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Surname pronounced " hay -vin"; born c. Education: Three years of pre-med in college. Office— Curves International, Inc. The founder of one of the fastest growing exercise franchises in the world, Christian businessman Gary Heavin has turned his Curves International into one of the most popular health clubs in the United States.

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It is estimated that a quarter of all women who go to spas attend one of his thousands of Curves for Women centers in North America to help lose weight and get in shape. Part of the secret of Heavin's success has been the low membership fees at his straightforward centers; another is that he attracts people from outside the usual age seventeen to thirty-two demographic that most spas draw on, bringing in weight-conscious women in their forties, fifties, and beyond.

Heavin has been in the health club business most of his professional life. Dropping out of college, he bought his first club at a bargain price, but then lost his business as he tried to expand. The subsequent bankruptcy led to a prison term for failure to pay child support for his two children. While in prison, Heavin devoted his life to God and Christianity; once out of prison he began working on a new health club idea that would help all sorts of women of all ages exercise and maintain proper health.

Heavin's own mother had died of a stroke when she was only forty, and he hoped to help others avoid that fate. The first Curves opened in in Harlingen, Texas, and set the tone for others to come. This included the absence of frills such as mirrors, and the absence of men, so that middle-aged women would feel more comfortable.

Heavin developed an exercise regime for his clients, including three weekly thirty-minute workouts that "combine strength and cardio training through hydraulic resistance," according to John. Kennedy in the Christian Reader.