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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The inactivity alert and the motivation! With this cold New England weather its easy to stay bundled up under the covers and with electronics for hours. I’d love the extra push to get up and move.
I would really love to utilize the sleep tracker!
I would love the sleep data! I know I often don’t get enough sleep, but I’d love to know about the quality of my sleep as well!
I would love all the data! I can’t get enough info about my activity level and calorie burn.
The inactivity sensor is the most interesting to me. I sit in an office and can go for hours without moving around. Great giveaway!
As the mom of a new crawler, I would be so interested to see how much extra exercise I am getting chasing her! Does it work when cycling? GPS based? Or is it based of of steps like a pedometer?
I definitely need info on my sleep habits!
I would be most interested in the sleep activity. With my kids I feel like I have so much interrupted sleep that it would be nice to keep track of.
I want to know how many steps I take a day! I live on campus and walk EVERYWHERE (no car) so I’m curious how many miles I walk!
I would like to track my daily activity, I definitely think that would be a big motivator if I don’t meet my goals. Also, the inactivity sensor would be huge for me since I sit at a desk job 8 hours a day.
oh .. inactivity and bad sleep are a hbit of mine so that would help so so so much.
I think the inactivity alerts are really neat! I commute 2.5 hours each day and then sit in an office for 8 hours, so I’d love the some consistent motivation to walk around. I also would love seeing the activity breakdowns. I know I don’t get enough sleep and seeing the numbers might prompt me to change that!
I would love to see how much activity I get in a day!
I really love the feature that alerts you when you’ve been sitting too long. Some days I do great, other days not so much. I would love a little reminder throughout the day.
I would like this product for many reasons but I’d be most interested in seeing my sleep data.
I really want that activity tracker and little motivation to get moving!! This is an awesome giveaway!
Would LOVE to see how it alerts to inactivity and helps to track the different activity daily!
I’m very interested in the inactivity alerts, since working at a desk all day it would be a great reminder to get up 🙂
I love fitness data in general and analyzing it, but the sleep data would be intriguing for me I think!
I like the idea of the inactivity alerts! Sometimes when I get caught up in work or something I forget to move around for over an hour or two – so a reminder to move my butt would be awesome!
I think the inactivity alerts would be really great for my fitness level, sometimes I don’t realize how long I am sitting down!
I like the idea of having the inactivity alert to get you moving.
I would love to use the inactivity alerts through out the day! Awesome giveaway!
Definatley the inactivity alerts. It’s amazing how long you can sit at a desk for.
I would love to have an accurate idea of how much I love everyday
I am a personal trainer as well, so tracking my activity and seeing if I am practicing what I preach daily would be wonderful!
I would love an accurate idea of how active I am everyday!
i love the inactivity alert feature as well as ability to link this to a heart rate monitor
Can I say all of them? I tend to be pretty active during the day, but I’d like to know exactly how active I am. Plus, I’m a terrible sleeper and it would be nice to get a diagnostic! Very cool gadget.
The inactivity alerts sound really helpful!
I think it would be very interesting to see the sleep information it provides.
I would love to know my overall activity for the day, I think this would be very motivating!
I would love to track my steps at work since recently starting a desk job. It would be good motivation to get up and move during the day!
I have been wanting a Polar Loop forever! I was planning on asking for one for my birthday but I’d love to win one now! 🙂
I like the idea of the inactivity alert…..”hey lazy, get up and do something!” Lol 🙂
i would love to have the inactivity alerts. such a good idea and sometimes i could definitely use them!
Everything about this intrigues me. I’ve been wanting a way to monitor my sleep for awhile. But I also love the reminders to get up and move. As someone who sits at a desk for most of the day, I’d love to get these alerts. I have a polar heart rate monitoring for running so I know it’s a great brand. Thanks for featuring this!
I’m having a baby in five weeks and would love this when I get back into walking/running after he is born!
I like that this one can hook up to a heart rate monitor for more accurate activity tracking. The inactivity sensor would also be great to remind me to get away from my desk on a regular basis.
I would be most excited to see what my inactivity levels are like. It would motivate me to move more!
My husband uses the Nike Fuel Band and he seems to like it, but I don’t think it has as many features as the Polar Loop! I love the idea of seeing your daily calorie burn and setting goals to meet each day. I bet it’s incredibly motivating and I’m sure my dogs would enjoy the extra exercise as well 🙂
Ohh, I would just love insight into my day to day activities, I think I move around more than I think!
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I love that is tracks calories and activity it sounds very motivating but am more interested in tracking sleeping pattern. I always work out at night because of work and it usually harder for me to sleep. I would love to see how much sleep am actually getting to see if I should change up my workouts. Thanks!!!
I’m trying to sit less and move more, so I’d love to see my daily activity! Sounds like a motivating tool
I’m curious about the sleep data and the inactivity alerts – I think those are such neat features!
I think the inactivity alerts would be great because my job requires me to sit for long periods of time and it would be awesome to have a reminder to get up and get some activity every once in a while!
oh definitely the inactivity alert. that would be so cool to hold you accountable.
I think the idea of linking up and following other users is interesting!
I would love to be able to review my activity levels for the day! I think it would be a HUGE motivator for me! 🙂
The inactivity tracker. Reminders to move from my desk during work would be wonderful!