Does anyone here go to Curves for Women

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tonyaz

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I am thinking about joining Curves. I am worried that it will not be enough, however I can use my Cathie DVD's on the day's that I do not go to Curves. In the summer.... the time would be right, and I will not have to take over the front room to do my workouts.
Please give me your opinion on Curves.
Thank you Tonya
 
Hi, Tonya. In a word (or three) . . .

Save your money. And time. (That's five words, but WTH.)

If you've done Cathe, Curves will either make you laugh, cry or fall asleep. I have a few thousand personal and professional issues with Curves, but suffice it to say it panders to the absolute lowest common denominator of exerciser. If you were a total beginner with no outstanding health problems, it might be good for a starter routine, but again if you done Cathe you're way beyond what Curves can offer.

JMHO. Sorry if I offend anyone.

A-Jock
 
Tonya, I had three of my students/friends join Curves. All three have quit as it wasn't what they thought. I agree with AJ, that it would be great for someone just starting out but for an advanced exerciser, you might be disappinted. Will they let you try it for a week or so to see what you think?
Your-Friend-In-Fitness, DebbieH http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/wavey.gif[/img] If You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance...I Hope You DANCE!!!
 
I have no idea what your political affiliation is or your religious views, but if you are liberal in your outlook, also know that the Curves chain is owned by a very conservative Christian man in Waco TX who gives a lot of his money to organizations that support very conservative views about women and sex education.

I read about it in the lastest issue of "bitch" magazine.

Susan L.G.

Edited to add:

I am not knocking anyone's political/religious views, but I know that spending money is like voting with your dollar, and some people choose not to support businesses that support or participate in activites they themselves don't support.

Also, I looked online for the article, but it seems you actually have to buy the magazine to read it.
 
I actually joined Curves and it is not worth the money. I am an intermediate exerciser. I have been using weights for as long as i can remember. My cardio goes from walking to intermediate tapes ( I have bad knees so it all depends on how I am feeling). But I do weight train at least three times a week.

I joined because I just was not motivated to workout and I thought it would help me. It did for awhile but I didn't see any muscle gain or weight loss. I did tone up though. So since I am not renewing my contract with them I bought a weight bench. I figure if I lose motivation again the weight bench and the Timesaver dvd should do the trick.


I would say keep you money
 
"Curves chain is owned by a very conservative Christian man in Waco TX who gives a lot of his money to organizations that support very conservative views about women and sex education"

Gee, now the "Curves" concept makes a whole lot of sense to me. A conservative view on how women SHOULD exercise.
 
My sister has worked at Curves for about two years now. She loves it! Recently she invited me to try it out and possibly join. Not knowing what the "gym" was, I took her up on the free visit. After the full circuit was over, I felt I had used as much energy as it takes to check my mail. Not worth it. If someone is grossly overweight and needs to do something ~ then that is a good place to start, but other than that I'd say save your money (or spend it on more dvd's) haha.
Susan C.M.
 
I don't know what you mean by "conservative" view on the way women exercise. LOL! I am conservative on alot of issues and I think women should workout as hard as guys if they like. That's the first time I ever heard of such a thing as "conservative" views of women's exercise. :)
What's the liberal view? (insert Clinton jokes here)
Trevor
:)
 
Trevor,

Maybe you're not as conservative as you think:7

Conservative or liberal being relative. JMHO, women working out as long and as hard as they want is a liberal point of view. But, alas, I am a child of the 70's.
 
Here are a couple of quotes from the article (please forgive typing errors):

In late September 2003, Curves headquarters in Waco.Texas announced its funding of the McClellan County Collaborative Abstinence Project (McCAP), a federally funded "values-oriented" project devoted to giving extremely limited and noncomprehensive sex education to at-risk teenagers. In this program, and others like it, instructors may only discuss condoms in terms of their failure rates, and considerable more mephasis is placed on marriage than on emotional readiness for sex.

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It turns out that Gary Heavin, the founder and CEO of Curves International, credits both the Lord and Pat Robertson for his business success. "God showed me a way to raise metabolism and gave me all these resources to help women and set them free," he enthused to "Today's Pentecostal Evangelical".
...

The artical goes on to say that though the business is Christian-values based, there is no Christian hard-sell in the stores themselves, and Heavin has actually given $10 million to food banks. The article then goes on to say:


...But offsetting his food-bank donations in his financial support of "pro-life pregnancy planning centers," and Heavin is on record as saying, "there's nothing healthy about abortion, I'm not afraid to tell the truth."

...Curves advertising campaign, coupled with the atmosphere of the franchise we visited, seems to promise a 21st century vision of a consciousness-raising group: a place for women to gather and reclaim a sense of their own strength and self-worth in a community of like minded people. It's troubling that behind this phenomenon is a man who's using women's dollars to advance a frightening model of fundamentalist Christian paternalism that specifically targets reproductive rights and how women choose to manage their physical and sexual appetites."

...

Anyway, I am not looking for an argument, but thought you'd might be interested in reading this.

Cheers,

Susan L.G.
 
"God showed me a way to raise metabolism and gave me all these resources to help women and set them free," he enthused to "Today's Pentecostal Evangelical".
...

Holy Cow...these bible beaters are all the same aren't they? They spew support and kindness and understanding out of their mouths...but they're spewing something completely different out of their arses. I would be curious to ask this man how advocating and funding 'limited' sex education and pro-life is helping women and setting them free?

Free from what? Having CHOICES?
 
Thanks for the explanation Candi! :)
I am staying out of the rest of this conversation....LOL!!! And ducking too!!! LOL!!
Trevor :)
 
I get my copies at the Borders Books, although you can subscribe to it, which is what I'll probably wind up doing, since I buy it so often.

Susan L.G.
 
Ah, Trevor. I wouldn't stone this guy JUST because he's a man, but because his views clash drastically with mine and with the ideals of most modern THINKING persons.

But hey, I'll give the guy credit for having the foresite to know he could make millions of dollars off of a very vulnerable sector of the population...over-weight women.
 
Dani...I think you are misunderstanding my post. I do not catagorize devout religious persons with people who use religion to make a profit...and that is exactly what this man is doing. And THAT is a bible beater to me.
 
I absolutely rolled with laughter as I watched where this post went. I went to Curves once with a friend on a free visit. My friend rarely works out. She thought it was great. I thought it was a joke. I am so glad after reading this post I didn't give one red cent to this organization! Thanks for sharing. I am so glad this post went on a bird walk. It was informative.
 
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