Give the Gift of Physical Activity

With Christmas just around the corner and last minute gifts on the brain, have you considered physical activity?

During the holiday season no matter how old you are we tend to give and receive gifts. This holiday season it’s a good idea to ask yourself, what am I saying with this present?

Gift giving is actually a fairly influential opportunity. It’s a little bit of a chance to be expressive and really say something without words. For example, this Christmas I symbolically adopted some animals on the WWF website for my lil cousins. Yes.. I am trying to turn them into mini tree huggers. The same goes for choosing and hoping for presents that help and encourage living an active lifestyle.

If you’re into video games go for a Wii and one of the many “fit” games that are available. Maybe you’re an outdoorsy person like I am and would prefer some gear to head outside. (Outer wear, snow shoes, cross county skis.) It could be that you are a hard core athlete and would be down with a heart rate monitor or pedometer. Fans of active transportation and the environment might be stoked on a long board or bike tune up (think bikes, rollerblades, skate boards, a good pair of shoes).  Maybe none of this is wild enough for you and we need to amp it up to “extreme sport” like snowboarding and ski gear. Now all of the above is fun and entertaining, but there are some active gifts that scream fun like a snow tubes! I know I’ve had some ridiculous tobogganing nights. Don’t forget that you can give warm weather gifts in the winter too!

All in all I’m trying to say why not take this gift giving and receiving opportunity as a chance for making being active a part of your life!

If you need some more ideas you can check out Saskatchewan in motion’s Active Toy Guide!

Kenji