Like a horse, sweat occasionally needs to be broken to achieve top performance and to create a more formidable appearance when chasing ne’erdowells out of the town saloon. Work up a beastly perspiration with today’s Groupon: for $29, you get six fitness classes and a consultation at Xtreme Fit GA, in Watkinsville (a $90 value).

Xtreme Fit GA’s seasoned trainers run unsculpted bodies through a muscle-making assembly line of intense, small-group workouts and nutrition coaching. Regardless of age, experience, or opinions about who is the best Golden Girl, Xtreme Fit’s program is designed for all fitness fanatics, with CrossFit exercises that shun excessive machine use in favor of natural movements and resistance training. Classes are limited to four people to ensure that all students get plenty of individual attention from the instructors and maximize their workouts.

During the first session, musclemongers get a fitness test and consultation to measure their abilities and determine their fitness goals. Following that, a brief warm-up and skill instruction gets students prepared for 45 minutes of intense squatting, kettlebell slinging, and row-machine rowing. Sweat sessions are also timed and logged as gym junkies compete against themselves, each other, and the clock, which has proven to be a more effective way of motivating students than shaming them about their inability to open pickle jars.