The holidays are in full swing. If you are like me, I am always trying to find unique and meaningful gifts for my friends and family that they would use and love. As a fitness gear junkie, I have compiled a few of my favorite things in this Holiday Gift Guide for Active Women… my FIT Holiday Gift Guide of 2014!
Check out this year’s holiday gift guide featuring the new #Koss Fit Series as part of a FitFluential campaign. I was also sent some of the other amazing fitness products to try, review and share with you! These amazing fitness products are TOPO Athletic, BoirionUSA Arnicare, PROFOOT, Dynamic Tape, Run All Day shirt and P90x3! Amazing fitness products that are a must to include for your fitness loving friend!
Koss Fit Series FitBuds and FitClips: Designed by women for women. The Koss FitSeries fit clips and fit buds designers teamed up with Gold Medalist Dara Torres to create the world’s first headphones designed specifically for women, by women.
The Koss Fit Series come in feminine colors that are cute and stylish. The thing that I also like about this product is that each earbud is customizable.
I have small ear holes and often find headsets to hurt my ears when wearing. Koss has revolutionized this problem by giving you a set of FitBuds that are 33% smaller than regular ear buds to find the perfect fit.
Koss Fit Series comes in two styles, FitClips which go over your ears and FitBuds which are similar to regular headphones.
The FitClips do NOT fall out. The over the ear clip holds the head phones snug for a secure fit!
These are sweat resistant and stay put through a grueling treadmill speed work run as well as a fun trampoline jump fest with the
You can find Koss Fit Series FitBuds and FitClips for only $19.99 this holiday season at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Walgreens, Kmart and Sears.
TOPO Athletic shoes are a unique running, racing and training shoe by design. They are light, comfortable and breathable. I was sent the RT’s split toe and zero-drop design to run in and review to share with you! This design allows you to run how you were born to: naturally and effortlessly.
While marathon training, I ran a few speed work and tempo miles in my TOPO Athletic RT shoes. I found that when I wore these shoes I had NO foot pain (which is saying something because at that time I was having it often with each run).
I found these shoes to be very comfortable and when I ran my gait felt natural and easy.
I am a fan of toe socks, and the TOPO Athletic shoes can be used with toe socks (or their funny Ninja Turtle socks they sent with the shoes)… or you can have NO socks! The material they use when making these shoes make socks an option… not a must.
These shoes are a minimalist shoe which helps the runner run a natural gait. I run in a similar drop shoe, and found this shoe to be very comfortable.
BoirionUSA Arnicare – A few months ago, one of my local girlfriends introduced me to Arnicare. She swore that this product would help relieve any aches and pains I had from… life. Muscle aches? No problem, take the tablet and/or rub the cream on your sore muscle. Prest-O Wham-O! Ache be gone!
I kid you not. This stuff works! I was hesitant at first, but arnicare gel has helped relieve many a sore muscles the past few weeks of marathon training!
I used it during Ragnar and after my long runs! It is one of my all time favorite fitness products. It is a MUST HAVE for your fitness list!
Because I love it so much, I would love for YOU to try it out so YOU can love it too! BoironUSA has agreed to send YOU a care package with their pain relief gel and tabs. I was sent a care package too… and am so thankful! I KNOW you will love it too! Enter to WIN!
PROFOOT products make my feet happy feet. I was sent a happy feet kit as a congratulation for running my first full marathon. PROFOOT helps combat aches and fatigue by bringing relief to aching feet. Their gel insoles, pedi block and foot cream pamper the most tired (and ugly my poor feet) this holiday season!
This holiday, PROFOOT, is combating aches and fatigue this season by gifting consumers with happy #HolidayFeet. PROFOOT will help bring relief to aching feet by giving consumers the chance to win free products by simply tweeting their holiday shopping stories in 140 characters or less, using the hashtag #HolidayFeet. From 11/22 – 12/24, winners will be selected at random and gifted with free Custom Insole Self-Molding Orthotics that can alleviate over 25 pounds of impact on every step, to help them survive the physically grueling season.
The PROFOOT Happy Kit can be yours too! I believe we all need a little pampering (on our feet too) this holiday season! Enter to WIN!
I was sent a box of Dynamic Tape to review. I used this wrap in addition to my KT tape to tape my foot and calf the weeks prior to my race. My chiropractor even used it a few times to wrap me up. I received many compliments from the pattern.
Dynamic Tape is a unique athletic tape that gives wearers the ability move through full range of motion without limitation, but with strong biomechanical assistance. The tape can strongly assist or resist movement, facilitate or inhibit and offload tissue through full range of motion.
In addition, the highly elastic nature and four way stretch is what make the tape different from other tapes on the market. The four way stretch design makes it possible for someone to get the full effect when taping multi-joint muscles or movements.
I do want to mention that this tape did not have the durability of KT tape of kinesiology tape, but it did stay on during physical activity (just not multiple days).
RunAllDay Shirt created by PavementRunner. I love all things fitness related, and when my friend PavementRunner shared his shop of running shirts, I knew I wanted to support him. I love running shirts.
I get the biggest kick because my boys assume that each race I run, I win. I come home from my race with a medal.
Often times, I run out of town or for a few hours. They have mentioned a few times, “Mommy you run all day?!” To which I reply, “Yes dear! Mommy runs all day!”
I knew that I had to get this shirt, RUN ALL DAY! There are many days when that is all I want to do. Run. Away. All. Day.
You can get your own shirt at PavementRunner.com, he will be taking orders again in the spring!
If you are looking for an amazingly intense workout program for your fitness friend – man or woman! You need to check out P90X3! Tony Horton has done it again and come out with a new fitness program. This revolutionary program is ONLY 30 minutes a day for 90 days. The people who have completed his program have had amazing results!
Although I haven’t tried or completed this program… yet… I am looking to challenge myself in 2014. I want to get STRONG!
This program is brand spanking new and was just released to the public this week. I am hoping to get it and do it WITH my husband this year.
Time is always an issue with finding time for fitness… and this program gives you excellent results in only 30 minutes a day!
Put in the time. Put in the work. You will see the results you seek!
I hope you enjoyed my Holiday Fitness Gift Guide for Active Women. I enjoy these products, and would love for you to check them out and try for yourself. Be sure to enter the two giveaways mentioned above!
Samantha says
I’d love to win because I’m a runner and training for a marathon relay. Also there are 4 other runners in my household and we definitely use Arnicare!
Britton says
I would love to win this giveaway! I am training for my first half ironman and my feel are going to be getting a beating!!! This would come in very handy!!
Laura says
I would love to win that profoot stuff, my feet are beyond sad looking right now! I’m too embarrassed to even get a pedicure.
Danielle says
I would love to win the Arnicare basket since I definitely feel sore a lot from the workout abuse I put myself through.
Sheena says
To help with knee stiffness and shin pain!
Shelley says
What amazing goodies! My feet are always needing help. Just a newbie runner (7 months), but always need help with foot care!
Tina@GottaRunNow says
I’d like BoirionUSA Arnicare to relieve soreness. That would be great!
Julie M says
My feet have been so rough lately. I would love to win a Happy Feet package.
Rachel says
I am an older runner, have plenty of aches and pains and would LOVE to win the BoironUSA package!!
Courtney @ Don't Blink. Just Run. says
Those are some great products. My feet are rarely happy. LOL I’d like to see how the Arnicare works. I’ve used Biofreeze in the past and love that stuff, but never seen Arnicare before.
Sharon says
oooh…the Happy Feet Kit sounds like heaven after a long run! I did 20 miles yesterday and I sure could use some soothing today. 🙂
Sharon says
I’m up for trying anything that will help with my aches & pains. 🙂
Laura says
I’d love to try Boiron’s all natural products. They Sound Wonderful.
Laura says
I need to try Profoot so I can have happy feet too!