The pen is mightier than the sword, but that’s only because the pen spends three nights per week bench-pressing paper clips. Stay in tiptop sharp-object-dodging shape with today’s Groupon to Inner Me Studios. Choose between the following options:

• For $25, you get six Motion and Energy fitness and dance classes (a $55 value).
• For $30, you get three pole-dance classes (a $74 value).<p>

Inner Me Studios’ schedule of innovative fitness classes helps students unlock self-confidence with calorie-blasting exercises. The array of Motion and Energy classes provides a vigorous workout for pupils of all levels, combining elements of cardio, strength training, and flexibility. Cardio-intensive classes such as Kickboxing Fusion use the basics of jeet kune do and mixed martial arts to teach students how to kick down their boss’s door each morning using their fiercely trained feet and fists. Stiletto Fit unleashes inner divas in a 90-minute course that focuses on sultry dance moves, and Chair Dancing classes teach ladies how to choreograph a mesmerizing routine using only a small folding chair or a seductive blue beanbag.

Intimate groups of 10 or fewer students take to the studio’s five poles during pole-dance sessions, and instructors cavort gracefully, showing off more than 200 moves and transitions. Each class is designed for all levels, ensuring that novitiates receive helpful tips from their classmates and more experienced members can continue to push themselves by building on moves and developing an immunity to gravity. Encouraging shouts and upbeat tunes drift across the gym’s hardwood expanses, faintly reaching the private showers and changing rooms.