Curves for Women 30 minute fitness and weight – loss centers, is the fastest growing fitness franchise in the world. On average, a new location opens every eighteen hours. Curves locations are now found in all 50 states in the U.S., Canada and Spain; having sold about 1800 locations. If you haven’t heard of it, don’t be surprised. The program is getting such great results; they don’t need to do any national advertising.

Curves for Women is a unique concept in the exercise service industry combining both exercise and weight loss guidance in the same location.

The facility is built around a breakthrough in exercise – a truly complete workout in just half an hour. The Curves circuit is a system that alternates hydraulic resistance machines with aerobic recovery stations. As you move around the circuit, enjoying the music and being motivated by an instructor, you perform both cardiovascular and strength training work out at the same time. You end with a stretching routine. This thirty minute total workout burns as much as five hundred calories. Because you’re moving fluid rather than weights, it’s safe for any age or condition.

Local owner Karen Labreche says. “When you diet alone, 40% if the weight you lose is muscle. Muscles are the engines of our bodies that require fuel. If you drastically lower your body’s energy needs each time you diet, you will always gain your weight back. The key to permanent results is lean muscles. When a women loses twenty pounds with us, it is predominantly body fat. Strength training protects and increases lean tissue while raising metabolism. The Curves workout is strength training women will do.”

Curves on – sight weight loss guidance program is the first international program to blend exercise and diet. Simply dieting to lose weight does not work over the long haul. People know that you must also exercise for lasting results. Curves for Women is the fist program to meet both needs in the same place for the same price.

Owner Karen Labreche says. “We’re winning the weight – loss war. A thirty – minute total workout, in a women’s only environment, complete weight – loss guidance, makes health and fitness an achievable goal. Our $39 monthly fee makes it a great value.”