See also: gifts for runners and walkers

Contract for the services of a personal trainer to coach the fitness buff.

Arrange and pay for membership at a spa, gym, fitness club, or pool.

Fitness buffs enjoy monitoring their progress. Give a stopwatch, lap counter, caliper, professional scale, blood pressure monitor, or pulse monitor.

Motivational audio or videotapes might help a friend who has reached a fitness plateau or is in an exercise slump.

Give a cargo bag, weekender bag, fanny pack, gym bag, sports attaché, portable locker, or rucksack according to the enthusiast's sports interests and needs.

Choose from a wide array of home gym and exercise equipment: floor mats, chin-up bars, rebounders, step exercisers, slant boards, hand grip exercisers, jump ropes, weights (ankle, wrist, waist, hand), rowing machines, cross-country ski machines, stationery bicycles, treadmills.

Plan a weekend around the recipient's favorite fitness activity: biking, swimming, running, or a week at a health spa. A travel agent can help you with the details.

To the fitness buff on the go, give AquaBells water-inflatable, collapsible dumbbells and ankle weights. Perfect for travel or office use. Phone: 800/987-6892. Internet: www.aquabells.com.

Give a shower massager, vibrating heat massager, or pressure point massager to relieve tired muscles. Or give yourself a video to teach you how to give him a relaxing massage.

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