Being able to say you have participated in the Curves workout 1,000 times is an accomplishment, but more so if you are 80 years old.
For Pat Miller, who joined Curves for Women on December 2005, the goal was always to make the thousand-workout mark.
“I think Curves has done wonders for me, it’s great for both physical and mental well-being,” she explained.
The young-at-heart Miller heard about the company’s incentive program promoting 1,000 workouts and wanted to make it happen. She started slowly, two workouts a week and as she became more proficient, bumped it up to five days a week. “I thought, I’m going to try for a thousand before I die,” she joked.
Fitness tech and trainer Brandi Maas said they enjoy Miller’s sense of humour. “She’s quite the character.”
The incentive program is a way for the people who use Curves for Women to continue the program as results are not normally seen right away, explained Maas.
The spry senior showed off her exercise skills as well as her firm handshake; her hope is more seniors who are physically able will join the Curves fitness program because of what it has done for her. “I feel 100 per cent!”