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Old 03-02-15, 09:34 AM  
suzannaerin
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Cathe Live

I'm tempted to subscribe to Cathe Live, now there is a decent collection of workouts on the site. Currently, we have DSL, haven't upgraded yet. The slow speed streaming seems to work fine on my iPad. I occasionally have issues with SBF steaming, but resetting the DSL box usually clears it up.

I'm have no interest in Cathe's on demand, too pricey. The Live service looks good, tho.

Comments, reviews from folks who suscribe(d)?
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Old 03-02-15, 09:58 AM  
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I LOVE IT!
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Old 03-02-15, 12:04 PM  
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Cathe's OnDemand is a steal at $19.99 a month. I don't know of anyone else who offers the variety and quality of workouts Cathe does for that price. It includes the Live workouts as well.

I like the Live workouts a lot, and will sub them for similar things in rotations. She's funny and makes mistakes - Imax Live has a few bloopers. It's fun. Is it worth the cost for the Live workouts alone? Probably, especially as it's easy to stop if you decide it's not worth it.
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Old 03-02-15, 12:22 PM  
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I also love Live. I do at least 1-2 of the workouts per week. I think that Cathe on Demand is a great price - I just don't subscribe because I own all of her DVDs.
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Old 03-02-15, 01:40 PM  
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I subscribe to Cathe Live but not On Demand (as I own all her dvds as well). I LOVE it! It's just like taking a gym class with Cathe, she's unscripted and fun! She usually announces what class she is filming on Wednesday and the equipment needed for people who do the "live" version with her. I'm at work so I usually do the recorded workout later.

There are 40 classes to choose from now (I believe, or close to it). Lots of variety to choose from too. I have a couple of favorites on there that I would love for her to do as a dvd release because they are that good.

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Old 03-02-15, 03:34 PM  
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Add me to the group who LOVE Cathe Live!!! I don't need her On Demand feature either since I have so many of her workouts on dvd.

There are two choices of featured streaming: high quality or low quality. I have better luck with the low quality feature. So far, there's just been one time when the streaming didn't work adequately for me since I joined in November and I use the site 2-3x/week. (That's saying a lot since I subscribe to other sites and I have had a lot more issues with them).

The classes that have step choreography are my least favorite (since step is not my thing), but thankfully, there's not that many! There are lots of metabolic-type workouts (that sometimes use the step and other equipment as props--which is fine in my book, but nothing like tons of equipment like some of her other w/o's include!), high/low cardio, HiiT, kickboxing (sometimes mixed with barre), weights, cycling, core and one of the classes even includes some yoga moves! Even Al and Amanda are in a couple classes which is cool, but the thing I like the most about Live is that Cathe is just so laid back and FUN!!! She relies on one of the participants (Debbie) that's in about every class who reminds me a lot of Cedie...always has the right count and doesn't miss a rep, to help her keep count. Cathe sometimes messes up the cueing or whatever, but I've grown to love the spontaneity of the classes and that they aren't so "polished". It just gives me more of a relaxed feeling when I'm working out with her. Just this morning I did Cathe's Low Impact HiiT Circuit Live workout in which I had lower energy and it also seemed Cathe had low energy as well (since she was walking around a lot instead of doing the reps with us). Ya don't see that on the RwH dvd's, or ANY of her dvd's for that matter, LOL!!

Funny as it may seem, all the classes are different enough from each other that they're all FUN and not the same thing every week, IMO. Most classes range from 41 min. to 60 min. There's one class that's 71 min. I agree with Kathy G, I would love to have some of these classes put on a dvd!!!

I guess one downfall of doing live classes instead of a dvd (as with any streaming site) would be that you don't have access to premixes or the option to play your own music. However, I made a note in my log of a few classes where she breaks to do heavy bag work, barre or the like that I can stop the class to add on a yoga workout or whatever, if I don't wish to do the whole thing, so YMMV.

So far, adding Cathe Live to my streaming expenses has been worth every penny!! And I still don't have the desire to put it on hold!! Maybe in a month or two when I get more active outside I'll put it on hold, but I'm having a blast in the mean time!

HTH!

ETA: One of the gals on Cathe's forum posted this reference Live list which explains all the classes, equipment needed, etc. I found it very helpful even though it may not be totally up-to-date:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...A-A/edit?pli=1
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Old 03-13-15, 12:56 PM  
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I love Cathe Live. Cathe has a great personality and her dvds are fantastic, but her personality shines very bright in her live classes. She is easy going, energetic and encouraging. I like that she addresses all her students by name when she walks around. Also when she makes a mistake she laughs at herself and keeps going. The $10.00 a month is well worth it IMO. I did describe to the library but I was not using it so I cancelled that portion of my subscription.
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Old 03-13-15, 01:12 PM  
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I am not subscribing at the moment, but agree that Cathe Live is great! As other have said the workouts are really good, Cathe's demeanor is lots of fun, and it's great to see a variety of kick-butt fit women (and the occasional man - yeah Al!). It's really good value, I think.

(In Canada Telus just changed the method of charging for our home internet service. We are now capped at a particular level (depending on the plan), and we will get charged if we go over that amount! In the past our speed might slow down over a certain level of data usage, but we weren't charged! Geesh! I am going to have to re-think streaming! One-time downloads will really be the most attractive option.)
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Old 03-13-15, 01:59 PM  
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List of Classes for Cathe Live???

Is there a listing of classes/description offered for the Cathe live streaming? I'm sure it changes daily but, I wish I could see what is available at any given time. I just bought a spin bike and would love to know if she has any spinning classes. I also like Body Pump, TurboKick and Step (which I am guessing she has this since she is the queen of step).
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Old 03-13-15, 03:42 PM  
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Is there a listing of classes/description offered for the Cathe live streaming? I'm sure it changes daily but, I wish I could see what is available at any given time. I just bought a spin bike and would love to know if she has any spinning classes. I also like Body Pump, TurboKick and Step (which I am guessing she has this since she is the queen of step).
I have a MS word document of all of the Cathe Live classes, the descriptions and the equipment needed. If you PM me I can send it to you.

There are two Cathe Live spin classes
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