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 would love to see my overall activity level from day-to-day!
Like you, I work out most mornings but I work in an office and I really don’t know how much more exercise I get during the day. This would help me figure that out!
I’d love to use it to track calories burned!
Wow! I am so impressed by the Polar Loop! My family members and I definitely go through phases where we have tons of passion for exercise, interspersed with weeks where we lack motivation to stay active. For that reason, the most intriguing aspect of the Polar Loop is definitely the “follow” setting!
on the days I work I’d love to know how many steps I take in those 12-13 hours and on my days off (when I feel totally stuck to the couch) I could use the inactivity alerts to remind me to get up and move!
I love the inactivity monitors or alerts! So neat!
I would love the inactivity alerts as I work long days at a desk and there are definitely times I don’t move for hours– I am lucky enough to be able to walk to work (weather permitting) and I would definitely love having it as a motivator to work out in addition to my 3 mile commute. I am so intrigued by these fitness trackers!
I’d love to be able to track my sleep – this device is so cool!
I am so happy to see this giveaway. I have been looking into these fitness trackers! Honestly, I love everything about it haha. but I really like that it has an inactivity alert! I am so interested in learning and seeing how many steps and how active I REALLY am during the day!!
Thanks! 🙂
The overall activity tracker!
I am pretty interested in my sleep data actually. Also, as a kindergarten teacher, I wonder if I’d get ANY inactivity alerts throughout the day! 🙂
I’m having twins (my 3rd & 4th children) at the end of May and think this would be a great motivator to get back on the fitness track. This has been a really inactive pregnancy, so I’m worried about motivation and getting back in the groove. The inactivity reminder would be a good kick in the pants 🙂
I would be really interested to see my sleeping statistics to find out some of the reasons why I don’t get a great night’s sleep!!!! And of course, to track my activity levels! This device is amazing!
This is great, finally an activity tracker that incorporates heart rate monitoring. I never exercise without monitoring!!
I would really like to use the activity tracker, what a great way to meet your goals! I try to set an alarm to get up and move every 30 minutes but this seems so much easier
I think the inactivity alerts would be most beneficial/intriguing to me. I’ve wanted to buy a device like this for a while; seems like a great tool to stay active!
I love these types of bracelets! I also find that knowing how many calories I’ve burned is a great motivational tool and I would love to be able to keep track, especially as someone who is sort of a fitness nubie!
I so want a Polar Loop! I think it would be a great reminder to make better decisions throughout the day. It seems easy to use, comfortable to wear & an accurate way to measure activity. I also like that it syncs with the heart rate monitor. I definitely need to get on track with my health & I think the Loop is the spark I need!
I’m really interested in the sleep tracking. I feel like I wake up a lot during the night so it would be interesting to see if there’s any trends.
I would love to see my sleep data! I think it would motivate me to get more sleep…
I love everything about this! I would be most interested in the inactivity alerts. I want to know when I’ve been sitting for too long!
I am very active at work as a personal trainer and group ex instructor, so I would love to be able to get an accurate reading of how many calories I burn on a daily basis. I would also love to be able to get a more precise heart rate reading so I can step up my workouts and encourage others to do the same.
I’m interested in knowing how many steps I take!
I think it would be great to see the inactivity tracker and that you can see info immediately on it. Looks like a cool device!
I would love to use this to track my inactivity at work. Use it as a reminder to get up and walk throughout the day.
I’ve been looking at different bands but after reading your views on the Polar loop, I think I’m sold!! Would be a great motivator for me to say more on track with my running and workouts especially since I work nights. My sleeping times are so mixed up and I think this would be great to measure my activity and sleep more accurately!
The inactivity monitor would be super helpful to make you get up and walk around the office – I already do that when I grab water, but it would encourage me to walk the 2.5 miles home rather than hop on the bus!
For me, the inactivity alert would be a big eye-opener during the work day!
The inactivity alert! I just returned a FitBit and I think this added feature on the Loop would be awesome
Love the heart rate feature!
I want a loop bc I really want to see if I am as active daily as I think I am.
I’ve been wanting one of these! I I would love to see the sleep data since I’ve been having issues with sleep recently.
Perfect for half marathon training!
I think it’s awesome that you can get the HRM strap and wear it all day, even when you sleep!
The inactivity alert is genius!
The sleep data feature excites me the most. I want to see how my sleep patterns are and how they differ from night to night!
I love the polar loop for the sleep data. As a grad student, I sometimes feel that stress impedes on my body’s ability to sleep well. It would be nice to see the type of sleep I am receiving in order to power through my long days on campus!
I like the heart rate feature!!
I love the inactivity alerts. This would be great for me since I sit in an office all day. It would make me take little breaks!
I think the sleep data feature looks so interesting! I would be really interested to see how working out impacts your sleep verses days when you don’t work out how restful you are. Thanks!
I’d be most interested in the sleep data. Some nights I can’t sleep. Other nights (Weekends) I sleep for almost ten hours.
It would be fascinating to review my sleep data.
I’m curious to see what I do during the day, I would like to know I need to move more 9-5!
I love all aspects of it but would find the sleep data very interesting!
I sooooooo want one! I would love the overall view for the day but I love the idea of the inactivity alerted too!
I’m excited about all of it, especially having a new source of motivation!
Sometimes I think I overestimate the amount of walking I do In a day. Would love the inactivity alert.
This sounds wonderful in every way! I would love to be able to set goals for myself to make sure I get moving enough every day, and the inactivity alerts would remind me to get up and move. So cool!
The inactivity alerts! Will help to keep me moving!
I think the. Inactivity alerts are neat!
I love that it has an inactivity alert