David Barton Gym

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Besides gratitude, Thanksgiving is known for being all about food, family and (watching) football. But the team at DavidBartonGym (DBG) says that you can still enjoy the festivities while keeping up your fitness levels as well. How? Their experts claim that an intense resistance-based workout within two hours of a meal can help keep your metabolism humming.

So at their locations across the country, DBG trainers will be leading their members and family and friends of members through a complimentary "CARVED" class. It's designed to target all major muscle groups with heavy weights, multiple sets, and small intervals of active recovery.

Can't make it to a class or don't have a DBG near you? Or too crazed by cooking the turkey to fit in a full workout? Try these sample moves from the class at home, done in a row as a circuit, to get a similar effect.

• Squats: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart and act like you are sitting in an imaginary chair: Bend knees 90 degrees and make sure your knees don't go past your toes. Return to start and repeat for one minute. (Hold dumbbells to make it harder.)
• Lateral Raises: Hold one dumbbell in each hand with palms facing body and feet hip-width apart. Extend both arms out to your sides at shoulder level, keeping wrists and elbows straight but not locked. Return to start and repeat for one minute.

Read on for more moves to get a carved body for turkey day.

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Before you indulge on your turkey dinner, make room for a free, yes free, day at David Barton Gym. On Nov. 24, enjoy complimentary workouts and an intense new class: Carved. Created by David Barton himself, Carved is a 60-minute weight training class designed to target all muscle groups in an aim to prevent postdinner weight gain. What better way to start off your holiday? Take advantage of Carved at either 9 or 11 a.m. at the following David Barton locales: NYC (Astor Place, 23rd and Seventh), Miami, Chicago, or Seattle. Nonmembers, call 1-877-579-1300 to get on the guest list. Happy Thanksgiving from FitSugar, PopSugar Shop, and David Barton Gym.

This is not your average gym. Your David Barton Gym workouts will be nothing less than sexy. The decor promises to deliver moody, plush accents, and the music is freshly spun on in-house DJ turntables. Don't believe us? Break a sweat at one of the six locations across the US — NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and Miami — with a one-month membership at a fraction of the cost.

David Barton, "the man who made working out cool," has created a nightclub-inspired fitness empire that veers away from the constant reminders that you are, in fact, at a gym, working out. Take the Astor Place location in New York with its giant disco ball DJ booth, dim lighting, candle-lit hallways, and velvet chaises, or make note of the Elle Decor-esque lounge area adjacent to the weight machines in Seattle — it's all about feeling good and looking great before, during, and, most importantly, after your workout. Add to the mix swanky locker rooms, classes named Ass Blast, Six-Pack Attack, Pain & Pleasure, and Steam, and a hint of glam to everything you put your mind and muscle to, and you have yourself the full-service David Barton experience. Let's just say Barton's philosophy "look better naked" is one that's easily attainable once you join the club. Head over to PopSugar Shop and snag this deal before it's too late.