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 think I’d be most interested in my sleep data. I work at night, but often try to get up earlier in the day so I can get more accomplished and I am much more productive and happier if I am well rested. I think see my sleep data would help with this.
I’m interested in knowing my sleep patterns!
I think the inactivity would be so beneficial for me as I work at a desk all day. I try to get up and walk around every hour, but sometimes it’s hard to find time! Having this reminder would be awesome.
I have a stand-up desk at work, so I’d love to see the difference between a day of sitting vs. a day of standing! Very cool product!
I have a job that keeps me pretty much on my butt all day long so I’m looking for extra motivation to move beyond my daily workouts. This would be SO helpful!
Tracking my sleep activity sounds super interesting
I would have to say the sleep activity part because I’ve become a really light sleeper so I would like to see what goes on while my eyes are shut.. haha!
I’m definitely most interested to see what my activity level is while at work!
I love the inactivity alert! I have a desk job (boo), and though I try to get up every half hour, sometimes it turns in to every hour. I’d love a reminder!
The inactivity alert is what interests me the most. It would be great to be reminded to stay active throughout the day.
I’d like the inactivity alerts, what a great reminder to move it!!
The inactivity alerts would be very useful!
The inactivity alert would be great to keep me up and moving at work.
I’d love the step tracker. It’s my goal to get in 10,000 steps a day through some combo of walking/running. Like your Saturdays, some days it’s fairly easy but during the week it can be a challenge!
Really interested in overall activity to motivate myself to move more!
Would love to know when I’ve been sitting too long… as a lawyer whose job requires I sit and read/type all day, it would be good to be TOLD to get up!
I would love to see my level of activity and what I need to reach my goal. Its kinda freaky that it tracks all that. I wonder though is someone somewhere using all the info from random people using the Polar loop. hmmmm
I’d love to track my activity (or rather, inactivity) level while at work. I do a lot of sitting throughout the day, and I think the inactivity timer would be really beneficial and remind me to get moving!
I love the idea of an inactivity alert!
I’d be most excited for the inactivity alerts! It’s so easy to forget how long you’ve been sitting. All of the other features look awesome too though!
The inactivity alert is awesome! I have to do a lot of studying for school and it would be nice to know when I’ve been sedentary for too long.
I love this giveaway!!! The major feature that intrigues me about this device are the inactivity alerts. I work in a setting that requires me to be at to my desk all day long. So it would be great to have the band to let me know that it is time to move and get off my behind especially when I am at home.
I am most interested in the inactivity alert! I think it would motivate me to be more active, even if taking a quick walk, during the work day.
I would love to be able to keep track of how active I am overall, in a day. I feel like for the most part I am fairly active, however, I bet I would be surprised to see my results wearing a Polar Loop.
I would love to be able to keep track of how active I am overall, in a day. I feel like for the most part I am fairly active, however, I bet I would be surprised to see my results wearing a Polar Loop.
I think the inactivity alerts would be most helpful. Sometimes at work I feel like I’m in my chair almost the entire day. #notgood
As an office worker I’m most interested in the inactivity alerts!
I would LOVE to be able track my sleep patterns! It would also be great to see how my movement varies between going to the office and working from home. I’ve been dying to get one of these but haven’t given in yet!
The inactivity alerts would be helpful since like many other people commenting, I work at a desk all day. I’ve tried setting alarms to remind me to move but having the alerts and the bigger picture of activity from the Polar Loop would help me understand just how much I should be moving around more throughout the day.
I am very interested about the activity alarm. Sitting behind a computer all day I would love to have an alarm for myself to get my butt up and moving!
I just know this would motivate me to move every day!! I’m also traveling around Europe this spring and doing a ton of walking. It would be great to see just how much!
I’m most interested in seeing the data on how well I am sleeping each night.
I really like how it gives you ideas on how to reach your goals – an hour or treadmill, 4 hours cleaning etc! Also the inactivity alert would be great, especially since I work at a desk all day!
I would be most interested in my activity level overall. With the weather being what it is in the Northeast it has been very hard to get activity outside of my normal workouts. This would be an awesome tool!
Would love the activity tracker to get a sense of just how active I am at work during the day!
I love the sleep tracker. I always wake up in the middle of the night, would be curious how much sleep I am actually getting!
I’m super intrigued by the sleep data feature! I think that it would be really interesting to see how well (or not well) I slept on different days and how that correlated to how I felt throughout the next day. Thanks, Julie!
I try to walk 5 miles per day, so I’d like to see if I’m meeting my goals!
I am most interested in the sleep data. I toss and turn most nights so it would be interesting to see what the data says.
I would love to have the alert that tells me to get up and move around if I’ve been inactive for too long! Sitting behind a desk all day can keep me from getting enough movement & a reminder to walk around would be awesome!
I would love to learn about my sleep habits but mostly I would like this to help me walk more while at the office.
I would definitely be interested in the sleep data. I have the polar chest strap/watch combo (but the battery died) and work in an office so I have a pretty good idea of my daily activity (or lack thereof), but I feel like I wake up frequently throughout the night and tired every morning so that’d be awesome to track!
I think tracking my sleep would be the most beneficial feature. As a student, my sleep schedule is all over the place!
Im interested in how much I am walking to, from and around my college campus everyday!
Love that it gives you alerts when you are sitting for too long. I have a desk job so it would be great to get a reminder to walk around a little between meetings.
I would love to win this not for me, but my husband. He works nights and I worry about his activity level. We do CrossFit in the evenings, but I think he would be more motivated with this device. I work during the day and I can’t encourage him to go walk with me, etc. Maybe this would help!
Hope I win!!!
I would like to see my sleep patterns. I constantly wake up in the middle of the night and I think that affects me drastically during the day.
I’d love all parts of it! I need more motivation and this sounds perfect.
I work in a hospital and feel like I run around like a crazy person for 50+ hours a week – I know I get a great amount of exercise during my actual workouts, but I would be VERY interested to see how much activity I am actually getting in at work in addition to my workouts!
The inactivity alerts! I consider myself pretty active but it would be fun to see what the polar loop has to say about that!
Great review!