I'm Feeling the Cathe Love!
For ages I did almost nothing but Cathe, but we drifted apart the last few years. I stopped pre-ordering after Shock Cardio and I didn't even buy her workouts the last few years. Then the new series was available for pre-order and they sounded good. I almost canceled at the last minute but they told me I had to re-submit my CC info and during the time I was exchanging emails, I changed my mind. And then some lovely VFer posted about the XTrain series on sale at Collage and I went for that too. Anyway, now I'm doing an XTrain rotation and am totally into Cathe again. I know some people really love the old workouts and I do too. But I really like this new, slightly rounder and less well-cut, gracefully aging, more moderate Cathe. She used to be such an incredibly toned Energizer Bunny that she made me feel a little inadequate. The new, (IMO) improved Cathe seems to have a few limitations and even admits she's out of breath when I'm gasping for air myself. And I'm so glad she's acknowledged that some of us need low-impact, at least some of the time. With the old Cathe, I felt like EVERY single workout was going to be super-intense; now I feel like I can alternate the toughies with some that aren't quite so over-the-top. IMO, no instructor consistently combines great workouts, great sets, great backgrounders, great music, and great cuing like Cathe. Sure, there's things she could do better, but for a variety of well-thought-out workouts, she certainly is one of the top in the industry.
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