Cool Carry All

If you never felt too cool wearing a fanny pack to the gym or the park, your in luck! Now you can just stuff your dough, keys and gym card into your socks. A company called Socaroo has cleverly added a small Velcro-closure pocket on the ankles of their socks. Check out the cotton/nylon blend socks available in running and crew styles. www.socaroo.com

Stephanie Oakes is a fitness correspondent for Discovery Health Channel, a contributing editor for USA Weekend Magazine and the LA Times, and appears on NBC's 'Today in New York'. She can be reached at soakes@beststuff.com.