The Best Fitness & Wellness Products of 2021

Plus, how to spend your FSA money before you lose it, big skincare questions answered and more. [View in Browser]( [The 10 Best New Fitness Products of the Year]( Progression: ​​the process of developing or moving gradually towards a more advanced state. The pursuit of physical fitness could be described as synonymous with that term. But from the everyday athlete who wants to surpass a personal record, to the elite feats that continue to move the needle, where would we be without the gear? The shoes that ground us, the apparel that powers us and the tech that tracks our progress are all indispensable. Thankfully, the innovative products here continue to reach for new heights — and help us do so as well. [READ THE STORY]( Do You Still Have FSA Money Left Over? Here's How to Use It Before Time Runs Out If you have healthcare through your employer, you probably have access to a flexible spending account (or an FSA) that’s meant to be used for things like copays, prescriptions and other medical expenses. These accounts are mostly on a “use it or lose it” basis though. If you have some money left over (and FSA Store has said that more than $400 million is forfeited each year in FSA funds) here are some of FSA-eligible items you can buy using your FSA, because hey, you might as well. [READ THE STORY]( The 10 Best New Wellness Products of the Year Over the past 18 months, the coronavirus pandemic highlighted vast gaps in healthcare and personal wellness. For many people, it was a time to reprioritize health and focus on positive lifestyle changes. Brands took note and in 2021 released a slew of new products to help people put wellness first. Standout products covered a range of areas, from sleep to hearing to nutrition and more. But, perhaps the most notable area of growth was in teaching — new courses designed to help you help yourself. [READ THE STORY]( The Year's Biggest Skincare Questions, Answered At the end of each year, Google publishes a recap, called Year in Search, of the top trending searches over the past 12 months. And this year, there were lots of questions on Google's annual list about skincare especially. Skincare routines can be confusing; the individual products even more so. Fortunately, though, we have plenty of answers — which, unless your questions are more rooted in concern than they are curiosity, could save you from a costly visit to a specialist's office. [READ THE STORY]( Are the Clothes and Sneakers You Really Want Too Expensive? Rent Them Instead There is a growing trend in menswear: renting. Services like Rent the Runway have long served women seeking a dress for a special occasion or a blouse and heels to borrow for a few weeks, but emerging sites and well-known brands alike are shifting their focus toward men, who, for example, need suits for formal events and are more inclined to follow streetwear (and splurge on sneakers as a result). Interested? Here are the ones worth giving a try. [READ THE STORY]( The Reading List Interesting links from around the web. 📚 — • New York City is building a [wall of oysters]( to fend off floods • Can we [move our forests]( in time to save them? • I lived off the grid - and [I’m still broke]( • Man throws out hard-drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin, today worth [$384 MM]( [Visit Website]( [Subscribe to the Magazine]( [Follow on Instagram]( Gear Patrol 276 5th Avenue, Suite 704 - 3126 New York, NY 10001 You're getting this email because you subscribed via a form on our website or by entering one of our sweepstakes. If you'd like to opt out or change your preferences, that's ok — just click below. Click [here]( to forward to a friend. If you're new to this newsletter, you can subscribe [here](. [Update Frequency]( | [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Advertise]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Do Not Sell My P]( Information]( 2021 Gear Patrol. All Rights Reserved.