Gaining membership to a fitness facility is a process steeped in ritual, most importantly the bestowal of a kickboard with a locker combination etched into it and the ceremonial swapping of sweatbands with a fellow member. Choose your inner circle wisely with today's Groupon for membership at Riviera Country Club and Sports Center in Orland Park. Choose from the following options:

• For $159, you get a four-month individual club membership (a $320 value).

• For $249, you get a four-month club membership for a husband and wife, or a parent and child younger than age 23 and living at home (a $500 value).

• For $299 you get a four-month family membership for a husband, wife, and any children living at home younger than age 23 (a $700 value).

Riviera Country Club and Sports Center invites the ardently active and those looking to supplement their social circle with a fully equipped fitness space and camaraderie-composing events. The club's vast facility houses a 3,300-square-foot aerobic studio, a basketball gymnasium with three separate courts, and a cardio and weight room featuring Cybex, Life Fitness, and Hammer Strength equipment. Members have access to daily group-fitness classes in activities including Pilates, cycling, and collective sweating, and potential participants can refer to the online group-class schedule for class types and times. Expansive indoor and outdoor pools encourage aquatic exercise year round while ensuring that amphibious family members are always slightly soaked. Indoor and outdoor tennis courts, a golf cage, and racquetball resources round out the club's endless stream of activity.

In addition to a muscle-chiseling emporium, Riviera Country Club and Sports Center houses a social community of year-round activities for members of all different age groups, including luncheons, dinners, dances, and underwater tea parties. After working up some eating eagerness, members can also purchase smoothies and fresh juices from the club's café. A list of upcoming events and the current club newsletter can keep the curious clubgoer abreast of all sporting and socializing.