This charged up kickboxing routine will have you digging deep and reaching high for those goals! Cardio punches, cardio kicks, combos and blasts will...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE Pyramid Pump
$ 22.97This optional bonus full body workout utilizes the full pyramid system to maximize your exercise potential in the shortest amount of time possible. This workout is available as short individual...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE PHA 2
$ 22.97This workout moves! We will waste no time as we alternate between lower and upper body exercises to keep our bodies firing at optimal levels without the need for long...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE Metabolic Blast
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This total body metabolic training workout will hit all muscle groups through utilization of compound lifting methods and grounded blast movements to fire up muscles and your heart rate! This...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE Cardio Party
$ 22.97Who's ready to party?! This high energy routine will mix multiple cardio methods to leave you worked and breathless, but you'll be having so much fun, you may not even...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's LITE Body Weight & Bands
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You don't always need weights for a great muscle routine and this workout will prove it! Body Weight & Bands requires nothing more than your body weight and fitness bands...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Fit Split Series (4 DVDs)
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Fit Split is comprised of 4 DVDs that will each include a short, but intense cardio routine followed by a focused weight routine. The purpose of this series is to...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Fit Tower Advanced: Total Body
$ 22.97$ 19.99Cathe Friedrich's Fit Tower Advanced: Total Body
$ 19.99$ 22.97This workout is all about building and shaping beautiful, lean and strong muscle! We will be utilizing the tower complete with barbell clips as well as resistance bands to increase...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Fit Tower Advanced: Boot Camp
$ 22.97This fast-paced, high-energy workout will work each and every part of your body while keeping the cardio factor up and the sweat levels high! You will be breathing heavy and...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Fit Tower Advanced: Legs, Glutes & Core
$ 22.97$ 19.99Cathe Friedrich's Fit Tower Advanced: Legs, Glutes & Core
$ 19.99$ 22.97This lower body core fusion workout focuses on using methods of Pilates, ballet, yoga and barre to shape and firm all areas of the hips, thighs, glutes and core. We...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: PHA Training $ 22.97
Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: PHA Training
$ 22.97There's no time for downtime and in this workout we set out to prove it! In PHA Training you'll alternate from lower body to upper body with very short...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: 5 DVD Bundle $ 79.99
Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: 5 DVD Bundle
$ 79.99No returns accepted for this item Get ready to get Strong and Sweaty! This advanced series is packed with different training methods to shock and challenge your muscles while also...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: Cardio Slam $ 22.97
Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: Cardio Slam
$ 22.97Looking to get a solid, sweaty, high-intensity cardio segment in less than an hour? Then this workout is for you! Prepare yourself for an intense mix of high impact and...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: Total Body Giant Sets
$ 22.97This workout will utilize giant sets to fatigue every muscle group while rep pattern and weight variations keep your heart pumping and your body firing! Each of the six giant...» View full product details -
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Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: Boot Camp
$ 22.97You Can Do Anything for a Minute– I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again! You CAN do anything for a minute! Get ready to breathe heavy as we...» View full product details -
...QUICK VIEW Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: Ramped Up Upper Body $ 22.97
Cathe Friedrich's Strong & Sweaty: Ramped Up Upper Body
$ 22.97It's time to chisel some muscles! This workout will utilize both heavy and lighter weights with varied rep patterns to keep your muscles confused and working at maximum capacity. By...» View full product details