Catt Tripoli

Catt Tripoli, is a former professional bodybuilder who has been involved in the health and fitness field for over 46 years. She has been the owner and creative force behind four gyms, including 5th St. Fitness, Body Central, Fusion Fitness and PowerHouse Gym in Santa Rosa, CA

Bodybuilding saved Catt’s life; through dedicated practice, she gained not only outer strength, but an inner resilience that transcends sport. 

Raised in an apocryphal religious belief system that severely restricts its members’ involvement with the world outside, Catt found the courage to break away and seek her own way. Once she found bodybuilding, she rose quickly through the amateur ranks, earning her pro card by winning the overall title at the Ms Universe competition in Singapore in 1986. In 1988 she won the Ms. International contest, the highlight of her professional bodybuilding career. She has been featured on the covers of Muscle Development and Muscle & Fitness magazines, as well as several international fitness publications in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Greece. She was only the second woman to be featured on the cover of Flex, bodybuilding’s premier magazine. 

But there’s much more to the story. As she turned towards using her expertise in the field of coaching, she began studying with Native America teachers, leading her to dive deeply into what it means to be in a human suit and the relationship to the Whole. When we bring our full awareness into the gym, rather than numbing out, workouts become transformative, in ways that are not simply about the physical body. This is the subject of her award-winning book, Conscious Fitness: Strength Training for the Evolution of Body, Mind, and Spirit. (Bull Terrier Press 2016) 

For decades, Catt honed her craft, an integrated mind-body-spirit approach to health and fitness that draws from such disparate sources as ballet, hypnosis, yoga, Western science, Native wisdom and, of course, bodybuilding. Catt’s exploration continues. As a practitioner of both Clinical Hypnotherapy and Craniosacral therapy, she brings a healer’s heart to her clients, as they discover together how the seemingly “crude” sport of bodybuilding informs how the mind and spirit affect the body and vice-versa. And in her personal life she is on a constant quest to understand more about the relationship between consciousness, performance excellence, healing and health. She now wishes to share what she has learned. 

Catt lives gratefully in Northern California with her two bull terriers. Enzo and Cannoli.

Partial Contest history:

• * 1985 California Championship 4th (HW)
• 1985 AAU Ms. America - 1st (medium)
• 1985 NPC Nationals - 4th (HW)
• 1985 NPC Tournament of Champions - 1st (HW & Overall)
• 1986 NPC California Championship - 1st overall
• 1986 NPC USA Championship - 1st (HW)
• 1986 Gold’s Gym Nationals – 1st HW and Overall
• 1986 IFBB World Amateur Championship - 1st (HW)
• 1986 NPC Nationals - 1st (HW & Overall)
• 1987 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 14th
• 1988 Ms. International - 1st
• 1988 Pro World Championship - 4th
• 1988 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 16th