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The Best Gifts for Digital Fitness Enthusiasts

 & Chandra Steele Senior Features Writer

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For more ideas on what to buy your friends and family, in any price range, keep tabs on PCMag's full holiday gift guide.

For Keeping Track

Fitbit Luxe

4.0 Excellent

The Fitbit Luxe blends into outfits just as well as the Apple Watch and is perfect for anyone who wants the fitness, health, sleep, and stress features of a Fitbit in a sleek package. It even has call and text notifications. It's shown here with a stainless steel mesh band.

Fitbit Luxe review

For Putting a Ring on It

Oura Ring Generation 3

The Oura Ring Generation 3 is the most subtle-looking of trackers. The simple band comes in two styles and five finishes and tracks activity, sleep, meditation, and more.

For Going on the Run

Twelve South Action Sleeve

Free the Apple Watch: The Twelve South Action Sleeve turns it into a more versatile workout companion.

For Amping Up the Apple Watch

Aura Strap 2

The Apple Watch offers plenty of health info, but the Aura Strap 2 gives it an extra boost with hydration, body composition, and other types of data.

For a Sound Move

Jabra Elite 7 Active

4.0 Excellent

The Jabra Elite 7 Active earphones are made for workouts of all kinds. They have a nonslip coating to stand up to sweat and are waterproof, so they can take a splash in the pool.

Jabra Elite 7 Active review

For Anyone Hooked on Music

JBL Clip 4

3.5 Good

Whether it's a hike or a ride on a bike, the JBL Clip 4 is ready to play. The clippable speaker is waterproof and dustproof and can accompany a workout anywhere. And if you buy the Clip 4 on JBL's site, you can customize its look.

JBL Clip 4 review

For Fight Club Fans

FightCamp

4.0 Excellent

FightCamp transforms any space into a boxing gym. The personal package includes on-demand workouts as well as boxing gloves, punch trackers, quick wraps, a free-standing bag, a bag ring, and a heavy workout mat.

For Pedal Pushers

Peloton Bike+

4.5 Outstanding

Peloton puts a virtual workout studio into homes with the Bike+. It has a built-in speaker system and a larger screen than its predecessor. And the screen rotates to make it easier to follow along with all the off-bike classes Peloton offers.

Peloton Bike+ review

For Extra Personal Training

Tempo Move

4.0 Excellent

Personal training is a little more personal when it can take place in a living room. The new Tempo Move offers a similar experience to the $2,495 Tempo Studio at a fraction of the price. It puts a weight system in a small cabinet and packs lots of classes into its app, which provides real-time guidance during workouts.

Tempo Move review

For a Different Beat

Bellbeat Ivy

The Bellabeat Ivy is designed for women and puts an emphasis on wellness over fitness. It monitors heart rate, cardiac coherence, respiratory rate, activity, and sleep, and tracks menstrual cycle, meditation, and hydration. The accompanying app has workouts, yoga, guided meditations, recipes, and more.

For Holding Onto Calm

Core Meditation Trainer

4.0 Excellent

The Core Meditation Trainer uses biofeedback to optimize their practice and sense of well-being. It's perfect for those who have difficulty mastering meditation or who could use a partner on their path to more meaningful mindfulness.

Core Meditation Trainer review

For Riding the Wave

Therabody Wave Roller

Foam rollers are a smart addition to any workout routine, but the Therabody Wave Roller is extra smart. It can be set with recovery routines that control its vibrations.

For Pressure Drop

Hypervolt Go

The Hypervolt Go is a percussion massager that helps them recover after a tough workout.

For Square But Tasty Meals

Green Chef Meal Delivery Service

4.5 Outstanding

Fast, fresh, and healthy meals are hard to pull off every night of the week. But Green Chef plans out a whole week's worth of menus and sends along all the ingredients. There are three types of meal plans: balanced living, plant-based, and keto/paleo.

Green Chef Meal Delivery Service review

For Movers and Shakers

BlendJet 2

Make smoothies and shakes anywhere with the BlendJet 2, which blends on the go and recharges via USB. Each charge lasts for about 15 uses.

For a Class Act

Obe FItness

An obé Fitness membership is a good gift whether they're a workout novice or a gym rat. For a monthly fee, they can take unlimited live and on-demand HIIT, dance, sculpt, yoga, pilates, cardio boxing, barre, and other classes from their phone, tablet, or streaming device. The classes are fun, fast, and effective.

For Making Room for Mindfulness

Headspace (for iPhone)

A subscription to the Headspace app lets them make space throughout the day for mindfulness in many forms. It offers meditation classes, solutions for sleep, mindful workouts, and lots of yoga sessions.

For Going at Light Speed

Lumos Matrix Urban Bike Helmet

The Lumos Matrix Bike Helmet does away with mixed signals. It has LEDs that signal turns and stops, making for a safer ride.

For Having It in the Bag

Caraa Studio Bag

People keep fit for all sorts of reasons, and one of them is to look good. But nobody looks good when they're schlepping their work bag, gym bag, and lunch bag simultaneously. Caraa solves this dilemma with bags that separate laptops, lunches, gym shoes, and purse essentials. It offers lots of styles, such the Studio (left), which goes from a backpack to a tote to a satchel for women on the move, and Remus (right), which is geared toward men and can be carried as a duffel or backpack.

For Getting Roped In

Tangram SmartRope Rookie

They won't have to keep track of their jump count with the Tangram SmartRope Rookie. The length is adjustable, so it works for every height.

About Our Expert

Chandra Steele

Chandra Steele

Senior Features Writer

My Experience

My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can connect it to technology (I can). I’ve been at PCMag since 2011 and have covered the surveillance state, vaccination cards, ghost guns, voting, ISIS, art, fashion, film, design, gender bias, and more. You might have seen me on TV talking about these topics or heard me on your commute home on the radio or a podcast. Or maybe you’ve just seen my Bernie meme

I strive to explain topics that you might come across in the news but not fully understand, such as NFTs and meme stocks. I’ve had the pleasure of talking tech with Jeff Goldblum, Ang Lee, and other celebrities who have brought a different perspective to it. I put great care into writing gift guides and am always touched by the notes I get from people who’ve used them to choose presents that have been well-received. Though I love that I get to write about the tech industry every day, it’s touched by gender, racial, and socioeconomic inequality and I try to bring these topics to light. 

Outside of PCMag, I write fiction, poetry, humor, and essays on culture.

My Areas of Expertise

  • Making incomprehensible tech news easy to understand
  • Expanding the boundaries of topics covered in the industry
  • Figuring out tips and tricks in apps and on devices and letting you know about them
  • Putting together gift guides for everyone in your life 

The Technology I Use

All that gadgets is gold for me: my iPhone 11 Pro, my fifth-generation iPad that I use only for streaming videos and music, my iPad mini 4 that I like to take with me whenever I carry a bag that can fit it, and my MacBook Pro. Why are they all different shades of gold, though? What’s going on, Apple? 

None of them quite live up to my two past loves: my LG Lotus LX600 phone and my Sony Walkman NW-E005 MP3 player. 

I've never given up wired earbuds so I was ahead of all those trend pieces. I use a Mangotek Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter to connect them to my phone. 

I have had so many ebook readers, but I prefer paper to them all. Still, my Kindle Paperwhite is perfect for traveling or when I’m too impatient to wait for a book to be released in paperback.

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