Things to Do in Atlanta

How many times have you wound up to whack a golf ball only to completely miss because your rotational mobility isn't up to par? If you answered "often," get today's Groupon, a 50-minute one-on-one Pilates or GYROTONIC session from CORE for $37 (51% off a $75 value). While most people think about Pilates in the broader sense of improved fitness and flexibility, CORE knows that both Pilates and GYROTONIC can be applied to improve your golf game; GYROTONIC improves the range of motion in your swing and Pilates helps improve balance and strengthen core muscles.

Housed in a 3,300-square-foot facility bedecked in comforting hues of lime green, white, and blue, Stability Pilates and Physical Therapy is an ideal place to extend the limbs, tauten the muscles, and purify the mind-matter. With an expansive class schedule led by a brood of friendly instructors, fitness enthusiasts looking to create creek-crossing backbend-bridges have one month of unlimited access to an assortment of yoga sessions, including Ashtanga and power flow, as well as any level of Pilates mat courses. Customers seeking solid cores can undertake the mat class for a challenging workout that uses the body as resistance against the tyrannical polished floor below, while a tender-footed yogi may wish to instigate more spiritual stress destruction in the basics yoga course, where an instructor leads a tranquil journey through breathing exercises and signature backbends and inversions.

Though most kids dream of one day being a pilot, very few ever get a chance behind the cockpit. The team at American Flyers seeks to change that by training students to obtain a pilot’s license or merely try out their skills in an introductory lesson. The flight schools’ numerous locations feature flight-training software, online courses, and pigeon mentors to grant students numerous ways to learn how to fly.

As children, two brothers witnessed firsthand the violence that can destroy a home. As adults, the vowed that their daughters would never suffer the same fate. That’s why they founded Divas In Defense, a safe haven for girls and women to learn self-defense techniques. At their personal-safety classes and self-defense workshops, healthy self-esteem and mental strength develop naturally as women learn how to use their own bodies or those of any nearby mannequins to defend themselves. Trainers hone simple strikes and kicks at beginner classes, which evolve into ground techniques at intermediate classes and defense against armed attackers at advanced classes. Their Girls Can Fight Too! program welcomes students as young as 7 to learn how to stave off bullying, date violence, and interact appropriately online, among other skills.

Hurled with great force, polished bowling balls careen down gleaming lanes at Your Bowling Center, where bowlers can also visit an expansive game room filled with arcade games and an inflatable obstacle course. On Friday and Saturday nights, Rock'n Glow fills the alley with bright strobe lights and music, exciting the senses to work up appetites, which can be satisfied at the snack bar. In the billiards hall, games of pool let friendly combatants enjoy more clattering sounds made by round objects.