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 alerts interest me the most- especially considering my sit-down office job. yikes!
The inactivity alert and the sleep feature would be interesting to see.
I really like the idea of inactivity alerts. I am in IT and sit at computer all day and forget to get up and walk around every 45 minutes. What a great feature!
I would love to track my activity throughout the day. Although, I’d almost be afraid of getting too hyper-competitive with myself!
I’d love the activity tracker, especially after having a baby and needing motivation!
Would love to have my activity tracked!
I would love to win a Polar Loop! I have been trying to decided on which fitness tracker would be best for me and the led display on the Loop looks different which interested me! Also the inactivity feature looks very interesting!
My favorite feature is the inactivity tracking – so important for someone with a desk job like me. A close second, though, is the sleep tracker.
I’d love to track my overall activity for the day….I just started an office job so I think this would be a great reminder to get up from my desk and walk around the office!
I think the fact that it alerts you if you’ve been inactive for too long is great! I sit at a desk all day and I think a reminder to get up and walk around every once in a while would be helpful.
I love the activity tracker and the inactive alerts seem like a great idea to stay motivated !
Definetly the walking feature. I have a desk job and NEED the motivation!
I would love to use the walking feature with my desk job, but I have also been having trouble sleeping. I think that would be a cool thing to use.
I love the idea of the activity tracker. I am a student nurse and always on the move so it would be interesting to see how much exercise I actually do!
the data in and of itself would be huge to have access to. I would love to see if I am being active enough to hit my goals or not, and also see how much sleep I am actually getting. Thanks for the chance to enter, this is awesome.
Since I am having trouble sleeping lately, I am very interested in the sleep tracker 🙂
The inactivity alerts for sure. I work in front of a computer all day so need to be reminded to get up and walk around!
The feature that most intrigues me is the inactivity alert! I work a desk job and it would be great to have a reminder to get up and walk around!
I would be very interested in ALL the data reporting features of the Polar Loop. My job is in the corporate wellness field–most days I am on the move a lot, but there are days when I can be a desk jockey. Since I sometimes start very early in the morning, I don’t always get the quality amount of sleep that I need either. Having feedback on sleep would also be very helpful in making sure I get enough zzzzz’s to recharge my batteries!
Thank you you and FitFluential for offering this giveaway!
Kim
I love that the Polar Loop allows you to add friends and family as followers! This would be such a fun way for my family/friends and I to keep each other motivated and accountable, especially since my family is so spread across the country!
I have an office job and while I do my best to walk around a bit every so often I would love the little vibrating reminder to do this. It would make me more aware and be a motivator!
I currently have a garmin but was thinking about getting one of these my husband was the one who brought it up that I should get one. But winning one would be just as great.
The inactivity alerts intrigue me the most! It will tell me to get my butt moving!
LOVE the idea of the inactivity alerts! That would be so motivating. I have a heart rate monitor that I wear when I workout … but this would be cool to be able to check in all day!
I like how there is an alert for inactivity that way if you are sitting at your desk too long, it will let ya know, you need to get your booty moving!
I have been wanting one of these for awhile! I am most interested in getting a deeper look at my sleep patterns.
I love the idea of the inactivity alerts! That would really get me up and moving.
I’d love to see my sleep activity!! I always feel like a never get a good night’s sleep and this would be a perfect way to find out!
I’m interested in seeing how my daily activity adds up, but I also would like to track my sleep patterns. I also like the idea of the inactivity alerts. I have a desk job, so it would be nice to be prompted to move around a little more. Thanks for the review!
Definitely the inactivity alert! How neat!
Inactivity alert! I get so caught up studying that I could use a reminder to get up and move a bit!
I need the inactivity alerts! I am expecting my second child and have found way too many excuses to become lazy!
I am curious to see how much I move on a day to day basis!
Anything that reminds me I’m being inactive and should get moving is a good thing! That and the sleep info; I’m a lousy sleeper so if I could get a better handle on that it would be a huge help.
I would love to see how my daily activity adds up and track my sleep!
There are so many of these out there, but I love that this one has inactivity alerts! That is awesome! And an LED screen to show you so much data is great. I already have a polar heart rate monitor, so this would be an amazing addition!
I am interested in the inactivity alerts!!! I need to be reminded to get up from my desk and MOVE!!!
I’d love to see how the inactivity alert works. I sitar a desk all day so this would be good to try
I like the idea of inactivity alerts, especially for at work!
I really love the inactivity alerts. That sounds like an awesome feature to have to let you know when you need to move some more!
This is so cool; i really like everything about it – my favorite is seeing how I am actually doing throughout the day.
I liked the fact that I can wear it when I swim.
I would like the sleep data but also the inactvity alerts to remind me to move at work since I have a desk job.
I’d love to see my sleeping patterns!
I think the inactivity alerts would be awesome! I’d love to win!
I am really interested in the inactivity function. I sit at a desk all day and try to remember to get up an walk around, but sometimes I forget.
I would love to track my activity throughout the day. I have a heart-rate monitor when I work out, but hate to wear it all day to track calories since it gets sweaty. This would be the perfect solution!
I am most interested in my sleeping pattern because I have a 7 month old and I don’t sleep 🙂
I would love to try this out and see how many calories I burn sleeping and working!
Definitely to see my activity level for the day. Working a 40 hour desk job makes it tough to get in enough activity!