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The INDEPENDENT, October 19, 2011
Banks Curves celebrates Gordon for completing 2,000 workouts
Banks Curves owner Kathy Douglas stands on left with
Barthene Gordon who recently completed her 2,000th work-
out. Douglas holds a ‘card’ signed by other members.
What do you do after you
have worked out 2,000 times at
Banks Curves? If you are
Barthene Gordon, you just
keep working out six days a
week, most weeks.
Gordon completed her
2,000th workout at Banks
Curves on October 7, 2011.
Banks Curves owner, Kathy
Douglas, said only one other
member of the club is even
close to Gordon’s record, hav-
ing just reached 1,500 work-
outs. “Barthene has worked out
on average 21 times per month
over the eight years she’s been
a member. She’s such an inspi-
ration”, Douglas stated.
Gordon, 74, of Banks, says
she had always been a yo-yo,
with her weight going up and
down as she tried a number of
diets throughout her life. The
yo-yo stopped when she and a
friend walked into the Banks
Curves a month after it opened
in October 2003. Gordon start-
ed working out six days a week
and hasn’t slowed down yet.
Lest you think, however, that
she was a couch potato prior to
joining, not so. She has always
worked hard on the blueberry
farm she and her husband,
Doug, own. On the other hand,
Gordon never considered her-
self an athlete.
Gordon says working out at
Curves makes her feel good
and keeps her from becoming
stiff from her arthritis, “The peo-
ple here are so wonderful, it
makes you want to keep com-
ing. Owner Kathy Douglas and
her staff are wonderful. Kathy
just goes all out for each of her
members – every one. I’ve
made a lot of friends, too. I feel
good. I never in my wildest
dreams thought I’d still be
doing this, as I’ve never been
an exerciser.”
Gordon has lost a total of
25.5 inches and gone down
four pant sizes since she start-
ed. Douglas said that the
weight is not the most impor-
tant part, as a pound of fat has
two times the bulk of muscle,
so the inches lost don’t always
equal a weight loss because
muscles weigh more. But mus-
cle is more metabolically active
and once activated, such as by
the Curves workout, can con-
tinue to burn calories even
while you sleep.
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Gordon, according to Dou-
glas, has lost inches in places
that improve her health, such
as her waist. The guidelines for
health indicate that women
should have a waist size below
35 inches and Gordon is now
well below that. Gordon uses
the CurvesSmart system, that
uses a computer designed and
tracked workout with immedi-
ate feedback on each machine.
Gordon’s advice for new
members, “Just come, the first
two weeks are the hardest,
then it becomes habit.” Doug is
her home support system, Gor-
don says, when she doesn’t
feel like going to Curves, he
encourages her. Gordon’s
membership at Curves is
through Kaiser’s Silver Sneak-
er program.
Gordon’s goals for the future
include losing more weight and
keeping her muscles and joints
moving by continuing her work-
outs at Banks Curves. “You
make friends and become fam-
ily, I know that for a fact,” was
Gordon’s final statement.
Curves is a women’s exer-
cise program with a circuit of
hydraulic weight machines that
requires about 30 minutes for a
complete weight and cardio-
vascular workout. For more in-
formation, contact Kathy Dou-
glas at 672 S. Main St., Banks,
or call 503-324-9262.
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