Curves Aptos has taken serious action in the fight towards obesity in the United States
Did you know that 69 percent of adults age 20 and over are overweight and 35.1 percent of these are obese! (According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention – 2011-2012)
“As I go out in the community, I see too many girls, young women and women over 40 who are overweight. If they don’t change and regain a healthy weight they are moving toward serious health problems later on,” said Janna Malizia, Curves Aptos owner.
Curves has the solution! Curves Corporate was purchased by North Castle Partners on September 11, 2012. North Castle Partners elevated Curves to become a program for all ages & all fitness levels. As you may have heard by now, Curves has partnered with America’s health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels! Curves Workouts with Jillian Michaels are cutting-edge total body workouts that feature the Curves Circuit strength training machines in conjunction with functional bodyweight-based exercises that ramp up metabolism and transform physique. In addition, Curves offers specialty classes for balance, stretch, core, upper body and lower body. Curves Complete, our nutrition program is the only program that offers fitness, meal plans and coaching all in one place. Curves is a one-stop shop.
Janna said, “We are so passionate about helping all women move away from disease and toward full body health. I initially brought Curves to this area 13 years ago and I am more excited now about the focus and results on women’s health. With our changes, we now can help all young girls and women in our community. That is why I created the “Love Your Life” Scholarship. “I wanted to find someone who has given up and is spiraling toward poor health and obesity and needs help to start in the other direction toward health. I was looking for someone who needed the motivation and community of support we offer here at Curves. I wanted to help her love her life again. My staff and I created these criteria. We required her to submit her story and then we selected a winner and awarded her a full year membership to Curves and the Curves Complete Nutrition Program with weekly counseling sessions.”
The staff at Curves created a one-of-a-kind “She Is Strong Triathlon.” Based on the Curves 30 minute concept the triathlon consists of: ZUMBA for 30 minutes – A 30 minute walk/run starting from the Aptos Curves facility – Finishing with an intense 30 minute Curves Circuit with a Jillian Michaels workout doing push-ups and planks and burpees, lunges, squats etc. They had a blast!!! It was quite the challenge.
We are delighted to announce Marbel Jimenez as the recipient of our “Love Your Life” Scholarship. She needs and will need support and accountability throughout her journey. Our Aptos Curves’ members support Marbel each and every day. We felt Marbel’s story was worthy of newsprint. Aptos Times is helping our mission by following her story and her progress toward her goal to lose over 175lbs. – half of her starting body weight. Marbel is our inspiration and belief that every women matters.
This is Marbel’s story:
Before I started Curves I started feeling chest pains, I couldn’t bend over, and I would run out of breath just walking a few steps. I ignored these symptoms hoping they would go away but they never did. I finally took action and went to the doctors and she diagnosed me with being mortally obese AT AGE 23! Not only did I cry, but I knew I had to lose weight the healthy way and start working out.
Curves never crossed my mind when I was researching which gym to attend, but since I had already tried a regular gym that didn’t work out for me, I felt hopeless. Then I came across a Curves banner on my search engine and decided to call Curves in Aptos. When I joined, I kept thinking to myself, ‘Why don’t more young people come here if these machines are kicking my butt and I’m only 23 years young.’
It has been 10 months since I joined. I’ve lost 68 pounds, have no chest pains, I can jump, sprint, jog, do cardio, and most importantly – bend over! I am not done with my weight loss journey because I have more weight to lose and I have to eat clean and work out for the rest of my life. I would definitely recommend Curves to any age group that wants to live a long healthy life because it saved my life, and I will forever be grateful for this second chance.
— Marbel Jimenez, UCSC Graduate 2013 Bachelors in Politics
To follow Marbel’s journey find us on Curves—Aptos Facebook page. Like and share her story with others and be sure to send words of encouragement and support to Marbel. You never know whose life you may change – one woman at a time.
Curves has grown into one of the most effective and supportive fitness, health and weight loss centers for females from teen years to senior years since it began in 1992. With the partnership with Jillian Michaels in 2014, Curves has moved to a 30-minute total body fitness workout. It’s challenging and fun and gets the results needed with toning, cardio, strength, flexibility and fat burn. It is the first gym to emphasize regular strength training of all major muscle groups and cardio vascular fitness in 30 minutes for women. Curves unique hydraulic weight training equipment was created solely to provide strength training for women, the missing component for women’s health, toning, bone strength, lower body fat percentage, weight loss and overall fitness.
At Curves they celebrate women’s health every day. Women of all ages are so busy with work, school, family and community they leave little to no time for themselves, grabbing convenience foods to get through the day. That is why the 30 Minute Workout and Curves Complete, our successful nutrition program, are working. It is the best-kept secret in town – strength, cardio and stretching for women.
It’s Time To Take a Look At The New Curves!
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Call us TODAY @ 688-2348 and come in for a FREE CONSULTATION. See what CURVES can do for you and those you love!