Curves women's fitness centers in the San Fernando Valley have installed state-of-the-art "smart" equipment that gives users instant analysis and feedback during workouts.
Imagine having the world's most advanced fitness coach at your disposal. This coach customizes workouts based on your body structure and endurance and adjusts each exercise machine's intensity based on your recent progression or regression. This coach monitors your energy level and range of motion continuously to ensure you are achieving your personal potential. Then the coach automatically computes your workout data to produce a progress report, including the number of calories you burned and 3-D anatomical diagrams to show which muscles you've worked and how successfully.
That is the role of the CurvesSmart, a new technology that offers a precision designed workout, moment to moment feedback and progress reports to keep members motivated while they work out. Local Curves are among the first in the nation to feature the equipment.
"Members are more motivated because they get the results of their workouts instantly; they are able to see how many calories they have burned, the muscle groups that they've worked effectively (or not) and how their workouts are improving on a daily basis," says Kim Jefferson, owner of Curves in Van Nuys. "It is the smartest way to spend a half hour."
After a member's personalized profile is determined by a Curves staff member, the member uses a CurvesSmart ID Tag that is electronically recognized by the monitor at each Curves workout station. It automatically retrieves the member's workout profile.
The smart monitors indicate: whether her heart rate is in the target range; whether the member is achieving her target intensity level; the range of motion for each repetition; and the number of repetitions. Following the workout, the system produces a progress report that allows the member to see, instantly and in quantifiable terms, her strengths and weaknesses.
"A new member had been paying a personal trainer $50 per hour," says Jefferson. "She was amazed that our new technology had challenged her as much as the trainer."
For a Curves with Smart technology in the San Fernando Valley, go to
www.valleycurves.com or call 877-97-CURVE.
About Curves
Curves offers a 30-minute workout that combines strength training and sustained cardiovascular activity through safe and effective hydraulic resistance. With more than 10,000 locations in 55 countries, Curves is the world's largest fitness franchise and the ninth largest of all franchise companies in the world.