Cathe preorder is up - Page 2

Peggy T · 03-01-13, 10:58 AM

What is the advantage to buying the downloads in addition to the DVDs? Can't you just copy the DVD to your computer?

mtngoat · 03-01-13, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Peggy T

What is the advantage to buying the downloads in addition to the DVDs? Can't you just copy the DVD to your computer?

You can use her downloads in the Workout Blender. You can make the DVD premixes this way, as well as mixes using downloads from other Cathe workouts. (If you mix really old workouts with new ones it doesn't always work smoothly - they are encrypted differently). In other words, you can add firewalker tabatas to everything! (or is that just me?

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I'm torn this time! I can't decide between buying just the downloads, or downloads + DVDs.

FitBoop · 03-01-13, 11:07 AM

I ordered. Cathe's workouts are the ones I reach for the most. You can't go wrong with the pre-sale price and free shipping.

cooldham · 03-01-13, 11:24 AM

I didn't order the last one and I didn't really like the low impact series... but this one sounds great, like classic Cathe. I ordered!

Peggy T · 03-01-13, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mtngoat

You can use her downloads in the Workout Blender. You can make the DVD premixes this way, as well as mixes using downloads from other Cathe workouts. (If you mix really old workouts with new ones it doesn't always work smoothly - they are encrypted differently). In other words, you can add firewalker tabatas to everything! (or is that just me?

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Where do you get the Workout Blender? Is it basically a playlist for video files?

isebelleg44 · 03-01-13, 11:42 AM

No brainer for me...ordered.

Pam61 · 03-01-13, 11:53 AM

I can't believe I'm going to actually pass on a Cathe preorder. I still haven't opened X-Train yet.

The only one that sounds interesting to me is FlexTrain (which is supposed to be like Power Hour and Supercuts.)

I have enough Cathe to last me for a lifetime. What more do I need? Surely not another Greatest Hits Vol. 1 workout!

Pam

mtngoat · 03-01-13, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Peggy T

Where do you get the Workout Blender? Is it basically a playlist for video files?

You download the Workout Blender from Cathe's site. You can use the Workout Blender to choose different chapters from Cathe's downloads - it then compiles them into a single file.

You could do a similar thing with playlists, but it would take a lot of time to break each workout by chapters into separate files (but I haven't really looked to see if any of the programs (such as Handbrake) let you do this - they could).

Cathe's new workouts have obviously been designed with the Workout Blender in mind - the chapters are very short, and using playlists could be unwieldy.

Downsides: I have had good luck with the Workout Blender - others have not. Also, it takes quite a bit of hard drive space. (IIRC twice the space of the file you are creating - maybe more for the actual processing.)

A-Bot · 03-01-13, 12:13 PM

Has anyone heard Cathe mention anything about the level of these compared to Xtrain. . to be honest, I was kinnda disappointed in the intensity of Xtrain overall. I am not complaining about the fact that she made xtrain the level she did - I just wish there was some indicator for us ahead of time . .

Peggy T · 03-01-13, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mtngoat

You download the Workout Blender from Cathe's site. You can use the Workout Blender to choose different chapters from Cathe's downloads - it then compiles them into a single file.

Thank you! I may get the downloads. I am looking on her site, and I don't see any other w/o's available as downloads. Is it just this series?
Never mind! Google to the rescue! It is a completely different website for the downloads. You'd think she would have a link to it...

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03-01-13, 10:58 AM
Peggy T VF Supporter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Virginia	What is the advantage to buying the downloads in addition to the DVDs? Can't you just copy the DVD to your computer? __________________ Peg If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers

03-01-13, 11:07 AM
FitBoop VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001	I ordered. Cathe's workouts are the ones I reach for the most. You can't go wrong with the pre-sale price and free shipping.

03-01-13, 11:24 AM
cooldham Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NC	I didn't order the last one and I didn't really like the low impact series... but this one sounds great, like classic Cathe. I ordered! __________________ "I have to work for what I deserve."

03-01-13, 11:42 AM
isebelleg44 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Massachusetts	No brainer for me...ordered. __________________ The first wealth is health – Emerson Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. ~Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson

03-01-13, 11:53 AM
Pam61 VF Supporter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Ocean State!	I can't believe I'm going to actually pass on a Cathe preorder. I still haven't opened X-Train yet. The only one that sounds interesting to me is FlexTrain (which is supposed to be like Power Hour and Supercuts.) I have enough Cathe to last me for a lifetime. What more do I need? Surely not another Greatest Hits Vol. 1 workout! Pam __________________ Pam April Focus: Linda Stejskal Wooldridge (Barlates) Dean Pohlman (Man Flow Yoga) April 8th Everyday Yoga Four Week Challenge Jessica Smith Cardio Walks/Pilates Fusion Lee Holden Qi Gong 30 Day Challenge

03-01-13, 12:13 PM
A-Bot VF Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010	Has anyone heard Cathe mention anything about the level of these compared to Xtrain. . to be honest, I was kinnda disappointed in the intensity of Xtrain overall. I am not complaining about the fact that she made xtrain the level she did - I just wish there was some indicator for us ahead of time . . __________________ - Ali "Fitness is like evolution - you walk before you run, you jump before you fly" - Michael Olajide Jr.