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Curve FitnessCurve Fitness centers are decidedly glamour free, open just seven hours a day, with no showers, massages or fruit smoothies. You walk in, follow the drill and leave.  What Curve Fitness has done is break through the perception that you have to be fit, coordinated and thin to go to a gym. And you will find more women in sweat pants than Spandex. Costs are an initiation fee of $40 to $70 and monthly rate of $29 to $49, depending on location. Because muscle weighs more than fat, Curve measures success in inches, not pounds lost. Curve gyms are small, simple workout joints, often in strip malls, that cater to overweight women who have never worked out. They offer only one service: a tightly structured, 30-min. circuit-training workout on eight to 12 exercise machines. A recorded voice tells you when to move to the next machine. An exerciser spends only 30 seconds at a station, then keeps her heart rate up by walking or jogging in place before moving to the next one. The gym chain attracts mostly female customers over 30 who haven't worked out much.    Whether buying a new car, or a used car, or selling a vehicle; first check KBB (Kelley Blue Book), Black Book, Red Book, or the NADA Used Vehicle Guide. For more on your total health, turn from Curve Fitness to the  Curve Fitness. |