Curves For Women?

Hi don't be discouraged! I have yet to quit smoking as well :grumble: At least you quit.

I joined curves a while back..paid about 30 something a month. Ask them if they could wave the start up fee.. I have to say...I did lose weight working out there..I also tried their weight loss challenge which worked! I think I lost 10-15lbs in 6 months or so. It took longer for me because I wasn't really watching what I was eating in the beginning, but when I got on their diet plan the weight just fell off. 30 mins a day 3 times a week was convenient. The support there helps out a lot, I made a few friends there as well. They use weight resistance machines which aren't strenuous at all.

I was going to re-join, but I signed up for 24 hour fitness instead..I wanted to use the saunas :laugh:

You should definitely try Curves out!

Hi! I joined Curves and loved it so much I ended up working there for 6 months! Like previous people said, the machines all use hydraulics-so you create your own resistance (nothing is too heavy or difficult) i.e.: what you put into the machines is what you'll get out of the machines. The new Curves Smart program is AMAZING!! Its a little card that records your workout and will tell you how many calories you burned and which machines you did the best one, need to work on, etc. It was super amazing for me-I lost 15 pounds in the first month I used Curves Smart! I had put myself on a 1500 calorie for a few months before and had seen decent results, but nothing like the 15 pounds in one month!

I ended up moving to a town that doesn't have a Curves, or I'd be back there in a heartbeat!

OK, I'll be the voice of negativity:grumble:

I joined about 3 or 4 years ago and was a member for a year. Now granted, this was before I got this new lifestyle where I stuck to working out on a regular basis, but....


I did not like it. Here are the things I didn't like:

Membership is high for the little you get, ie. no lockerroom, just changing stalls, no choice in what you do, you just use each machine in a circle, blah blah blah. A lot of women there seemed to be there for social hour rather than working out, so it just kind of felt like the gym equivalent to clown college.

The people working there are not trained health professionals to my knowledge. They are trained on what they need to do to sign you up, but the training is no more extensive than what you would learn at any job. I really don't think any of them are trainers or health experts or anything.

Their hours aren't great, they don't open very early and they don't stay open very late. When I signed up, I had a year contract so that meant I could use any club, not just the one I signed up with. Yeah, that meant I had to get a handwritten pass to go to another club....and they expired after like 30 days, so I couldn't even keep some on me in case I wanted to use another club, because they kept expiring.

The gym I joined after that was about the same price and offered cardio machines, weights, strength training machines, rockwall, pool, gym, walking track, full lockerroom with showers, a pool, and fitness classes and the hours were much better. There was just not comparison.

A lot of women like it becasuse it's only women, but seriously....just go to a real gym and I bet you'll feel just fine after 20 minutes or so. Yeah there are a few guys who may be trolling the gym, but quite honestly there are men and woman of all shapes and sizes that are just there to work out and won't even pay attention to you.