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Catherine Carter

Catherine Carter, a health administrator from Chicago, IL has held positions in the health and wellness industry for 21 years. A designer of consumer resource centers for hospitals and corporations in the 1990's, Carter traveled the US and Canada organizing media centers, choosing for clients the best resources in book, audio, video and software about topics of self care, disease management, work/family, and fitness. Health information resource gathering on parenting, cancers, aging, exercise, time management, nutrition, and childbirth led to an increasing desire to discover all that was needed to create total health.

An administrator at Bob Gajda's (Mr. USA '65 & Mr. America '66) sports rehabilitation clinic, Health Plus Network, Northbrook, IL, Carter expanded her career interests in 2000 to become  certified in SuperSlow strength training, working with Chicago's North Shore legend Bill Bodle at his exclusive facility in Highwood, IL, and with John Colman in Fountain Hills, AZ.

Carter opened SuperSlow of Scottsdale in March, 2001,  the first (and thus far only) licensed facility in Arizona, and the studio is now an education center for students studying the protocol.   The studio maintains a distraction free exercise environment; offering one-on-one strength training in which instructors employ the 10/10 protocol of high intensity exercise. "Our clients range from 11-82 years of age and are living proof that with SuperSlow high intensity  exercise, tremendous strength and conditioning benefits are produced in only 2-half-hour sessions a week. Our clients come from as far as Tucson and Flagstaff to work with us.  Students observe and study with our instructors to garner the very best example of teaching the SuperSlow protocol. "

Other Affiliations:

Carter is a former member of the National Association of Women's Health Professionals (NAWHP), a member of the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce,  a judge for Health Information MediaMature Market Media Awards Program, Libertyville, IL, and has written for The Health Promotion Practitioner, Midland, MI.

Carter holds a degree in Business Admin. from Marymount College, with continuing education in Human Resources, Dance, Kinesiology, and Software.
Dan Carter

My experience with high-intensity strength training began in the late 1970s after being introduced to Nautilus philosophy and exercise equipment by a friend. I was spending 6 hours weekly with conventional strength training techniques, wondering why my progress had stopped. I began reading the works of Nautilus creator Arthur Jones, and researcher Dr. Ellington Darden. Intrigued by their claims that 90 minutes of weekly exercise using revolutionary Nautilus machines would produce 3 times the results of other techniques, I began driving the 2 hour round trip to the closest Nautilus facility in Marion, Indiana. The concept worked, helping me, a skinny 22 year old, gain close to 100 pounds of muscle in 2 years.

In the early 1980s, I introduced a previous business partner to Nautilus. He was so impressed that he asked my help with equipment selection and a name for his new business venture, which became the first Nautilus “All Sports Fitness Center” in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since then, I’ve enjoyed introducing countless individuals to the benefits of high-intensity strength training.

In 2000, having lost track of Nautilus, sold by Arthur Jones in 1986, I decided to see what had become of the company. My search led me to SuperSlow and its creator, Ken Hutchins. Ken has evolved the Nautilus philosophy and exercise equipment into a process so efficient it now requires only 40 minutes of weekly exercise to produce even greater results. I promptly purchased his SuperSlow Manual and videos to begin studying for SuperSlow Certification. In 2001, I spent 11 days in Florida with Ken Hutchins, completing 3 levels of SuperSlow certification. Level-I Certification involves the many instructional skills, which make SuperSlow Instructors unique. Level-II includes equipment design, comparison photography, motor learning principles, and anatomy. And Master Certification is an appointment by Ken, giving authority to administer Level-I Certification. This process was one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences in my life.

After more than 22 years of evangelizing the rewards of high-intensity strength training, I have been fascinated by results experienced by those who dare to challenge their bodies to improve. The SuperSlow protocol provides a detailed process with which to apply proper exercise for each individual. I have been so impressed with this process that I ended a 22-year career with a Fortune 500 company to become a Master SuperSlow Exercise Specialist.