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’m excited to see my overall activity for the day!
Ah, I had no idea polar came out with this!! I love my FT4, but it is unreasonable to wear for more than a workout. I would be very interested to track my activity at work. I wonder if I am exerting as much energy as I think I am!
It all sounds awesome, but the inactivity alerts would really help. I can get so sucked into work and forget to get up and move around!
I would love to see how many calories I’ve burned throughout the day!
I think the inactivity alerts would be really beneficial so I am aware if I’ve been lazy too long 🙂
I am so glad you reviewed this product because I have been wanting the Polar Loop! I am an oncology nurse and would love to see my activity during my 12 hour shifts. It would be great to see the difference in activity between day & night shifts.
I’m intrigued by the inactivity feature. That isn’t something I’ve heard of before.
I can be very goal oriented and love to track numbers so the polar loop is right up my alley! My husband and I have been interested in trying out a fitness tracker. If I get one we would probably share it.
I’m definitely really interested in seeing how active I actually am/how efficiently my body burns calories! I’m definitely starting to become more health conscious now that I’m getting older and the Polar Loop seems like a great way for me to gage how active my lifestyle is and most definitely would motivate me to try and move as much as I can!
I would love to know how much I walk every day. I suspect that I don’t walk much at all (aside from my workout) on some days. Having a tracker would definitely motivate me to move more.
I love the inactivity alert factor!
I currently have the Nike Fuel Band but would love inactivity alerts on the Polar Loop something that is not available on the Nike band. Would definitely get me moving more throughout my work day!
I wanna be able to see how efficient my body is!
I’d be interested in seeing how active I am during the day. I have a desk job and this would really motivate me to get up stretch and walk around.
The inactivity alerts would be such a big help! Sometimes I don’t realize when I have been sitting down for too long!
The feature that intrigues me the most is just knowing how far I walk in a given day. As a nurse I feel like I’m on my feet all day so it’s be fun to know!
I would be most intrigued by the sleep data! Being a nursing student, I know I don’t sleep enough and having the polar loop would be a wonderful reminder to sleep and be more active!
I’ve been thinking about getting something like this! Thanks for the review. The inactivity tracker sounds like a great feature. I’m at a desk all day and the reminder to get up and move would be great!
I’d like to be reminded to get up and walk around with the inactivity alerts, and how many calories I burn throughout the day even when not exercising!
I’m interested in the calorie burn!!
I’ve had an activity tracker with sleep ratings on my wishlist for awhile now! I always struggle with sleeping and am constantly on my feet all day, I would love to see how those number interact!
I’m most interested in the activity traker! I think it’d be cool to see how many calories daily tasks burn!
I’m really interested in the inactivity alerts. I’m in graduate school and I know I spend a lot of time sitting. It would be nice to have something to remind me to get up and walk around the block now and then because it is so easy to sit for hours in the library studying!
I think the inactivity alert excites me the most. I am very goal driven so getting an alert that told me I needed to get up and get going to reach my goal would be great. I’m pretty sure I would keep myself moving as much as possible to try and keep that alert from reminding me.
Wow, the Polar Loop sounds awesome! I’d love to see the sleep data and daily step count. I also love the sharp, sleek look of the device and new wave technology. Would be so neat to try this out! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
I think i’ve become pretty complacent with my workouts and would love the polar loop to give me that kick in the butt!
The inactivity alerts seem really cool. I’m a college student and work part-time in an office so I spend a LOT of time sitting in front of a computer – it’d be nice to have a reminder to get moving!
The inactivity alerts would be perfect for me. I tend to get lazy while I’m at work and I think this would be a great way to remind myself to MOVE! 🙂
I would love to see how many calories I burn throughout the day, and it would definitely be interesting to check my sleeping habits!
The inactivity alerts are an awesome feature. Too often I get sucked into homework and forget to move more!
Definitely the inactivity alert! I sometimes feel like I’m on the computer way too much since I’m finishing my master’s degree online. It’d be a nice little study break if it were to alert me to go be active 🙂
I would say the inactivity alerts are pretty awesome . I went from a job where I moved all the time to a job where I sit. Sometimes the day ends I realized I sat for the majority of it so an alert to move would be a helpful reminder to get and move.
I’m a student nurse, so I’m intriuged to see what my heart rate is at during the day. I think that can motivare a lot of people to get off their chairs and get pumping!
I would be interested in the sleep data since I rotate between working days/nights!
Thanks for the amazing giveaway Julie! I have an old Polar HRM that has held up forever and ilove it. I would love the loop, as you discussed, for the motivational aspect. Also, I work nights as an RN, so I know I need help in the sleep department. I would be interested to learn about my sleep patterns.
I must say, the inactivity alerts are pretty awesome! Although I think they would drive my office colleagues a little bit crazy haha!
The loop sounds awesome! The inactivity alerts would really be helpful to stay on track throughout the day! I also like the option to have your friends as “followers” being able to see each other’s progress is always a big motivator for me and keeps me on track!
The app looks pretty good, but I think I like the inactivity alerts best!
The inactive alerts sound very cool!
I definitely could use the inactivity alarm. I am very aware of how much exercise I do, but never how much I sit and for how long. It would be great to get a reminder to get moving since I have a desk job.
I would really like to know my steps every day as I also work from home. It seems like great motivation.
I need both the sleep data and the inactivity alert!
What a great giveaway Julie, thanks. I’d like to see my sleep data. As a new mom, sleep is rare but when I do get it, I’d like to know the quality.
I need this! Any additional motivation to get me back in shape after baby would be wonderful, and I love all the features the Polar Loop has.
I’d love t he sleep information
I have a desk job, so having something to remind me to get up and walk around throughout the day would be great! I’d love to see how much steps and activity I actually do get in!
I sit at a desk for my job, mostly. It would be helpful to have reminders to get up and move.
This sounds like a great idea, very curious about my sleep data and think the inactivity is a good way to get up and move around as we can all get caught up with regular daily routines.
I would be most interested in tracking my steps. I am a visual person so seeing that I need to move more would totally motivate me!
I like the inactivity tracker and the Social network you can create to motive you