Curves is a fitness franchise that was started in 1992 by Gary and Diane Heavin. They first opened up one Curves center in 1992 and in 1995 they opened up their first club having decided to turn it into a franchise.
They both had experience with fitness and thought that women needed a place to get fit. They said that becoming fit would help women to avoid depression and disease.
Curves spread rapidly and now has ten thousand locations spread in forty-two different countries. The women who do curves usually have great reviews on the program and have had great success. They love the program and love the people. It is something that everyone could do.
When you sign up for curves you start on a six week diet program. This program helps you to develop healthier eating habits. It has one on one visits with people who help you follow the program. This is something that not many places do. They give you an eating plan and expect you to follow it but they do not help you as much as curves does.
Besides diet, curves is also a kind of mini gym. They have exercise equipment set up in a circle. The women come and they each start on one of the machines in the circle. In thirty minutes they make it through all the stages of the cycle going from machine to machine, keeping their heart rate up and working hard. It is a club unlike others and it has been very successful in its way of fitness training.
Women who are busy love this because they can go to curves and be back home within forty-five minutes. It is quick and also provides great fitness for women. The women who do it have great reviews on the program.
Besides a great program, curves has great staff members. A lot of the women report on how wonderful and encouraging the staff members are. They are great for support and are friends with each women who comes to the center.
Having a support network like this is very important for a successful fitness program. Women will sometimes start great fitness things, but without a support network they just fall back into old habits and cannot keep up good ones.
Some women will start a fitness program and love and they will stick with it pretty well. They will be on top of their exercise and dieting and they will feel and look great. The problem is that many women cannot keep up like this.
If they are just doing the fitness program on their own, it is easier to make up excuses not to stick with it. It is also easier to believe that certain things are just too hard for you. It is easier to give into to temptations if you want to eat certain foods and feel that you should not.
With a good support network you always feel that you have someone behind you to encourage you and push you along. It is easier to stick with it because you always know that there are other people doing it with you.
This is what curves does for women besides just offering a good fitness program. It keeps them motivated and helps them to enjoy workouts and healthy eating. Curves would be a good choice for many women.