The Catalyst

Our weekly preview of Catalyst workouts ahead, and "Should Every Workout Be Hard?" https://catalystgym.com/motivational/every-workout-hard/

Every week, I preview our group workouts ahead, and share one lesson from my 30 years coaching fitness. This week: The top 3 exercises for adults over 50

What to do between workouts, and the week ahead in our group programming!

How shortcuts hurt your health And the week's workouts ahead!

Optimizing, not pulverizing And our week's programming ahead!

10 Steps to Make Yourself Happier, and our weekly workouts ahead!

How I Meditate (The Easy Way) and the week ahead in our workouts!

The Pareto Principle And this week's programming!

Today: Habit Stacking and a preview of this week's program!

Why We Don't Use (Many) Machines: https://catalystgym.com/uncategorized/why-we-dont-use-many-machines/ And our weekly group programming!

Our weekly programming, and How to Get Your Kid to Exercise

The Benefits of Partner Workouts AND our week ahead at the gym!

Turning flaws Into Gold ...and our week ahead!

The 3 Types of Diets And your weekly Catalyst program!

How To Survive a Heart Attack And this week's Catalyst program!

- **Understanding Zone 1**: Zone 1 is characterized as being active but not necessarily exercising. This concept is crucial because most of our daily lives are spent in a passive state where we consume continuously—watching Netflix, scrolling through phone content, driving while absorbing advertising, and consuming sugary foods. Gradually, these activities start to consume us instead. - **The Prob...

Every person needs a goal, a plan and someone to hold them to the plan. Today, I'm going to tell you how to do all three. Our Daily Catalyst is a free daily workout (and more) to improve your health. You can do it in an hour or less. Book with one of our coaches to get YOUR plan. https://catalystgym.com/daily-catalyst/

How can you calculate your max heart rate or your heart-rate zones and use them to optimize your training? In today's episode of The Catalyst, Mike Watson takes you through three different ways to find your maximum heart rate. The methods range from "no expensive equipment required" all the way to metabolic testing in your local gym or fitness facility. For more information visit ht...

If you know what Orangetheory is, you're probably assuming Catalyst's model is exactly the same. But that's not the case. The difference is that Orangetheory is a franchise. In the fitness industry, good franchises can work. But their model must be efficient and generalized, not prescriptive.  Catalyst isn't a franchise.  In today's episode, Chris Cooper explains why Catal...

The Catalyst Method: why—and how—does it evolve so frequently? In any good business, you need to change your method whenever you find a better way to fulfill your mission and help your clients. In today's episode of The Catalyst, Chris Cooper explains the mission-model-method concept and what the "three M's" mean for his gym. He also explores his personal business philosophy an...

Vaughn Smith is a competitive fitness athlete who used to have one speed: all out. When he started feeling poorly after endless bouts of hard training, he started looking for a better way and discovered heart-rate training. But he was scared: If he slowed down in training, would he perform well in competition? In this episode of The Catalyst, coach Mike Watson talks to Vaughn about how training op...

Metabolic training is essential—but so is strength training. In this episode of The Catalyst, Chris Cooper explains exactly how strength work fits into the Catalyst Method. The benefits of building and maintaining strength are undeniable: You'll maintain independence later in life, preserve muscle mass, avoid injury, improve your mood and be able to do all the fun things that make life wonder...

On today's episode of The Catalyst, Chris Cooper explains how you can find your maximum heart rate and use it to achieve optimal results in training. He also explores intensity levels and heart-rate zones so you understand the importance of each of the five training zones.   What can smart training and knowing your limits do for you? More info at Catalystgym.com. 00:15  - How to find max hear...

Interested in heart-rate training but don't know where to start? This is the show for you. On this episode of the The Catalyst, Chris Cooper provides a concise, informative overview of what heart-rate training is and how you can obtain your max heart rate. Then he goes over each of the five zones, presenting training principles, benefits and advice for success. For more info, visit Catalyst G...

How often do you need to work out? That's the question Chris Cooper answers today on The Catalyst.  To provide the complete picture, Chris presents the evolution of the Catalyst Method over the last two decades. The current plan for optimal health and fitness has clients doing strength work and heart-rate training, both under the eyes of a coach and as "homework" on their own when a...