30 Minute Fitness

Face it, if you are like most women you don't have TIME to do anything for yourself let alone workout! That is why the Curves 30 Minute Fitness workout is the perfect solution for you.

Curves machines are specifically designed for women to get an hour and half worth of workout in 30 minutes. Curves uses hydraulic resistance based strength training machines that enable you to get twice the strength training because you have to move your muscle both ways on the machine.

The unique Curves circuit also has you moving to a new station every thirty seconds for 30 minutes which provides your cardiovascular workout. Sure beats the treadmill! And if you need help all you have to do is ask, there is a personal trainer on staff at all times who is happy to guide you!

There is no need to rush or beat a crowd, at Curves Dearborn we can accommodate 24 women at any given time. You start wherever you want on the cirucit and go around 2 1/2 times from there. Then you stretch and you walk out the door feeling the best you have felt all day.

See you on the circuit ~ Cindy (the Hun)

Traycye's Story

Hi Everyone! Let me start by giving you greetings from the frigid Midwest! You will be happy to know that yes, it continues to snow here even though you (Gail) have left us here to go to Sunny Las Vegas (no we're not bitter...cold that is).

Cindy (the Hun) asked me to tell you something about my before picture (left). That picture was taken last year (Jan 2007) around this time before I started exercising and experiencing weight loss at Curves in Dearborn.

I was at a hot dog/bake sale for a co-worker with cancer. Naturally I was a dependable supporter of things of this nature. Anytime food was being sold for a cause - I would be there!

If I'm not mistaken I walked away with 3 CHILI DOGS LOADED, A BAG OF CHIPS AND A SODA! I'm sure that I don't have mention the plate of baked goods I snagged.

The coveralls that I am pictured wearing were the biggest ones that I owned. They were a men's size 54R, at that time I was kidding myself in a size 24. I probably needed a 26 but was still in denial.

Even though this is a men's size, it was like a large tent. When I wore those coveralls I always thought that they covered up my largeness. Obviously by looking at this picture, I could not have been more mistaken! What a tragedy.

Earlier this summer another co-worker of mine brought this picture to my attention. The progress that I had made by changing my eating habits and exercising at Curves five times a week had begun to show results!

She approached me and commented that I looked nothing like the picture from the bake sale. I had never seen it so I asked her to show me. I looked at it and was FLOORED!

All that time I had thought that my uniform hid my stomach! It did not!! I just could not get over it. I had only fooled myself! Can you believe it??

After seeing that picture I just started to think of it as my "before" picture. I have hundreds of "before" pictures, now I have to start making some "after" pictures!

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING ~ TRAYCYE!

Curves Difference!

1) We help you EMBRACE CHANGE! You can become a person who exercises and loses weight successfully. The Curves program is easy to follow and we are here to keep you motivated.

2) Curves is a COMMUNITY! We at Curves in Dearborn know you want an environment of support. Here is a place you can surround yourself with other ladies who share your goals. Let them inspire you on your journey. Find success with our help.

3) At Curves Dearborn you are #1! Face it, in all other gyms women are second class citizens doomed to the treadmill...BORING. At Curves the equipment is specifically designed for women. You don't have to look good but I guarantee you will feel good.

4) Strength Training is your KEY TO SUCCESS! OK, back to the treadmill - that is cardio ladies. At Curves we alternate between cardio and strength training every 30 seconds. We all know that a fire needs air. So breathe deep during your cardio and lets ignite your fat burning machine.

5) We don't believe in Starvation! Who ever heard of losing weight while eating 6 times a day? Our successful ladies know this is the trick. Stop producing starvation hormones that will hoard fat on your body. Eat right but often and you will lose weight. Ask Traycye how she lost 100lbs in 2007 (more on hers and other stories coming soon!)

6) Permanent Results Without Permanent Dieting! You heard me, the Curves method helps raise your metabolism so you will not gain all your weight back. Your strength training helps you build and maintain the muscle you need to continually burn fat. 30 minutes of exercising at Curves conditions your body to access and burn stored fat.

Now don't you want to check out the exercise and fitness program at Curves in Dearborn today to see what we can do for you? Call us 313-336-0143

Your Personal Trainer ~ Cindy (the Hun)

Why Curves?

So you want to exercise at a Curves or buy a Curves franchise? As a member you will join a community of over 4 million women worldwide who enjoy the Curves 30 minute fitness program. As an owner you will follow in the footsteps of over 10,000 novice entrepreneurs.

I'll never forget the day when my dear hubby came home from work with plans about how he wanted us to buy a Curves franchise, I thought he was crazy. I had already been an entrepreneur for 15 years, why would I possibly want to go work for Gary Heavin? I wasn't even a Curves member at the time and I certainly didn't exercise or know anything about 30 minute fitness.

Now 5 years later I am grateful for my husband's vision. When I joined Curves as an owner I also became a member, and I must confess, I miss the community of women at my Dearborn MI fitness club. Curves Dearborn isn't just a place to workout, it is a place where everyone knows your name and who you are. The ladies care about each other and provide a unique level of support that I've only ever experienced in my college fraternity.

Reasons dear hubby wanted to buy a Curves franchise included: Number 1 Best Franchise 2 years in a row, Number 2 Best Franchise Overall, The World's Fastest Growing Franchise and on and on. My reasons were much more personal like a strength training program and quality fitness center designed for women, a 30-minute complete workout that fits into busy schedules, and a business model that is predicated on service.

So to answer the question WHY CURVES, I present to you this simple interesting fact. For every 2 McDonald's locations in the US there is 1 Curves for Women fitness center. Not only does Curves own 25% of the entire US fitness market but it is half the size of the ultimate fitness nemesis. Are you ready to join the Curves Community and acquire the habit of exercise? Call our Curves in Dearborn MI at 313-336-0143 today and make an appointment to get started exercising today.

More Later ~ Gail

No Men? Really?

For anyone who has been living in a cave for the past 10 years (or simply does not know the Curves system), I think it is necessary for me to explain what this great fitness club is all about.

Originally Curves was called "Curves For Women". Now they are just called "Curves". It is a women's only club because that IS the concept. This is a low-impact, high cardio workout is designed specifically for women. It is by far the absolute best fitness concept ever created for busy women who want to lose weight and get fit, in the privacy of their own club. Combine the Curves workout with proper diet for your unique body type and presto!!! LOVE the results. This concept works because it is designed for women....period

(Here are some of our members getting to it...)

We women don't necessarily like normal, run-of-the-mill fitness clubs for several reasons:

1. Women don't like men staring at them while they are trying to work out - especially if we aren't in our ideal shape yet (but just wait...we will be after Curves Dearborn...)


2. Women don't care to have the club's Barbie doll girl flirting with all the men while they are trying their darnedest to lose weight and work out


3. They like to share our journey with other women who are sharing the same experience as them


4. Women want to belong to something special - that puts women's needs, goals, feelings, etc at the forefront of the experience


5. and on, and on, and on....

Curves is a women's only, fitness facility that uses hydraulic machines for resistance training. It is a 30-minute, 3 days per week schedule that, when followed with an ideal diet, has proven to be the most successful weight-loss concept of all time...for women like you!

~ Kevin

Tip: Ask friends if they would like to join up with you. It is always more fun to lose weight and share your life-changing actions with people you love

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to our women's only fitness club in the wonderful and prosperous Dearborn, Michigan. I am Gail and the owner of your club Curves Dearborn ...notice how I said "your" club...that's because we exist to serve our clientele and our community.

Yes, I own the business of operating the club, but make no mistake about it, I exist as a business owner and owe all my success to YOUR successes of losing weight and changing your lives. If you do not succeed in your weight loss goals, I do not succeed as a business owner...simple as that. A little trickier, though, is getting all of our members to feel GREAT about their journey.

I wanted to start this blog page to get your feedback and share with others my journey of club ownership. More importantly, I want anyone who is a member of the Curves Dearborn club, or anyone else with great stories about the club, to share their knowledge and experiences with others.

I intend on sharing our deepest experiences of owning this club on this blog...from day 1 (which incidentally was November 5, 2003) all the way to real time. WHAT A JOURNEY it's been!!!

Learn here about our appearances on Channel 7 with Donna Jones and our numerous all-time biggest "losers" who have all lost more than 100 lbs each! Also learn all you want about our employees (weight loss, fitness and workout trainers we like to call em) and their incredible stories as well.

In any event, I sincerely hope this site can help our members share their thoughts and feelings of their life changing journey of working out at our club. Most of all, have fun with this.

And please, please, PLEASE...keep all posts positive and clean. I want this to work as a support group for losing weight and feeling good about yourselves...which is the exact purpose of being a member of Curves For Women in Dearborn, MI.

Your friend ~ Gail