Before exercise equipment, ancient humans built muscles by curling heavy rocks and jumping over the veering tails of careless dinosaurs. Enjoy modern fitness gear with today’s Groupon from Body Basics. Choose between the following options:

• For $25, you get $50 worth of fitness accessories.<p>
• For $49, you get a one-hour fitness-equipment service call, valid for locations within 25 miles of Body Basics (a $104 value).<p>

Body Basics’ fitness gurus enhance active lifestyles with new and used exercise equipment and repair ailing gear during hands-on house calls. With vast product knowledge, staffers direct customers across their spacious showroom and recommend home-gym accessories such as a Xercise Ball ($29.99) for strengthening core muscles and Deluxe Xertube heavy-resistance cables ($17.99) for building arms strong enough to crush candy canes into tiny breath mints for fireflies. Training grip gloves ($26.99) protect hands during workouts with moldable comfort pads and flexible fabrics, and the Omron GOsmart pocket pedometer ($44.99) measures steps taken during runs and everyday errands.

With a dedicated service technician boasting nearly 25 years of electronic and mechanical experience, Body Basics also specializes in restoring rundown treadmills, ellipticals, and other home-gym equipment. With an hour of service, a maintenance maven travels to your home and assesses damage before employing the proper tools and butterfly kisses to mend fitness apparatuses of all makes and models.