An intimate view of Catherine

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Newest Updates - "The Green Sling Shot Bikini" Gallery and Video

Here are some of the newest images from the members section of my website! "The Green Sling Shot Bikini"....the ULTRA sexy hi-definition video will be posting July 16th, with part 2 posting Sunday, July 18th! Become a member today to see all 30 images and 3.5 minutes of video! www.catherinefitness.com

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Contest Prep Update/Tampa Pro Weekend

Preview from the gallery, "Mirror Image Part 1" (25 photos). Check out "Mirror Image Part 2" (27 photos) and 6 minutes of video from this shoot at www.catherinefitness.com!

3.5 weeks out of the Jacksonville Pro and I'm feeling good about my progress! Definitely feeling more tired and energy is lower, but my workouts are still going amazing. I feel strong as ever and my pumps are crazy good. I'm noticing my body change ever so slightly daily now...harder and leaner in my lower half, and still staying nice and full and round in my upper body. I'm still using my favorite supplement, "Evogen EVP"! I just got the good news that it is now being sold at bodybuilding.com!! It's awesome seeing all of the hard work I put in this last year of a long off-season really pay off! Still some fine tuning to do...downsizing my voluptuous bootay just a lil more, while keeping my upper body full. The running I have been doing the past 2 weeks has been working really well! I actually don't mind my outdoor early morning runs too much. I'm soaked by the end from the humidity, but I don't mind a lil sweat :) At night, I use the Precor 100IT running motion, which has been sparing my joints and low back - just a great machine. I can only handle one pavement pounding per day! Hany just manipulated my diet some over the next few days to incorporate higher fats and lower carbs,; my fats have been very low up until now. Check-ins are now happening daily, keeping a careful eye on my physique, which loves to suddenly drop a bunch of weight on a moment's notice if not careful!

This weekend I will be working the Bodybuilding.com booth at the IFBB Tampa Pro. Stop by for lots of Optimum Nutrition Hydrowhey samples, New flavors of ABB Speed Stack, MRI Black Powder and Pro-Nos, as well as some samples from VPX!

Also, stay tuned for more website updates! 2 new videos and a new gallery posting to the members section of my website: www.catherinefitness.com .

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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 :)

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Bodybuilding.com Booth at the AC weekend

WALT OSTARLY SHOOT - All of my lingerie in this shoot was provided by G-World Intimates - a local distributor in Orlando - thank you! And thank you to Walt and Gina Ostarly for putting together such a quality, professional shoot!

I will be working the Bodybuilding.com Booth at the Arnold Classic Weekend, March 5th -7th! Stop by and say hello if you are at the expo!

I just had an awesome shoot with Walt Ostarly last week, done at his studio in south Florida. We shot for about 7 hours and got some of the most amazing shots I've ever done. The time flew, but man was I exhausted by the end! I will be shooting again with Walt April 20th, next time a beach/swimwear shoot :) I am updating my website with lots of video and pics from this shoot, as well as my Facebook. Add me on Facebook and Twitter if you have not already!

When I am in Columbus, Ohio for the AC Weekend, I am looking forward to shooting with Amir Marandi again. It will be a very busy and fun-filled weekend! Good luck to all of my friends competing in both the Pro and Amateur shows!!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

VPX Booth at NPC Nationals!

Hey everybody, I'll be working the VPX Booth at NPC Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale (Hollywood), FL this Friday and Saturday. Stop by, get some free samples and say hi! Make sure you have your Redline energy drink to get you through the long day! :)

Monday, October 19, 2009

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!!