Friday, December 4, 2015

Best Fitness Gifts for the Holidays

It's that wonderful time of year again!!! Unfortunately, buying presents can be difficult. What is cost efficient? What is even worth buying? Trying to guess what people want is hard enough, but add in the cost of fitness equipment and you can put yourself in a real bind. Below are a couple of do's and don'ts for this holiday season.

1) Treadmills - Unless your buying for someone who is an avid runner, and I'm talking goes for a run a couple times a week with some consistency, this is the wrong purchase. Let's be honest, a lot of us have the treadmill or bike at the house and basically all it does is collect dust and laundry. Not to mention they can get expensive.




Alternative: Running shoes, gym membership

2) Workout DVD's - We've all seen the infomercials. Get ripped in 20 minutes!!! The truth is a lot of times these dvd's are not for your average joe/jane. Although they do have the benefit of never having to leave your house, most people don't stick with them. A lot of training consistently has to do with accountability. So, if your buying for someone who is motivated enough to train consistently, this may be a good gift. Otherwise, its going to sit with the rest of the dvd's (potentially next to the treadmill) collecting dust. 

Alternative: Personal Trainer 

3) Fit Bits/Running Watches - If your buying for one of those people who are hell bent on having one of these the good news is you have a ton of options. I find that these devices usually aren't worn with any consistency and lack the style to be worn on a daily basis. Unfortunately, thats kind of the point with these things. They really shouldn't be taken off, even when your sleeping.  So, here are a few options to work with.



4) Bands / Medicine balls / Gym balls/ Kettlebells / Dumbells / Foam rollers / TRX straps

All of these items are something you would find in the house of a fitness enthusiast. They are cheap and more often than not they get used. In my opinion, everyone should have this stuff in there house. The good news is they are also relatively cheap. 

Check out this link to browse some options

5) Personal Training - As far as the hierarchy of fitness gifts go, this is at the top. There is nothing you can buy that will help your friend/family member more than their own personal trainer. Typically buying training would be more expensive than most of the above gifts. However, if your on a tight budget, you can limit the amount of sessions you buy or get you and your friend/family member into a group so you can go together.

Group training can be fun and competitive. It also gives you the opportunity to spend some extra time with a special person in your life. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact us and ask about our FREE evaluation!!!









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