Without gyms, people would resort to outdated fitness techniques such as swimming and pushing Model Ts up slight inclines. Celebrate contemporary fitness with today's Groupon to Holmes Health & Fitness in Waukee. Choose from the following options:

• For $17, you get a one-month membership (a $35 value).
• For $40, you get a one-month membership (a $35 value) and three personal-training sessions (a $60 value each; a $215 total value).
• For $210, you get a one-year membership (a $420 value).

Individuals of all fitness levels romp across myriad cardio and weight-training equipment and strut toward well-being in a variety of workout classes at Holmes Health & Fitness. Members gain access to a bevy of heart-pumping gear, including ellipticals and stair climbers, and a bank of stationary recumbent bikes grants a cycling workout free of traffic cops asking for handlebar rides. Build sinew in the large weight area with resistance machines, free weights, and bands, or tone up with weekly fitness classes. Kickboxing courses pummel calories with a flurry of martial-arts moves and intervals of strength training, and Zumba sends hardworking hips sashaying to Latin grooves. Improve the body's flexibility in order to reach reserves of tranquility stored on upper shelves in yoga classes, or introduce limbs and torsos to muscle-forging barbells in a 45-minute Body Sculpting class.

Half-hour personal-training sessions align goal-oriented members with an experienced trainer who will focus on areas such as sports performance, weight loss, and rehabilitation. Experts will teach fledgling fitness enthusiasts how to have an effective workout and avoid startling skittish treadmills.