Fitness gift ideas

jobelle217
jobelle217 Posts: 41 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all!

My husband and I are both doing MFP and loving it. My husband is also doing lots of working out these days....

His birthday is next week and I thought I would get him some more exercise items.....he already has one set of "dri-fit" shorts/shirt so I thought about getting him another set. But, any other ideas? Any specific clothing that ya'll have found is nice to have, specific towels, specific water bottles, etc?

He is doing the elliptical and some running at the gym. He plans on doing more weight lifting as time goes on.

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  • jobelle217
    jobelle217 Posts: 41 Member
    ideas? :)
  • Dahllywood
    Dahllywood Posts: 642 Member
    My favorite fitness purchase ever: compression shorts. They do wonders lol
  • jobelle217
    jobelle217 Posts: 41 Member
    awesome, thanks-I'm going to look into those!
  • jobelle217
    jobelle217 Posts: 41 Member
    btw, my husband has some issues with his knees....some cartilage degeneration...he's doing fine but anyone with similar issues that has any special tricks to help?
  • cyncetastic
    cyncetastic Posts: 165
    I nice set of lifting gloves might be nice.
  • RandomGhostbuster
    RandomGhostbuster Posts: 1 Member
    If Kab030 is going to start lifting, I would recommend gloves. I use them all the time while lifting. I almost cant lift without them. If he is going to run alot, you could get him a Nike+ sensor. I like using it to track my runs. I dont think it is that expensive ~20 for the sensor and it is integrated with your iphone or ipod.
  • losingitlittlebylittle
    losingitlittlebylittle Posts: 15
    I love my Camelbak water bottle - and how about something like a FitBit? Oh yeah- and whatever you get for him, make sure you treat yourself to something, too! You're in this together, right?? :happy:
  • izzydino
    izzydino Posts: 254 Member
    an awesome hrm :) That's what i want for my birthday.
  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,292 Member
    My favorite piece of 'equipment' is my running jacket. But unless he's gonna hit the road, that's not the best idea...
    An HRM would be nice. Or a gym bag. Dunno...
  • sjtreely
    sjtreely Posts: 1,014 Member
    Take him to a speciality running store to get properly fitted for the right shoes. They'll analyze his gait and measure him to get the fit. Sludge for some wick away socks, too. The right shoes will make all the difference in the world and the socks are worth their weight in gold.
  • iamlottiebee
    iamlottiebee Posts: 33 Member
    Agree, a good HRM would be nice, then when he starts lifting he'll have a much better idea of calories burned (I find MFP under-estimates cals burned lifting).

    My Dad gave me a pair of Skins compression tights for my last birthday, and I love them. Everything feels all tight and pulled in when I run in them especially.

    As for weak knees, my partner also has one weak knee, and the only that really helps is bracing it, so it gets as much support as possible. Depending on how bad it is, you can get knee braces that are just tight fabric, or that have metal or carbon fibre supports down the side, which help prevent lateral (sideways) movement of the knee. Those one are the most supportive, but can feel a bit "heavy" if they are metal...
  • tinana_RN
    tinana_RN Posts: 541 Member
    I nice set of lifting gloves might be nice.


    I was going to say this!
  • SaraLosingIt
    SaraLosingIt Posts: 11
    I like my CamelBak Better Bottle. It can be bought at Target. I drink so much more water when I carry it!
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    HRM, food scale, running shorts with built in compression briefs, gift cert to running store, bluetooth headphones
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Foam roller, maybe some k-tape for his knee, chiropractor/massage gift certificates.
  • jobelle217
    jobelle217 Posts: 41 Member
    Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I'm going pick something up this weekend....I have so many ideas now-thanks!
  • jamfan
    jamfan Posts: 124 Member
    best thing I've ever purchased for working out was my ipod especially for the gym. but there a few more bucks

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