CURVES
Health in Plettenberg Bay

CURVES is a womens only fitness facility specially designed for women that features a complete 30 minute workout and weight management program. CURVES machines are hydraulic and works with resistance. It is fun, fast and safe. This internationally renowned company has over 10,400 clubs in the world with over 5 million women enjoying the experience.  Marketing and training support from the franchisor makes CURVES an easy business to manage.

When you join Curves, you are setting the stage for an active, healthy lifestyle. You’ll work every major muscle group while keeping your heart rate within your target training zone. And with a circuit coach to teach and motivate you at every workout, you are sure to reach your fitness goals in no time. Whether you want to gain energy, tone up or lose weight, the Curves circuit will work for you. Studies show that regular physical activity, such as the three-day-a-week Curves programme, substantially reduces the risk of conditions including coronary heart disease, stroke, colon cancer, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and high blood pressure. It also helps to control weight; contributes to healthy bones, muscles and joints; helps to relieve the pain of arthritis; and reduces the symptoms of anxiety and depression. The machines are manufactured specifically for Curves and are designed for safety, simplicity and effectiveness, automatically adjusting to every fitness level. The equipment provides the benefits of cardiovascular exercise and weight training with the safe movement of hydraulic resistance, giving an effective workout while protecting bones and joints. Specially designed for women, each low-impact machine works at least two muscle groups and as many as four at one time because you push and pull, rather than lift and lower weight. Alternating upper body, lower body and core muscles, the Curves circuit provides a full body workout in just 30 minutes. Curves also offers classes such as Body Basics and Body Balance within the circuit. These classes offer members an opportunity for more exercise without using the machines, expending extra energy but still not overloading muscles. Movements are completed using just your body weight and concentrate on upper, middle, or lower body. Movements are simple and have various levels of difficulty so ALL members can enjoy and benefit from the classes. She'll help you with your form and push you to your personal best. It’s been extensively studied in the Exercise and Sports Nutrition Laboratory at Texas A&M University. It’s exactly the knowledge and motivation you need to get the results you want. With Curves Complete you get a fully personalised weight-loss solution that includes the Curves full-body Workout, customised meal plans plus one-on-one coaching and support. Customised to match the way you love to eat with unique recipes. There’s no reason why healthy treats can’t be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet. The innovators of the first 30 minute circuit workout, Gary and Diane Heavin, share a passion for fitness and a commitment to women’s health which led them to open the original Curves in 1992 in Harlingen, Texas. Their innovative, 30-minute full body workout, combines strength training and sustained cardiovascular activity through safe and effective hydraulic resistance machines. The first club became a success, because it gave women a supportive and comfortable atmosphere in which to work out. When their second club also turned into an immediate success, they knew that they had tapped a market that wasn’t being served by traditional gyms and that they could help millions of women worldwide. To achieve this they needed to find passionate people who help these women in their communities, and teach them how to run a Curves. Gary and Diane turned the business into a franchise and the first independently owned and operated Curves opened in Paris, Texas, in Curves has been expanding ever since and you will find it in 80 countries with more than 5000 clubs.