The following post is sponsored by FitFluential, LLC on behalf of Polar. As always, all opinions are my own. Stay tuned for a giveaway at the bottom of this post where you have a chance to win a Polar Loop of your own!
Polar Loop Review
Having a goal motivates me. It doesn’t have to be a big, lofty goal. Small goals add up to some pretty amazing accomplishments, right?
When I received the opportunity to try out the Polar Loop, an activity tracker that notices every jump, step and run, I was very intrigued and immediately agreed! I had a feeling it would motivate me to move more throughout the day and I was absolutely right. That is my favorite thing about the Polar Loop: It’s motivating!
I see so many people at my gym wearing fitness trackers and I’ve heard more than a few of my clients rave about them, so I couldn’t wait to set up my Loop and get moving when it arrived in the mail.
Set Up + Battery Life
A little tip: When fitting the Polar Loop to your wrist, check out the instructional How To video online.
Though directions are included, I found it much easier to watch someone go through the steps of fitting the Polar Loop to their wrist than figuring it out with the illustrations.
Once I had the Polar Loop fit to my wrist, I charged it using the USB cord that came with the Loop and set up an account on Polar.com. An important side note: The Polar Loop has great battery life and charges quickly! I figured I would need to charge it at the end of each day, but it lasts several day without needing a charge.
When I created an account on the Polar Loop site, I loved checking out the map of the world to see what people around me were doing! I zoomed in on Florida and enjoyed looking at the activities my fellow Floridians were completing.
You can also set your profile to private (which is what I did) if you’d like so no one can see what you’re doing and you can be oh-so-sneaky. Or, you can allow only certain people to see your profile by adding them as “followers” which I think is a great way to sync up with friends and family members to motivate each other to move more throughout the day.
Once the Polar Loop is set up, you can press the button on the front of the tracker to view the LED display that flips between showing you the time of day, calories burned, total steps and your daily activity goal.
Polar Flow App + Inactivity Alerts
The Polar Loop can also connect to the Polar Flow (free) app and give you real-time updates about your movement and activity levels for the day.
Here’s an example of the breakdown:
One thing I really liked about the Loop was the inactivity alerts! If you’ve been sitting for too long, an alert will let you know and that was a big motivator for me to get off my butt and walk around or move even if it was for only five minutes or so.
Adding Your Heart Rate Into The Equation
The Polar Loop does not come with a heart rate monitor so this is an added cost if you want it, but it’s a great way to get accurate data about your overall calories burned and how hard you are working at certain times during the day. The Polar Loop retails for $109.95 and the heart rate monitor is an additional fee, but even without the heart rate monitor the Loop can tell the difference between activities like sleeping, walking, running and more. It’s also safe to use in the pool!
What Trends Did I Notice?
Some days it was really easy for me to hit my activity goals. On Saturdays, Ryan and I often work out and then take Sadie for a long hike after breakfast, so meeting my activity goals on Saturdays is rather easy. (And if I incorporate running into my workouts, it’s much easier to hit my goals!) On other days when I am working from home or even days when I am personal training, it’s a little harder because I am often sitting or standing around and only walking from one place in the gym to the next.
Since my hometown is not very walkable, the best way I found for me to hit my activity goals was to increase the distance of Sadie’s walks!
So, I think it’s safe to say Sadie is the Polar Loop’s number one fan.
On days when I might be more inclined to play fetch with Sadie in the backyard, if I was under my goals on the Loop, I’d leash her up for a walk instead so she wasn’t the only one getting exercise.
Polar Loop Giveaway
Now here is your chance to win a Polar Loop of your own!
To enter this giveaway, please comment on this post and tell me what feature of the Polar Loop intrigues you most. Are you most excited to see your overall activity for the day tracked? Are you interested in your sleep data? Do the inactivity alerts intrigue you? Let me know!
I will randomly select a winner on Friday.
Good luck!
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It’s a great reminder to stay active even when I’m at my desk jobs which often keeps me glued to a chair!
I like the way they break down the hours in the day. It really gives you an idea of how you spend your time. Especially as a Mom that just seems to run around all day…or do I? This would let me know. 🙂
I like the inactivity alert.
I think this would be great for my dad! He had back surgery a few years ago and always has slowly been trying to walk more and more. I think all of the different stats would really help keep him motivated to hit the pavement!
The inactivity feature!! I’m so curious about it!!! I work in front of a computer, so it would be nice to have a reminder 😉
I definetly would like to track my activity, I was thinking about purchasing a fit bit, but your review has changed my mind:)
I know I’ve become way less active lately (maybe it’s the cold winter, who knows) and I would love one of these to keep me motivated to move more!
I am a Nurse and often find it difficult to get to the gym after my 12 hour shifts. I would love to track my activity throughout a days work and (most likely) not feel guilt about my ‘lack of activity’ after a shift!
The inactivity alerts would be great to remind me to get up from my desk. The sleep feature would also provide me with more motivation to get more rest.
I love that it reminds you to get moving!
Hello! I have a desk job and I would love to be reminded to get up and stretch and walk more frequently than I do. i also think seeing my overall daily activity level would keep me much more motiviated. Thanks!
I like the inactivity alert!!
I have been loking into a monitoring device for a while but not taken the plunge with all the mixed reviews out there. I would love this! I currently wear a pedometer but it only tracks steps- I would love to see what this transalates to. My dogs Jackson and Fenway love their walks and this would help me see what we are getting out of them. I also am very active with Barre and Power Yoga and would like to see how all of this factors into my overall activity. The reminders would be great to remind me to get up and walk around the office every hour or so. I would be so excited to have this device, and it would surely mean some extra walks for Jackson and Fenway!
I would love the activity alarm. I often sit at a desk so it would be nice to be reminded to get moving every once and a while.
the inactivity alerts would so so so helpful to me!
I would love to be able to track my daily activity and to have something holding me accountable to hitting those daily goals.
I have never heard of a polar loop until your blog. It sounds awesome! I have a typical 9-6 desk job, and I think that the inactivity alert would be helpful to remind me to move throughout the day.
The inactivity alerts definitely intrigued me! I would love to win this! 🙂
I sit at a desk all day and at night I am at my kids activities. The inactivity feature would be a good reminder to take time for myself and to get moving.
I would like the alerts to move though out the day. I work from home and find myself sitting too much during the day.
I could really use inactivity alerts! I have a desk job, so I’d say the majority of my Monday to Friday is inactive. Having a constant reminder to get up and move would be great!
I would really like to be able to set and track daily activity goals. I know some days I don’t get up from my desk enough, and I think this would really help me fix that!
I would love to see about my sleep and activity levels!
I work a 9-5 desk job, so the inactivity alerts would be great reminders to get up every once in a while and get my steps in for the day!
I think what I like the most is the fitness activity goal. I work out almost everyday, but sometime I sit a kit throughout the day. This would motivate me to reach a goal everyday!
I would like to see how active I am at my job during the day.
I love the inactivity alerts! I’m a full time student and often times I will get so into studying and homework that hours have passed by and I haven’t moved from my desk. That would be such a great reminder to not only get up and move around but also give my brain a break and take a breather and relax 🙂
I would be most excited about the inactivity alerts… As a college student who has been busy studying for midterms recently, I feel like it would be a great reminder to take a study break and move every now and then.
I love the inactivity alert! I work in an office, and try and get up to move around, but it would be nice if something reminded me as well.
I am definitely most intrigued by the sleep cycle aspect. I’ve always had a suspicion that I dont actually sleep well during the night, and get far less “real” sleep than I think I’m getting. So I’d love to know the actual numbers!
I’d like to see how many steps I take a day! I work in an office and try to get up moving as much as possible. This would be a great tool to use!
I like the inactivity alerts throughout the day. A great reminder to get up and move!
I really like the inactivity alert setting. With a desk job it’s sometimes hard to get up and walk around but the alert would be a motivator!
Definitely the inactivity alerts! I do move a lot at work but sometimes come to realize I’ve been sitting for way too long! Sounds like this is a great product!
The inactivity feature for sure!!!!
The inactivity alerts excite me the most. I think they would motivate me to take a break from homework and go for a walk!
Inactivity alerts would be awesome! I’d be like my conscious telling me to get up off the couch and go do something active! So cool!
I like the idea of sleep tracking and I like that the inactivity alerts are tallied throughout the day. Hopefully a bathroom break will count as enough movement!
Cool!! I’d love to learn more about how much sleep I actually get. And see how many calories I burn daily!
Awesome! Definitely interested in my daily steps!
Sounds like a great gadget to leverage! I would be very interested to track my sleep patterns. Also, having a better idea of activity at work would prompt me to be more conscious about getting up from my desk and moving!
Definitely the inactivity alerts! As a stay at home mom I feel like I’m constantly moving, but I think if really be surprised by my “down time”
Tracking my stats w/ the phone app!
Definitely intrigued by the inactivity alerts-I work in an office all day and try to get up periodically but it can be so easy to end up sitting for hours!
The inactivity tracker! I have over 100lbs to lose and I too work at a desk job. This would be a great reminder to get up and get moving!
Inactivity alerts would be super helpful!! What a great little nudge and encouragement to get moving again!
Totally the inactivity alert! I sit a desk all day and a reminder to get up and move woiuld be GREAT!!
The inactivity alerts would be a great way for me to remember to break up my day with more movement!
I’m really interested in the sleep data!
Lately I have been sleeping awful. Not sure if it is lack of consistent daily exercise or the little people who won’t stay in their own beds at night;). But I would love to track to see if moving more everyday truly does help my sleep, or if my workouts which are crammed into the end of my week only matter.