In a New City & Establishing a New Routine!

Check out more pics of me in my temporary new city by clicking the link below!

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team-blog/my-multi-city-adventure.html

For the past few weeks, I have been adjusting to living in a new city, and with that comes adjusting to a new routine. I have been fortunate to have experienced living in a few different parts of the country over the past 3 years. I love a new environment, different people, different pace of life, different scenery; it's really allowed me to grow both professionally and personally in such great ways. Very soon I will be moving one more time (always prompted by professional/job-related reasons) and staying put for a much longer time, so I am enjoying this adventure of multi-city living while I can! The hardest part for me about moving somewhere new is finding my routine. Anyone who is passionate about health and fitness and truly dedicated 365 days of the year to their fitness goals will tell you that routine is key to staying on track! I have to have my exact time of day that I schedule my workouts, when I prep and pack my food, which gym I am going to on which days (since I sometimes have at least a couple memberships), what's my split, etc. My routine becomes even more important working from home with online clients in order to stay on task and remain productive. Generally it takes me about a week or two after moving to find a daily routine that I am comfortable and satisfied with, and for me, finding this is extremely important in order to eliminate/minimize my own stress levels! Yes, I come across as easy-going and laid back but I can be pretty high strung behind the scenes. Sure it's good to be flexible too, but I can assure that you that any successful personal will tell you that a daily routine and structure is key to their success. I would encourage anyone who is struggling with meeting their goals - whether they be fitness, professional, or personal/emotional related - to take a look at their daily routine. Is there a routine? Do you fall off of the routine completely on weekends? Where are you lacking discipline? I think we all can say we are more productive when we have our daily set schedule. Here is what a typical weekday looks like for me:

6am: Wake up, take fat burners, get dressed and drive to gym

6:30am: Am cardio

7:45am: eat breakfast

8am: take dogs out for am walk

8:30am: answer emails, be active on social networking sites, study for CSCS

10:30am: eat meal #2

10:45am: write and update online training programs, study for CSCS

1:30pm: eat meal #3

2:00pm: walk to grocery store or anywhere else I have errands (I live in a downtown area, so I walk almost everywhere).

3:00pm: write for different blogs and online fitness magazines, edit video for my website and youtube, update my personal website. (Mondays and Fridays I will also do laundry here & other house cleaning chores)

4:00pm: eat meal #4; cook any food for next day needing to be cooked

5:00pm: feed and walk dogs

5:30pm: more email; social networking; drink an energy drink, coffee or take another fat burner

6:30pm: eat meal #5

7pm: drive to gym and workout! Weights and sometimes pm cardio

8:45pm: shower, watch TV, make to-do list for following day

9:30pm: eat last meal, drink some decaf coffee

10:00-10:30pm: Bed!

Weekends

Am cardio and all meals and meal times remain the same. I workout earlier though, usually after meal 2 or 3 and I have a cheat meal Saturday night - yay! The rest of the day I shop, relax and do other errands, more email.

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I Moved!! And how about more Bikini Sling Shot Action?

Training is going great this week. I added in a "Plyo" day last week which absolutely tore my hamstrings and glutes up!! ...in a good way of course :) I also added in more fish to my diet this last week which isn't a bad thing for me since I do love both Tilapia and Orange Roughy. My cardio is staying a little higher, but my calories are also a little higher than normal; I have a few more added fats in my diet as well as fibrous vegetables at 5 of my 6 meals. Last year I think I only had one meal where I ate a serving of veggies during prep!

I actually just posted all of the intricate details of both my workouts and nutrition & supplement program in the Members Section of my website.

I also posted a new gallery - "Ocean Sling" today!! Preview Pic above. View the entire 23 image gallery HERE

And lastly, I did move back to the South East - hurray! So happy to be back where it feels like home. You can read about my move from So Cal here: http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team-blog/cat-has-moved.html

Cardio and Pedi's

Today was a cardio day - double sessions on my favorites - the PreCore 100iT and treadmill. I woke up with my legs absolutely anihilated from training them the day before...SO sore. It took getting through my first 3 meals before they didn't feel sore anymore. But, I was a cardio queen today and KILLED it! Also thanks to my favorite burner - Lipo-6 Hers Black Ultra Concentrate, I had amazing energy for the whole day.

To treat my legs and feet for all of their hard work, I got a pedicure! This wasn't just any pedicure, this was an amazing pedicure. The massage was one of the longest and best I've ever had. It felt amazing on my sore shins and calves. Now my tiny lil toes are all dolled up with "Fiji Paradise" polish color and they feel amazing all soft and smooth and relaxed from their massage :)

What Have I Been Up to??

Ok, so the past 6 months have been crazy busy, between work, a cross-country move and prepping for my first show of the year - the Jacksonville Figure Pro!

I will be tracking my training and journey into the show here, so check back for more updates often!

Catch up with me on my latest blogs via the Vitrix Model Team website:

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team-blog/my-beach-shoot-video.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/my-south-florida-shoot.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/changing-up-my-hair.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/cats-europa-show-blog.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/cats-beach-workout-video.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/running-the-santa-monica-stairs.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/runyon-canyon-climb.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/cats-hot-breakfast.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/my-night-on-the-town.html

http://www.vitrixmodelteam.com/team/blog/about-my-red-satin-set.html

Latest Updates to end 2010 with an, "Oh Yes!"

Added New video 12/30/10 "Blue Bikini Shoot"
On the set of my glamorous and ultra sexy Vegas shoot!
View the Video HERE

Added New video & Gallery 12/23/10 "Fit Friends Collection -
Bernadette Mattasa, Teases and Taunts" with her gold leopard print bikini; this girl knows how to work the video camera. Meet her very up close and personal!
View the Video and Gallery HERE

Added New video 12/26/10
"Heavy Dumbbell Snatches and Judo Throws!"
Watch me Snatch 60 lb dumbbells, then transition into Judo Throws. What's a Judo Throw? Watch and see...it's fast, powerful and explosive. I'm having a very productive off-season and feeling stronger than ever!
View the Training Video HERE

Added New video 12/28 "The Lil Cherry Bikini, Part 2"
Even more playful, sexy, fun and enticing :)
View the Sexy Lil Video HERE

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Leopard Panties and More Updates!

12/16 Added New gallery "Leopard Panties"

It's amazing how a little leopard changes a woman's whole demeanor...see the dramatically sexy and captivating photos and video HERE.

"Bondage, Part 2" Gallery added 12/12
And "Bondage" Video added 11/29
View the Bondage video and gallery HERE

Added New Gallery (12/10) "Lil Cherry Bikini"

sexy, playful and fun...do you like cherries?

View the Cherry Bikini Gallery HERE

"Fit Friends Collection - Playboy Buff Bunny,Megan Avalon"

New Video Added (12/14 ) Watch Megan and her muscular, curvaceous body in this ultra sexy video. High definition video with lots of close-ups!

View Megan's Video HERE

Recent Shoots, LIVE Video Broadcasts & a Move!

October 19th shoot with Walt...California Girl!! Soon to be very soon ;) Lots more amazing photos and very different galleries and videos. "Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things"...can't wait to share all the new stuff!

From my galleriey "Look Into the Mirror" (10/18)

Look into the Mirror - there are 2 of me in this shoot! You get to see me from all angles at the same time ;) - Walt Ostarly photos

AND THE VIDEO! Posted 10/20 and 10/22

"All angles, all access, and Me times two = Pure Ecstasy."

Walt Ostarly Videos

New gallery "Silver Bikini"10/15/2010

Oh so glamorous and sexy! From one of my Las Vegas 2010 Olympia shoots...

Hope Parr photos (17 images)

This past month has been full of photo shoots and they are all waiting for you (galleries and LOTS of high-definition video) only at: www.catherinefitness.com. I broadcasted my last photo shoot on the 19th LIVE through my website from 4pm to 8:30pm. You can view these video feeds FREE when you are a member at www.catherinefitness.com - JOIN NOW!

I have packed up all of my things, loaded them on a moving truck and I am headed back to the West Coast - yay!! This time to Southern California. I'll be out there in just a week!

Jacksonville Pro and Dallas Europa Pro Recap

Me and the girls - LOVE them!! L-R: Kristin Nunn, Terri Turner, Julie Ann Kulla, ME

Backstage at the Dallas Europa

Dallas Europa August 13-14

Back needs to come way up!! Love my glutes and lower half, esp the conditioning - never been this good! But, I know my glutes can still reduce in size a little. For whatever reason, I build muscle in my glutes SO easily!!

Jacksonville Figure Pro, August 6-7th

If I told you the sheer amounts of food it takes to fill out my muscles, you might not believe me. Day of the show alone, over 20 oz. of fillet steak, over 20 oz red potatoes, almost 300g of a fast digesting carb drink...I still had room to be fuller LOL But, this was by far my best year physique-wise yet!

It's been one week since the whirlwind of back-to-back shows and I am finally getting a chance to sit down, relax and blog on my mini vacation in Hilton Head Island, SC! First off, I had a blast at both shows, even though I did not place at either. I truly just enjoy competing, and I treasure the friendships I have made along the way because of it. There has been more business opportunities that have opened up for me over the past couple of years through competing and being at shows than if I had chosen to just stay at home. I also love and appreciate the journey of competing far more than the short amount of time I get to stand on stage (although if you choose to compete at shows with 30+ girls, then at least your time on stage is prolonged LOL). I love to train really hard and I love to shape and refine my body. The fun and satisfaction for me comes out of making positive changes to my physique, that I am happy with, every time I step on stage. It was incredibly special for me to receive so much positive feedback on the great improvements I made to my Figure physique this year. I was over 6lbs heavier and I was leaner this year on stage! But, I also took a full year off from contest prep to make these changes. It was just about exactly a year of an off-season before I started a full-on contest prep again. My goal for my next contest is to add 3 lbs of muscle to my upper body - primarily my back. I would like to keep my legs and lower half pretty much the same size and conditioning, but just bring up more width and thickness through my back and shoulders to match my lower half. And now the fun of making changes begins!! I most likely will not compete again until spring of 2011. In order for me to make more changes, I need a good several months outside of prep. I will continue to do photo and video shoots monthly, and I will also be working for bodybuilding.com at the Olympia. Make sure to check out my progress there: http://my.bodybuilding.com/photos/view/type/progress

Follow my training progress, along with my photo shoots on my YouTube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Catherine+Holland&aq=f

Check back for more updates!

Summer Updates!

Shoulder Training at 7 weeks out from Jax Pro
With my friend Tiff at the NPC Mid Florida - a fun night passing out awards!...sporting a Fantasy Tan glow too :)

Jason and I took a Bahama cruise end of April, right before I started contest prep. The perfect end to a great off-season :)

Crazy how time flies by so fast and I realize my last post was before the AC weekend! I have a new business going, which is taking off so fast it's keeping me very busy! It's a mobile airbrush tanning business in the greater Orlando area. I use Fantasy Tan airbrushing systems and products for the most even, flawless, natural looking tan you can imagine! The website is: http://www.tropicaltans2go.com/.

I'm still training clients and holding outdoor women's bootcamps. I have such a good clientele - dedicated and motivated, it's the best! Even despite the summer heat, the outdoor bootcamps are going strong. Nothing wrong with sweating a little more :)

I am 6.5 weeks out of the Jacksonville Pro. I began prep almost 6 weeks ago and I feel really good about where I am at. It's been a LONG off-season of rebuilding and reshaping for my next appearance on the pro stage, but I can see now it was worth it. It's not that I wanted to be absent from the stage this long (hard to be that patient!), it just was necessary. My body needed a lot of heavy, volume training. I hit back and legs twice a week, shoulders once. I had a very healthy and fit off-season, staying close but not too close to contest weight. Cardio I kept at 5x/week and had 2 cheat meals a week. Once I started prep, my diet was being manipulated pretty much weekly, and cheat meals are given as needed (which is still double chicken burrito from Chipotle with a bag of chips!). My cardio was up'd significantly the first 2.5-3 weeks (twice a day), but now has been reduced more than in half (once a day). My body gets to a point where it just wants to start dropping weight VERY quickly, so it was time to pull back on the reigns. Good news is, this prep is flying by and my energy is really good!

I have another shoot with Walt Ostarly next week...lots of video and galleries will be posting to the member's section of my website from that next month. I have new training videos posted in both the member's section of my website and YouTube, so check them out :)

Jr. Nationals Weekend in Chicago

Go Terri, Go Terri! Terri won Class D and the Overall - yay!!!! You like her suit?? ;) It has winning vibes all over it now! My shirt is from Ana Tigre's new clothing line - so many cute ones to choose from!!
You can kinda see the massive carrot cake Ana Tigre had waiting for us all after the show...you can't see the massive deep dish pizza we tore into after the show. You'd think I had been competing or something...SUCH a fun night!!

Good job to our client Ryan Everson!! She placed 12th in class D at her second ever national show. Ryan has made a huge transformation since working with us beginning in May of 2008. She will be going onto the USA's in 4.5 weeks!

Ryan, getting her sexy hair all done up for the show :)

Good job to our client Becky Youngberg! She has made AMAZING improvements to her physique over the past 6 months she has been with us. She is a tall class girl, hard worker and one of the sweetest people I know. Becky will also be in Vegas for the USA's.

I love Jr. Nationals in Chicago; I always have! The venue is awesome, and it's Chicago. Almost everyone from the industry is bound to be there, and the competitor showing is always huge. Just a fun, fun show to be at! My first ever national show took place here in 2006, where I placed 9th. 2007, I placed 12th, and the next year I got my pro card :) No matter what my placing was the 3 seasons I competed nationally, I always had a blast in Chicago. Maybe it was the convenient venue itself, maybe it's because it was my first national show ever, or maybe it's the amazing pizza...I think it's a combination of everything. Whatever the case, it will forever hold a special place in my heart! Congratulations Terri!! You did it! You worked your butt off for this, and I admire your perseverance and work ethic. You deserve everything good! I love you girl! Check out Terri in this month's issue of Flex Magazine - HOT!!!

We returned home Sunday night to 92 degree weather...our boot camp ladies love us even more right now..hahahaha, riiiiight :)