Best Christmas Gifts For Sweaty Fitness Freaks
by Sarah Basford
We're weeks out from the barrage of posts and tweets about everyone's New Year's fitness resolutions so it's a perfect time to get your fitness-loving friends and family members the gift of sweat-inducing pastimes to keep them occupied over the break. Here's our roundup of the best Christmas gifts for your active mates.
Fitbit Versa Lite
This first one's a no brainer. If your friend's into fitness and hasn't yet invested in a smartwatch, now's definitely the time. The Fitbit Versa Lite is a good halfway point because it doesn't come with all the bells and whistles of the higher-end fitness watches but does what you need it to: tell the time, track your activity and receive some important notifications.
Muse 2: The Brain Sensing Headband
While your gift recipient is bound to look like a dickhead with this device snugly on, they'll be the most zen dickhead around. The Muse 2 is a headband that sense how calm you are and work a meditation routine around it, reacting to real-time brain activity. If you're fitness-obsessed friend has a hard time winding down or just staying still in general, this is probably the gift they've been searching for.
Naipo Shiatsu Heat Pillow
After a long day of running or whatever exercising people do, muscles tend to hurt. To help alleviate the discomfort treat your friend or family member to a heated massage pillow for little bit of muscular relief. Their partners will certainly be pleased if it means not being guilted into giving them backrubs after every workout.
Running Phone Sleeve
Running is fun and all but it's even better when you're going somewhere specific like a local cafe or the shops. If that's the case, runners will likely want to bring their phones and cash or cards along with them and the best way to do that is with a running armband. If your gift recipient has yet to grab themselves one, swoop in and do the hard work for them.
Adjustable Skipping Rope
Working out doesn't have to mean expensive gym memberships and the latest and most fashionable work out gear. No, it could be as simple as a smart skipping rope. This skipping rope is adjustable, shows the approximate calories you've burned and it counts the amount of time you've been skipping to shame you into an extra minute of jumping.
Slackers 50' Outdoor Slackline
No fitness guide is complete without also including a spin bike, which will definitely not sit in the corner of the room collecting dust. Spin bikes are great for people without too much time on their hands. You can just jump on, pump out a 10-minute bike ride, have a shower and then move on with your day all within the comfort of your house. It's also great if you tend to be a couch dweller and are game enough to work out and watch Netflix in the same instance.
RENPHO Shiatsu Foot Massager
After a long day of any sort of movement, exercise or Christmas shopping, most feet are in need of some serious R 'n R. Make your friend the best and most bougie version of themselves with a foot massager. The most useless useful product ever desgined, the Shiatsu foot massager will heat and knead your human hooves into nirvana and honestly, everyone deserves one.
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