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By Anthony Aleman Technology

09 Nov: Flex your gifting muscles with products for the fitness fanatic in your life

Best Buy is your one-stop shop for all your gifting needs this holiday season — even an expanded selection of health and fitness products for the workout fanatics on your shopping list.

From treadmills and other workout equipment to weights and recovery products, we’ve got something for everyone on your shopping list.

Here’s a quick look at just a few of the great gifts we have to offer this year.

Gift ideas

Tempo Starter + Expanded Accessory Pack: An exclusive to Best Buy, the Tempo starter pack is the perfect workout-from-home item for the person who wants to get a workout in on the daily.

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By Best Buy Technology

15 Sep: Best Buy Announces Exclusive Offers For Fitness+: A New Fitness Experience With Apple Watch

Beginning today, when you purchase an eligible Apple Watch from Best Buy, you are eligible to get six months to use Apple Fitness+ for free. In addition, My Best Buy members who already own a qualifying Apple Watch will receive two months of Fitness+ free[1].

Fitness+ is the first fitness experience built for Apple Watch, arriving later this year. Fitness+ intelligently incorporates metrics from Apple Watch for users to visualize right on their iPhone, iPad or Apple TV, offering a first-of-its-kind personalized workout experience.

By Kevin Flanagan Lifestyle

21 May: Fitness-Minded Manager Focuses On Her Team’s Mental Health

On Caitlin Waugh’s second day as general manager of a Best Buy store in Portland, Oregon, one of her employees told her they wanted to take their own life.

Needless to say, it was an eye-opening experience for her.

“In that moment, I realized I wasn’t really equipped with the skills to navigate these conversations,” Caitlin said.

Thankfully, she was able to help the employee through the crisis, but she knew a situation like this could happen again with someone else.

By Tim Yotter Technology

27 Jan: Tech is here to help your health in 2020

If healthy living is part of your New Year’s resolution, Best Buy has a wide variety of products to help you — and your family — reach your goals.

This year, we’ve expanded our offerings in three categories: personal fitness, healthy eating and healthy aging.

To learn more, we checked in with Blue Shirt Ashley Cusicanqui, a fitness enthusiast who works at one of our stores in Paramus, New Jersey.

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We have a wide array of fitness equipment, smartwatches, tracking devices and headphones to help you get through and track your workouts.

By Kevin Flanagan Company News

19 Dec: This Holiday’s Must-Have Tech Gifts? Here They Are

Just in time for the holidays, Best Buy – with some help from a consumer survey – has created a list of tech products that will have everyone doing the Jingle Bell Rock. From items under $100 to wearables, here are the hottest gifts this year:

Gifts Under $100

We get it – you have to buy your girlfriend’s godparents, younger brother, AND next-door neighbor gifts that will convince them you’re living large, but you’re on a tight budget. Here are some quality gifts under $100.

By Best Buy Company News Featured

05 Nov: New Fitness Devices Arrive: Which One for Me?

In a world full of breaking news around activity trackers and fitness devices, you’re probably wondering which one will get you moving, staying active and sleeping better?

Just today, Jawbone introduced two new activity trackers into their family, the Jawbone UP3 and UP MOVE. And last week, Fitbit announced three new products: Fitbit Charge, (available now in Black at Best Buy stores and at BestBuy.com) Charge HR and Surge. These devices help users have a better understanding of their activities and improve their daily activity habits.