Gifts for Fitness-Minded Friends
This Holiday Season, getting the perfect gift can be quite the challenge, especially if the recipient is involved in fitness activities.
Let’s face it: gym attire and workout equipment can be hard to buy for someone other than ourselves. What do they like to wear? How much weight can they lift? What activities do they enjoy doing the most? It’s enough to make your head spin.
Gift suggestions for the Fitness-Minded
If your friends or relatives already belong to a health club they enjoy, you could extend the membership for as long as your budget allows.
Depending on how well you know both parties, an introductory session with a personal trainer may be in order.
For those who play specific sports, consider standard equipment or apparel. For the adventurous ones on your gift list, consider a sample lesson for an offbeat activity: trapeze, rock-climbing, even skydiving.
If your friend wants to start eating healthier to increase overall fitness level, he or she might appreciate a gift card to an organic food store or supermarket.
Or you can give the gift of reading.
A book or a subscription to a magazine related to your friend’s favorite fitness activity—or a biography of an inspirational sports figure— might be appropriate.
If you enjoy a certain fitness DVD, give a copy of that. For their further relaxation, give gift certificates to a reputable licensed massage therapist.
In fact, practically everyone enjoys working out to music, the gift of a new pair of bluetooth headphones, or similar item is an almost guaranteed hit.
But if that is not within your budget, substitute a gift card that allows the recipient to download an array of new songs to listen while biking, punching, dancing, walking or jogging.
The American Council on Exercise has some further suggestions:
- resistance exercise bands
- a stability board
- a set of free weights or adjustable dumbbells
- a high-quality jump rope
- a heart-rate monitor
Many of the above suggestions are not limited to friends or relatives who already work out or play sports on a regular basis. If the person you are giving the gift to is just getting started on a new fitness program, we can help design a routine that incorporates your new gift and provides safe, healthy workouts for the months ahead.
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