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The holiday season seems to make that recessive shopping gene dominant. Otherwise sane, normal people get that "Oh my gosh, I've forgotten to buy uncle Ferd something and now I'm a terrible person" look on their faces. I believe this is because the media make buying gifts the most important part of the season.
Like you, I read the "Great Ideas for Gifts" columns, which now start to appear in October. But instead of filing them away for my Christmas/Hanukkah buying frenzy, I have decided to focus my rabid consumerism on the season that every physical fitness nut lives for...the New Year. Now, we can all scream in unison...Happy New Gear!!!
If the truth be known, part of the reason I'm doing is this because I write this blog for a company that makes products that are designed for this fitness crowd. Plus, I knew if I waited for all of the other media to file their obligatory "Great Gifts" columns, some of them would have cool fitness products and this would make my researching process MUCH easier.
I may be lazy, but I am not as my sister used to insist a "copy-cat." Or, at least when I am a copy-cat, I will give the publications proper credit for all their good ideas.
One publication that I got a bunch of Happy New Gear ideas was Austin Fit Magazine. In fact, giving someone or yourself a subscription to this terrific magazine would be a really good way to bring in the new gear!
Here are some other great ways to spend of that holiday cash and get healthier.
If you play any kind of sports, you should check out the best sports bags on the planet. They are produced by Sfear and as the company says, they "add some flash and fashion to your functional needs." Sfear makes the Roksak (for basketballers), the Kiksak (for soccer kickers, get it?), Stiksak (baseballers) and Blitzsak (footballers). Great products and a great company made up of sports fanatics and hysterically funny people.
Need some tunes for your run? How about the Sony S2 Sports Walkman?. This unit is small enough to ensure you are not weighted down and designed to be the perfect auditory stimulus. And, as we all know...there's not enough of that going around.
Nothing says "Happy New Gear!" like a new upright GameBike home version. Unless you're just hitting this web site for the first time, you know how cool GameBike is. But did you know you could order the home version on this very site? Click here and make your dreams come true. While we don't sell the GamePad on this site, you CAN get information on getting one by clicking here. We will have an authorized dealer to get you a GamePad pronto!
Two of the best cardio and upper-body exercises ever just got a little more high tech and high touch. The Calorie Counting jump rope is a great twist on a classic piece of equipment. If you want to turbo-charge your push ups, check out the Push Up Pro. These two handles allow your wrists to swivel as you are pushing up, thereby engaging more muscles and guaranteeing you that you will never, ever have sand kicked in your face at the beach again.
Many runners are closet cardiologists and need to know everything that's going on with the old ticker while they are pounding the pavement. If you're one of those runners, you might need a Hudson Fitness Sport Deluxe heart rate monitors. The same folks who designed and make GameBikes & GamePads make this little beauty and in addition to having a stopwatch, lap record, maximum heart rate display and a bunch of other clever features, this watch has target heart rate zone setting with audio and visual alarm and an audible heart rate zone alarm. This unit is the perfect way for you to know more than I ever want to know about matters of the heart.
Are your kids bored with the high tech video games, MP3 players, Ipods and TV's built into a toothbrush, etc? Well, how about letting them take the Fit Deck Challenge. This deck of cards, invented by a former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor is one of the coolest and "lowest tech" product ever to get kid's excited about exercises.
If you want some other Happy New Gear stuff for your GameBike, how about getting some of those chase games that work with your PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Nintendo. Click here to get a list of some games that work with your GameBike
So, have you gotta a CLUE on how to say Happy New Gear? Post it here and we'll share it with the rest of the class.