A fitness center provides all the necessary tools for keeping the heart ticking, including cardio machines, motivating trainers, and recluse wizards who prefer to live behind curtains. Powerwalk down the road with today's Groupon to Ames Racquet & Fitness Center, with three locations in Ames. Choose from the following options:

• For $19, you get a one-month fitness membership (a $60 value).
• For $30, you get a one-hour massage (a $60 value).
• For $97, you get three 60-minute personal-training sessions (a $195 value).

Ames Racquet & Fitness Center buffs up bodies with a bevy of fitness machines, a cadre of experienced trainers, and a sprawling schedule of group classes. With today's Groupon gripped firmly, clients can sculpt bods at all three locations, taking advantage of the pool at the North location, several tennis and racquetball courts at the South location, and 24-hour accessibility at the West location. Group classes include the heart-pumping Cardio Dance, and the pool-bound Power Aqua class.

Today's offered massage soothes muscles left achy from fitness-boosting efforts, with an expert therapist kneading away stress and tension with deft aplomb. Massages can be tailored to clients' individual needs, targeting troublesome areas over the course of 60 slow-ticked minutes.

Those opting for personal-training sessions receive the undiluted attention of a fitness professional, who assists in constructing a personalized workout regimen tailored to any fitness need. Session after session, trainees gain insights into proper technique, realistic goal setting, and how to lift semis using nothing but your mind, your hands, and an industrial crane.