Although feeling the burn during a workout is generally a good sign, feeling the burn while sitting on the sofa means your sofa is in the fireplace. Engage in controlled, constructive body burning with today's Groupon for a membership to Davis Athletic Club in Davis, which includes free access for children younger than 14. Choose between the following options:

• For $29, you get a one-month membership, including the initiation fee (up to an $88 total value).
• For $99, you get a six-month membership, including the initiation fee (up to a $333 total value).
  
  

Davis Athletic Club tones and maintains bodies of all ages with a fully equipped, 24,000-square-foot fitness facility and a variety of group exercise classes. A schedule packed with more than 50 classes per week— including Pilates, Zumba, and yoga—invites members to join in unified self-improvement. Those who prefer to fly solo can win an imaginary Tour de France atop a stationary bike or catch up on news on one of many mounted TVs in the cardio room. Multiple free weights, Stairmasters, and elliptical and cross-training machines proffer ample sweat-factory fuel, and a padded martial-arts room and basketball and racquetball courts appease sporty types. Iron-pumping parents can drop off fidgety offspring age 12 and younger for complimentary care with DAC’s energetic staff, or supervise children 14 and younger as they utilize the gym's facilities.

Two heated pools welcome paddlers to enjoy gravity-cheating laps or overcome their reluctance to kick defenseless water during swimming lessons led by a certified instructor. Personal trainers are also on hand to help custom-build workouts and demonstrate post-workout sighing techniques for use in the sauna, steam room, or whirlpool. Members also get discounts in DAC’s on-site hair salon, ideal for post-workout coiffing.