Powerhouse Gym Worcester, Auburn

Pure Fitness has a full roster of certified personal trainers and seasoned group-fitness instructors who guide exercisers to physical peaks, building strong muscles and healthy lifestyles. The workout room helps guests to slim down their silhouettes with new exercise equipment, including calorie-torching cardio machines and dumbbells perfect for toning biceps or hurling at cardboard cutouts of Charles Atlas. There's also a recently added athletic-training center. Open 24 hours.

Group classes range from Les Mills dance aerobics to CrossFit functional training, which strengthens sinews with Olympic lifting drills and gymnastics-inspired bodyweight exercises. A juice bar replenishes vitamins and minerals, and saunas banish stress with warm, dry air. To help parents squeeze exercise into busy schedules, the gym offers childcare services seven days a week. Kickboxing Classes help to burn fat, reduce stress & tone up by punching & kicking real heavy bags. Kickboxing is a cardio exercise, with up to 1,200 calories burned each class. Fun & engaging classes keep the punches & kicks basic. Classes are for both beginner & advanced levels, each member can work out at their own pace.