61 Best Fitness Gifts to Give Any Athlete in 2023
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If you’ve got an athlete in your life, you know they devote countless hours to gearing up, working out, and recovering—and you can take a pretty good guess that they want their gifts to be just as high-speed as they are. To help you out, we’ve rounded up the best fitness gifts and gifts for athletes at a wide variety of price points (and included a lot of things they wouldn’t think to buy for themselves!)
Fitness gifts don’t have to be huge, although big-ticket items are always welcome. What really makes a quality present for a fitness fanatic is a sense of personality; whether you spend $5 or $500, it’s most important to make sure that your workout buddy, boyfriend, mom, or coworker will be able to use whatever you give them.
Before you add anything to your cart, think hard about what each recipient likes to do: Is he always swimming laps? Do they hike every single weekend? Does she like to carry gear with her while she exercises, or is she more into stretching/fueling before and after? With all of this very helpful information, you’ll be able to find the right gift—one they’ll use again and again.
Maybe you have a husband who loves to golf in the early morning hours (see our gifts for husbands!), or a daughter who is determined to run her first marathon (also, see our best gifts for teens). Tell all your worries to take a backseat, because the gift ideas ahead make every kind of workout easier, safer, and more enjoyable.
Read on to find the best fitness gifts for every kind of athlete.
Jake Smith, an editorial fellow at Prevention, recently graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism and just started going to the gym. Let's be honest—he's probably scrolling through Twitter right now.
Prevention’s digital director has more than a decade of experience editing and strategizing for news and lifestyle publications such as Good Housekeeping, Time Out New York, Time Out New York Kids, Haute Living, and Forbes (previously writing for PureWow, Paste, xoJane, Men’s Fitness, House Beautiful, and Life by Daily Burn among others). She’s happiest when she's elevating a great story with perfect packaging, digging into longform storytelling, or remixing the way we experience reported journalism.
Laura Williams, MS, ACSM EP-C, is a certified exercise physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine who holds undergraduate and master's degrees in exercise and sport science. She also holds certifications in behavioral change, fitness nutrition, sports conditioning, and youth fitness. She authored the internationally-published book, "Partner Workouts" in 2016, and her bylines have appeared in national print and online publications including Men's Health, Reader's Digest, Runner's World, Healthline, Verywell Fit, Thrillist, The Healthy, and Men's Journal. After years of engaging in more traditional workouts, in 2018, after being unexpectedly widowed at the age of 36, she turned to surfing, beach walking, and horseback riding to help in her healing process.
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