i have been a member of curves for 3 years and have recently become an employee.
i know from experience that curves is not a joke. i have lost a total of 69.25 inches and pounds--with out dieting, w/o protien shakes. i did take the weight smart one a days w/ green tea.
i will start my first diet at the end of this month, and i am excited!

regardless of how much weight training someone does, i believe, they still need cardio in their exercise.

if you are comfortable working out at one of the bigger, co-ed, gyms that is great for you! but some ladies are not comfortable with that type of exercise program...and yes, i have tried it, and i would have been okay w/ it, except for the price!

i get a work out every day, almost. ( i do work there, so i may be busy some days). its a 30 minute work out, but you are always welcome to do more cardio.
we recommend that you do not do more of the machines because of over working your muscles. and yes, that is a possibility at curves, a lady at the curves i work at, was in the hospital because she was soooo over worked! we try to watch out for that, but we can not stop people from over working!

to avoid over working muscles we take our heart rates every 8 minutes. this is to insure that women will not over work and either look like a football player, or cause strength training to actually progress slower.

i personally love curves, my mom and grandmother do too.

curves is for the working or the to busy to spend an hour in the gym ladies.

the machines at curves are hydrolic wieght machines, so you push and pull--contracting your muscles, the harder you work, the more resistance you build up.

also, another thing to consider about curves, is the atmosphere. all curves are different. so travel around to the different ones in your area. also, some curves offer different specials, the curves i work for, does not charge sales tax..YET! so watch for that as well...most do charge sales tax though.

also, once you are a member, you can travel around the world and still work out at curves. how great is that?

the curves website is www. curves. com !