The season of reward giving is right here! For many who discover pleasure in shopping for and buying the proper current, the ritual is fulfilling and enjoyable. In the meantime, others who really feel it’s a problem might need they may skip the societal ritual altogether.
Wherever you fall on the gift-giving spectrum, we’ve obtained you coated — contemplate us your vacation helpers! We spoke with a couple of Life Time consultants and healthy-living lovers to study what they hope to present and obtain this season. Their recommendations would possibly simply spark your creativity and supply some tangible concepts for the family members in your checklist.
As you’re considering of others, do not forget that the vacation season can be for you: Be sure you prioritize your individual wellness amid the frenzy. These concepts are all curated to boost a wholesome life — and who is aware of? Possibly you’ll be impressed to buy one thing for your self or add it to your individual want checklist.
Lydia Hirt
Vice chairman of pickleball advertising and marketing at Life Time.
Her Want Listing: Recently, I’ve develop into a bit obsessed with my Oura ring sleep rating — it’s virtually my nightly report card. However now I’m satisfied the final word reward I want for 2025 is the Eight Sleep. I’ve been subtly (OK, possibly not that subtly) dropping hints to my boyfriend. It’s a splurge, however I’ve cleverly framed it as a present for “each of us.” Fingers crossed he buys it (and Life Time has a code to avoid wasting $350!)
I take LTH Omega-3 Fish Oil each day throughout my lunch break and will all the time use a refill on my inventory of it. I’ve discovered rather a lot about LTH’s sustainable sourcing and high quality practices, so it’s a product I really feel nice about taking, particularly understanding the numerous methods fish oil contributes to my general well being and wellness.
My household claims I’m inconceivable to buy (completely not true, by the best way), so I’ve made it straightforward for them this yr — Life Time reward playing cards! They begin at $25, and I’ll gladly put them towards pickleball classes and Pilates classes. Plus, each time I’m on the courtroom or the reformer, I’ll consider the beneficiant soul who made it occur.
Her Gifting Listing: Present-giving is one in every of my love languages — proper up there with carrying matching outfits. My boyfriend and I are headed to Costa Rica across the holidays, and I’m counting down the times till we’re enjoying pickleball within the tropical sunshine (you may get an concept of how a lot I really like enjoying this sport when you observe me on Instagram @lydia.pickleball).
Naturally, I’m gifting him the gear to be twinning with me in matching Lululemon units. I’m obsessive about this emerald inexperienced one: Males’s Lululemon Pickleball Zeroed In Brief Sleeve Shirt and Males’s Lululemon Pickleball Zeroed In Linerless 7” Shorts, which match my favourite set! It’s accessible on the LT Store right here: Girls’s Lululemon Pickleball Swiftly Tech Brief Sleeve 2.0 Race Size and Girls’s Lululemon Pickleball Varsity Excessive-Rise Pleated 14″ Skirt.
For my sister who loves lengthy strolls in Central Park together with her rescue pup, I’m gifting Bala Bangles. They’re gentle weights she will put on on her wrists or ankles to make her walks just a little extra environment friendly (and classy).
And for the man pickleball lovers in my life? My dad, who performs with each energy and spin, is getting the brand new JOOLA Ben Johns Perseus 3S Paddle. Plus, everybody’s getting a three-pack of the Final Pickleball of their stocking! These balls play quick, bounce constantly, and don’t crack — they’ll be the reward that retains on giving lengthy after the vacations.
Anna Buss
Social media engagement specialist at Life Time.
Her Want Listing: I’d like to obtain the Girls’s Splits59 Joan Fleece Polo Sweatshirt and Girls’s Split59 Reena Fleece Sweatpant set from LT Store. The fabric is extremely comfortable, making it the perfect outfit for cozy days at residence.
Her Gifting Listing: I’m hoping to deal with somebody to a Hydrafacial appointment on the LifeSpa. It’s my favourite facial, and I would like others to expertise the superb outcomes for themselves.
Danny King
Grasp Coach and director of restoration and efficiency at Life Time.
His Want Listing: I’d love for somebody to purchase me a present card for a Dynamic Stretch session. Because the director of Dynamic Stretch, I clearly love and imagine within the service, however like many members, I are inclined to not be nice about scheduling time for myself. Each time I lead a workshop and am the demo consumer for this service, I notice how a lot I would like the service. My purpose this yr is to get a bit extra according to my very own stretch classes, and a vacation reward could be a good way to kick that off.
His Gifting Listing: I’m planning on gifting somebody LTH Revive Grass-Fed Colostrum. It’s an incredible complement for a lot of causes: intestine well being, restoration, pores and skin well being, and extra. Everybody I do know may gain advantage from it. I’m two weeks right into a gut-health protocol and am feeling superb — I would like everybody to really feel nearly as good as I do proper now.
Anika Christ
Senior director of diet and weight reduction at Life Time.
Her Want Listing: Something that helps my very own self-care! I began investing extra time and vitality into my skincare this final yr, so a LifeSpa reward card to place towards a facial or a few of my favourite skincare merchandise is excessive on the checklist. I’m very into red-light remedy as effectively and have had my eyes on this pink gentle face masks.
Her Gifting Listing: This most likely goes with out saying, however as a dietitian, I’m actually into gifting health-supporting consumables that I really like and use myself. Through the years, I’ve gifted LTH Collagen Peptides as a result of it’s my favourite protein on the LTH line for its style and usefulness. I’ll pair the vanilla-flavored one with my favourite handheld milk frother, espresso beans, and/or a cute mug for all of the espresso lovers in my life. I’ve additionally gifted the unflavored choice with handmade soup and/or pasta sauce (you’ll be able to add the collagen to each of those for an additional increase).
This yr, I’m obsessive about our latest collagen providing: LTH Rewind Collagen Elixir. It’s a each day collagen shot that tastes superb and is ideal for individuals who wish to help their pores and skin, hair, and nails (and joints!). I’ll more than likely pair it with one other skincare favourite like a gua sha stone, collagen face masks, or favourite serum.
Jen Rezac
Director of training for youths and swim at Life Time.
Her Want Listing: I’d like to obtain a SkinPen appointment at our LifeSpa MediSpa. I had this service performed as soon as earlier than and my pores and skin appeared and felt nice after. I got here out with a smoother look and will inform a distinction within the dimension of my pores. It was the reset my pores and skin wanted and the restoration time was very fast. As I am going into the cruel, northern winter, my pores and skin wants all the assistance it will probably get!
Her Gifting Listing: Yearly, I reward an expertise that I can do with the particular folks in my life. In my household, the youngsters are all previous the age of toys, and I’m over having stuff accumulate in my home, which is why I really like experiences. It provides us time collectively and we all the time do one thing new.
Final yr we went to a vacation present, and this yr we’re occurring a trip in January for our “vacation journey and presents.” It’s a double whammy in our family as a result of now we have a baby with a Christmas Eve birthday, and our household all lives out of city, so we’re excited to return along with them to do that getaway.
Whereas the experiences are our huge reward, we additionally all the time play enjoyable vacation video games through which the youngsters can earn prizes, so I like to buy goodies from the LT Store for this. A number of of my private favorites are the Serve Chilled Rosé Eye Gels packs and the Lip Service gloss-to-balm therapy.
Avery Value
Dynamic Private Coach at Life Time in Pickerington, Ohio.
Her Want Listing: This yr I had the superb alternative to develop into an authorized Pilates teacher. Due to this fact, my want checklist for this vacation season is reflective of the wellness-centered “Pilates lady period” circulating on social media.
I’m hoping to obtain some new Lululemon exercise units, grip socks, a set of the Bala Bangles, and my favourite dietary supplements to maintain me feeling my finest. My present obsession is the LTH Revive Grass-Fed Colostrum and the LTH Hydrate electrolytes within the peach mango taste.
Her Gifting Listing: Present-giving is my favourite a part of the vacation season. With my household being very well being acutely aware, I’m excited to reward new services for them to strive. I already plan to reward the Normatec Go to my youngest brother who’s an avid weight lifter and athlete — this transportable restoration device will get a lot use throughout his wrestling season.
I’m additionally very excited to present my mother a present card to the LifeSpa so she will have the therapeutic massage and facial she has been wanting.
