Off-Season Training Update

Training at my gym, Gold's Gym Dr. Phillips, Orlando, FL

My off-season training is going great, and has been really productive! I'm up almost 20 lbs since my pro debut at the Orlando Europa in mid-April, and I feel great. It's been a gradual weight increase, in order to keep it very solid. I never gained more than a 1lb a week, and some weeks my weight held steady. I'm stronger than ever and eating a lot of clean food - 6 - 7 meals a day, about 2700 calories worth each day (about 350 grams of carbs a day! Woohoo!). I have my weekly cheat meal on the weekends, and pancakes w/regular syrup one morning mid-week with my egg whites, so no, I am not deprived at all LOL My goal this off-season has been to bring up my shoulders, legs and BACK...wait, that sounds like my whole body! :) It's working though; I keep getting told I look a lot more shapely and full and round through my muscle bellies - yay! Still getting there though ;) I'm training legs 2x a week, back 2x a week, and lots of volume on shoulder days. I'm weight training 5-6 times a week, doing 30 minutes of cardio 3-5 times a week, mostly on the spin bike and some step mill - all steady state, keeping my HR around 145 bpm.

I miss not being on stage this fall, but I had some gaps to fill in on my physique. I've always been an athlete and a competitor, so I really don't ever want to step on stage not feeling like I could be ranked in the top 5. I do love competing, and there are so many fun aspects of competing, but I want to be at my very best the next time I hit the stage. Come January, we'll make the decision as to where I will begin my 2010 season. Can't wait!!

Olympia 2009

Working the VPX booth with an awesome group of ladies!
My girl, Krissy, and I at the expo

Adrien, Nicole, Kristin Nunn and myself at the ever crowded VPX booth!

My man stopping by to see me :)

Nicole and Jack Owoc - Owner of VPX

Camila Rodriguez - New IFBB Fitness Pro

At dinner Saturday night with IFBB Figure Pros Krissy Chin and Meriza DeGuzman

Jason and I headed to the finals then to the Weider after-party at MIX

Awesome view from MIX

Cat Holland at the VPX Booth!

I will be working at the VPX booth this next weekend at the Olympia in Vegas, Sept. 24-25th. Stop by and say hi if you are attending the expo!

Big Updates for Catherinefitness.com!

Well into my off-season prep (taken September 16th)! Loving my training!

Lots of updates to make! The past few weeks, I have been making some updates to my website, www.catherinefitness.com. Make sure visit and enter in your email address for a FREE weekly picture! Also, it is now only $2.95 to join my website! I am bringing back the weekly chat feature to my website, now that I have a better internet provider! This will be a great opportunity to interact with me LIVE each week!

A little training update - it's going awesome! Stronger than ever and loving my diet and workouts. To see more of my training - videos and journal - become a member of my website for a low low price! You can also ask me any questions related to training, lifts/exericses, diet or whatever else you have on your mind, on the message board of my website. Another great place for personalized interaction!

I will be holding off on competing until 2010. The plan as of a month ago was to compete at the Sacramento Pro, November 7th. However, with my off-season training going so well, I have decided to continue reconstructing my physique in order to be at my best the next time I hit the stage. The first of January, the decision for which show I will start at will be determined.

August Show Appearances

Tana Gabrielle and I working the Bodybuilding.com booth at the Tamp Pro show...giving Bob a lil feel - LOL

The first weekend in August we drove the 1.5 hours up to Jacksonville for Dexter Jackson's, Jacksonville Pro Show, and to cheer on our fitness friends that were competing. Congrats to Jess, Erin and Jenny for your O qualifications! And...I just have to say congrats to my friend, Krissy Chin, for placing 2nd at the Europa last weekend as well as Meriza DeGuzman for getting her O qualification! ....The following weekend was spent at Tim Gardner's Tampa Pro show, where I worked for bodybuilding.com! This was a very fun weekend. Not only did I get to represent a top notch company, but our little booth crew was awesome. Tana Gabrielle was awesome to work with and made the two days just fly by! It's no wonder this pretty little fitness model is so loved in the fitness industry :) A down to earth and FUNNY sweetheart!! ....Tomorrow we will be at Deke Warner's Florida State show here in Orlando, cheering on some of our friends from the gym!

USA's Weekend/ Jacksonville Pro

Terri and I working the MRI booth together July 24-25th. Such a fun weekend! Crazy busy, but fun!
Congratulations to our client Ryan Everson!! Ryan placed 3rd in Class D.

Ryan is the Amateur Fitness Competitor of the Week on Bodybuilding.com: http://www.bodybuilders.com/fitness.htm

Pam and Casey getting ready to hit the stage!

Terri, Krissy and me...our booths were right next to one another! How lucky were we??

Phil Heath, guest posing w/Troy Alves, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, and Dexter Jackson at the Jacksonville Pro August 1st. Most of these guys are 8 weeks out of the Olympia! (cameral phone pic!)

Jason and Phil talking diet and nutrition (camera phone pic! haha)

Jenny Lynn and me at the Jacksonville Pro (camera phone pic too - sorry!)

*More Pics from Jacksonville coming soon!*

My Vacation to Hawaii

Jason and I at Ko Olina, Oahu...just before heading down to Waikiki for some shopping and dinner!
The North Shore after parasailing

Look how high up we are! The view was amazing!! Mountains and crystal clear water with an on-going shore line...didn't want to come down!

No hands! We're flying!! ...Sorta!

Isn't this one of the coolest trees you've ever seen?? I go crazy over the birds and the trees! So many cool looking trees in Hawaii

Golfing at Ko Olina golf course - Michelle Wie's home golf course. I sat this round out...it's really really hard and I'm really not that good. I saved everyone the misery. I did play at Makaha and only picked up my ball a few times! LOL But hey, I can crush it off the tee...that is, when I make a good connection...

Black Swans!! They were all over this picturesque golf course

Can you tell he played on the pro golf tour? He hasn't played for a year, then came out and shot 77 for 18 holes....and he "played terribly"...riiiiiiiiiight, babe!!!!

This was the view from our lanai. Ate breakfast every morning with this amazing view...the sunsets were breathtaking

This is one of the pools, viewed from our lanai

One of the very few times we "layed out" by the pool. Niether of us are very good at this! Too ADD! LOL I prefered swimming in the lagoons, but the pool was pretty nice too.

The only pictures I didn't get, (but I have someone sending me some that was with us) are of the dolphins that swam RIGHT up next to our little skimmer boat that shuttled us out to the parasailing boat. They were almost close enough to touch as they would jump out of the water right next to us and smack it with their nose. There were at least 12 of them swimming alongside of the boat. It was a truly amazing experience, and it gave me chills watching such a beautiful and wonderous site!!

It was a long, 10 hour flight to Honolulu, but it was SO worth it! The trip was soley for vacation, no work, no shows, just vacation! - something J and I haven't done in well over a year. We easily could have stayed another week. So sad to leave :( But it was a wonderful time to decompress, relax, enjoy life and in so doing we came home so refreshed and renewed! There is no place like Hawaii!