Without a variable workout, exercise quickly becomes nothing more than a Sisyphean routine of lifting boulders, running up hills, and running away from sudden boulder avalanches. Sweat safely with today’s Groupon: for $49, you get a personal-training package at Free Form Fitness (a $240 value), with locations on Carling Avenue in Kanata and Dalhousie Street and Wellington Street in Ottawa. The package includes:

• Consultation
• Fitness assessment
• Three personal-training sessions<p>

Free Form Fitness’s trainers custom-craft exercise and nutrition plans for patrons of all shapes and levels of fitness experience. An initial consultation enlightens the trainer to the client’s particular goals, whether they want to tone, lose weight, or lose inches to fit more easily into overhead storage bins. This information plays into the first training session, during which trainers conduct a balance test to pinpoint weak spots in musculature and craft a regimen that steers clear of injury while maximizing strength. The second training adds a fitness test to the mix, which measures the body’s baseline fitness level and how good the muscles are at algebra. A final meeting ends the training series with a lesson in proper nutrition, demonstrating how fit-seekers can further obtain their goals by fueling their bodies with healthy eats.