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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I’ve wanted an activity tracker for forever! I work at a desk most days, so the inactivity reminders would be so helpful for me!
Inactivity and sleep, I’m a poor sleeper. I’d be curious to see how my sleep effects my performance
i work from home and would love to track my steps per day! it can be hard when you are not in an office setting to get 10k steps!
I would love to track my overall activity seeing as I work out and work 3 jobs. I would love to see just how much activity I really do each day. Most of my jobs require lots of walking! I am also intrigued by the sleep data – I have been wanting to try one of these for quite a while!!
I work sitting at a desk for eight hours the sitting alert is awesome! I would love to know how much activity I get in on the days I dont go to the gym.. thank you for the opportunity Julie.
Though I hit the gym 4 times per week, as a writer I can sometimes get lost sitting down in my chair and writing for 8 hours a day and then realizing my knees are cramping from inactivity. I would love the Polar Flow App + Inactivity Alerts to remind me to get up and move!
I would love to track my overall activity! I’ve been debating between a few of the fitness trackers on the market and this one seems great!
I love the ability to sync up with friends for extra motivation! Oh and I bought yurbuds yesterday and one of your posts turned me on to new balances. Love your what you’re loving Friday posts!!
I love the idea of the inactivity alerts!
As a college student, I think the inactivity reminders would be great! It would remind me to take study breaks, and to spend them doing something active 🙂
I’d be interested to see my activity levels throughout the day — I have a fairly active job, but I want to know how much I’m actually moving each day!
I love the idea of the inactivity alert! Also, the sleep data sounds very interesting.
I like that it lets you know that you are under your goals and motivates you to reach them. I also really like that it alerts you if you’ve been inactive for too long, that’s great for my desk job!
I love the idea of inactivity alerts. It sounds very motivating!
I would really love to see my activity levels for the day!
The inactivity alerts would help get me up and walking while at work! I also love that it syncs with a heart rate monitor.
I work at a desk for 8 hours plus a day. The inactivity alert will help me know its time to get up and take a short walk.
I would love to track my activities throughout the day. Working at a school, I think I get more exercise than I think- but it would be nice to know! I am also an avid runner and love the outdoors so I think the Polar Loop would be great for that as well!
I would love to track my overall activity! My dad recently got one of these sorts of trackers and says it is hugely motivating…would love to see what its all about!
I love the real-time activity updates! So cool!
I actually love the sleep function the most! I have a baby now and I’m always curious how much sleep (broken up) I get.
I love the idea of wearing something so sleek, and having an app tell me my stats, I think that would be so motivating!
I am a mother of a two month old. Before he was born I was very active in exercising and all. But lately do not find time. But now I am ready and this polar will motivate me to get back on track. Most imp feature I likes was inactivity tracker
I think it telling you when you’ve been inactive for too long is so great! I recently notice how much I sit, and really wish I had a stand-up desk to decrease this. I would LOVE to use the loop to be more active!
I am really curious about my sleeping habits as well as how much I move on days where I am sitting at a desk doing work or up moving around all day.
The ability to track my activity goal would be SO helpful. My workouts are a mixture of boot camp (kettlebell, sandbag, HIIT) classes, dog walking/jogging and lifting. The boot camp classes are especially hard to ‘track’ as the routine is constantly changing and it’s nonstop movement so this gadget would definitely help me stay motivated while letting me know if I’m reaching (or surpassing – I’m optimistic!) my goals. I think my dog would love it too! 😉
i would love the inactivity alert, but also the sleep tracking! i don’t sleep very well and any extra information i can get is welcome 🙂
Inactivity alerts sound like the best feature. I go to the gym several times a week but sitting at a desk all day Monday-Friday gets old and well easy to just sit there especially if I am really busy. Having reminders to get up and even just walk to go fill my water or walk around the building once (if the weather ever warms up :)) would be fantastic. Thanks!
The sitting alert is awesome! I work at a desk 8+ hours a day and having the alert to remind me to get moving would be perfect!
I’d love to track my activity, or lack thereof, haha 🙂 It would be a great tool for accountability. 🙂
Amanda
I think I am most interested in the inactivity alert. I work in an office and I make an effort to get up and walk around periodically or walk the stairs, but I’m sure I probably still sit too long! All of the features sound amazing though!
I like the inactivity tracker. I workout early, around 6 am, but then I’m at my desk the rest of the day. I could use a reminder to Move every so often
The inactivity alerts would definitely be a nice reminder to get up and move a little throughout the work day!
I love that it has an inactivity alert. I think that would really help motivate me to step away from my desk at work and get moving!
The sleep data!
It would be great to track my overall fitness for the day – it’s hard to know how often I should get up from my desk at work to stay more active
I think what I would like the most is the ability to use this fitness tracker with a heart rate monitor!
I’d just really appreciate having something that forces me to be accountable. There’s no excuse for not reaching your daily goals with this thing!
I work at a desk job, but I try to get workouts in during my lunch hour. I think the inactivity tracker would be really benefical to remind me to take short walks instead of sitting for 8 hours!
I would love to see my overall activity for the day. Besides the gym, I am very curious how active I am in my day-to-day activities!
I have a fitbit flex but really want the PolarLoop because the flex doesn’t count strength training or swimming, which I do a lot.
I have an older Polar fitness track that requires you to wear a monitor around your chest. The new Polar track would eliminate that. I’m interested in tracking my sleep but the motivation of the device would be great.
I would be interested in the inactivity alerts!
I would love to see the inactivity alerts. I sit at a desk for over 8 hours a day. While I love my workout sessions, most of my daylight hours are spent in front of a computer. Being able to see this inactivity would definitely get me up once an hour to walk the halls. I try to do it anyway, but I think actually being able to track and see would help so much more! 🙂
I’d like to use the inactivity alert! I work at a desk all day so it would be great to have a reminder to get up and move around for a few minutes. Thanks!
The inactivity alerts would be awesome since I work at a desk all day!
I work in front of a computer but try to walk around from time to time. An inactivity alert would be a fun way to remind myself to get up and move throughout the day!
I like the idea of inactivity alerts. I work at a desk all day and sometimes find myself sitting for hours on end. I could use a little reminder to get up and keep moving!!
I would really like to see my sleep patterns, I’m usually so restless at night and am wondering just HOW restless I really am!
I really like that the Polar Loop gives you suggestions for ways to reach your goal, such as jogging, cleaning, or mowing the lawn.
There are plenty of days when I get home from work that I know I haven’t moved enough, but a full out workout just isn’t going to happen. I like that the Polar Loop reminds you that you don’t always have to go to the gym to get daily activity in. I also feel like it would motivate me to get stuff done around my apartment that I would otherwise put off.