Does Anyone Remember ELAINE POWERS exercise studio

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  • Quest4HotGranny
    Quest4HotGranny Posts: 3 Member
    I Loved Elaine Powers I remember the sensible eating formula.....was that the shake?? I loved it and have never found anything that tasted like it. I was offered a job there at 18 but I was still in my last couple months of high school. I couldn't take it because I had to go out of State for training. I remember they would ring the bell when you lost weight. I remember the little thing you would straddle on in the warm ups to take the fat off your thighs! I LOVED Elaine Powers. Worked for Jenny Craig and Formu 3 and SLenderform later but Elaine Powers was like my favorite workout place.
  • celestecurran
    celestecurran Posts: 2 Member
    lbewley3 wrote: »
    My sister worked at one in Buffalo NY area in the early 1980s. Yes, the "warm-up" included the old 'jigglers'. :laugh:
    We were talking about it not too long ago and I dug out a picture of her in her leotard, tights and leg warmers!! Of course, she had the big hair and big eyeglasses from the 80s too!!

    I worked in one of the very first centers that Elaine Powers opened back in 1968 in Bay Ridge Brooklyn first day as a instructor then assistant office manager good memories I still work out to this day
  • keepingfit2day
    keepingfit2day Posts: 1 Member
    I appreciate the memories, all! I also worked at Elaine Powers (Springfield, PA) for less than a year when we were told that it was going out of business. I enjoyed leading the ladies during my short stint there after college in Powercises and selling SEF. I also remember Joannie Greggains (Wikipedia says she was programs director) and many of us from neighboring salons joined her at a TV news studio, being aired, just outside of Phila. I have a picture with me on the floor in leotards and tights (not related to the airing!). I thought of E.P. because I just joined a club today.This workout place is now joining with a hospital for wellness and having this in their title attracted me. I want to utilize the personal trainer 1/mo. and various workout classes. E.P., my long-ago college dance classes, and movement course for theater helped me to be "fitness aware", which for one not up for competitive sports has been a valuable help! Being aware of the moves your various body parts can make helps with toning and strengthening during times of injury (what prompted me to think "wellness") as well as the other benefits. My mother, in her '80's, shuffling with her feet, is needing to exercise. It just must be kept up for strength in later yrs. - not easy without being in the habit. I also I met a young lady at the salon in the early '80's who was in my wedding, too!
  • joannspicer1
    joannspicer1 Posts: 1 Member
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    keepingfit2day wrote: »
    I appreciate the memories, all! I also worked at Elaine Powers (Springfield, PA) for less than a year when we were told that it was going out of business. I enjoyed leading the ladies during my short stint there after college in Powercises and selling SEF. I also remember Joannie Greggains (Wikipedia says she was programs director) and many of us from neighboring salons joined her at a TV news studio, being aired, just outside of Phila. I have a picture with me on the floor in leotards and tights (not related to the airing!). I thought of E.P. because I just joined a club today.This workout place is now joining with a hospital for wellness and having this in their title attracted me. I want to utilize the personal trainer 1/mo. and various workout classes. E.P., my long-ago college dance classes, and movement course for theater helped me to be "fitness aware", which for one not up for competitive sports has been a valuable help! Being aware of the moves your various body parts can make helps with toning and strengthening during times of injury (what prompted me to think "wellness") as well as the other benefits. My mother, in her '80's, shuffling with her feet, is needing to exercise. It just must be kept up for strength in later yrs. - not easy without being in the habit. I also I met a young lady at the salon in the early '80's who was in my wedding, too!

    Then you were at the giant Joannie Greggins led powersize at the Roosevelt Blvd salon. I didn’t make the cut, but one of my staff did. I think her name was Andrea. You guys did a routine with her on the Mike Douglas Show I think.
  • bmschmitt
    bmschmitt Posts: 1 Member
    I'm so excited that I found this thread about Elaine Powers. I started working for EP my last year in college (1978) in Austin, TX. There were 2 salons in Austin at the time and Donna Hurley was the franchise owner. A young woman by the name of Melanie was my first manager there. I just loved working there and felt I had found my dream job. I ended up working for EP until 1984. By that time I had transferred to an EP Salon in Dallas, TX in 1981 and had been promoted a number of times to salon manager at the Redbird salon and then to an area manager. I have really fond memories of my managers, Barbara Warren and Patty Lomanico(sp)-Wynn. I finally left since I was homesick for Austin. Dallas was just too big and impersonal for me. One thing that has stuck with me is a lifetime of fitness. I became an avid YMCA member and I have been doing CrossFit for the last 10 years. Working at EP was an invaluable experience.
  • HURRICANEHILL7
    HURRICANEHILL7 Posts: 1 Member
    edited July 2023
    I worked with Elaine powers from 1973 to 1982
    I was a regional manager for the Elaine Powers Figure Sloans in North Carolina over 10 salons
    I would love to find some of the people I used to work with!
    Lisa
  • puravida1220
    puravida1220 Posts: 1 Member
    I worked at Elaine Powers on the westside of Columbus, OH in the early 1980s. I would walk to work, open the gym, work a 12 hour shift leading aerobics, teaching women how to use the machines, and selling memberships, close the gym, clean all of the equipment, then walk back home. It was pretty much non-stop high-energy activity & I was in the best shape of my life! My favorite machine was the one you laid down on & the bottom half of the machine rotated. I never believed it sculpted your waistline, but I loved the stretch.

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