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’d love to learn more about my sleep patterns! So cool that it can track that!
The alerts and sleep data are intriguing! I am constantly tired and it might have something to do with the quality of my sleep!
I’m interested in the activity tracker to see what trends I have during the day with active vs. non-active time.
The feature I am most interested in would be calorie counts and inactivity monitoring. I am never sure of how many calories I burn when I workout and I would love a little reminder when I become a bit inactive 🙂
I really like how it tells you when your not bring active! I need that motivation to get moving!
I’d love to see how I’m doing activity wise. Also it would be interesting to track my sleep, maybe it would explain the days I’m tired
I’d be interested in how much activity I get working a desk job Monday through Friday.
I love how the Polar Loop breaks down your hours of walking, sitting, etc. As a nurse, I’d be curious to see what my activity level is like on my work days!
Would love to win this. I’ve been looking at the Fitbit but not sure I want to spend the money on one of these trackers yet. I really want one to just track my daily activities. I recently started running and working out every day and am curious to see exactly how many calories I’m burning. 🙂
I would be most interested in the sleep data. I don’t always sleep well at night, so I would like to know how long I stay asleep along with how many times I wake up.
The inactivity alerts would really help me at my mostly sedentary desk job!
I absolutely love Polar products! I would invest in the heart rate strap so I could use this vs my watch. I love the design and how it will look good with more clothes too.
I’m interested in the activity tracker! What a great motivator! I have always wanted one of these 🙂
I think the inactivity monitor would be a great motivator! (sometimes I have trouble getting off the couch haha) I have also been having trouble sleeping so I think the sleep monitor would be really cool too!
I love the idea of activity alerts! I work at an 8-5 desk job and it is hard to get up from my desk throughout the day but if I had a reminder it would be motivating to go for a short walk or take the stairs down to the lobby. What an awesome giveaway!!
I have a desk job where I sit all day. I try to get up frequently, but having the inactivity alerts would be a great reminder!!
I love that it alerts you when you’re not moving enough. Goodness kmows I need that!
I would be curious to see how my activity differs between the work week and the weekend!
I am interested in seeing the calories burned – especially when I’m not intentionally exercising!
I think it would be neat to track the distance I walk since I live in NYC & I walk just about everywhere!
I’m most interested in the activity tracker, although it all looks cool! I recently had a baby and I’m trying to find the motivation to up my activity levels!
Sleep patterns! Especially as a toddler mama with baby number 2 due in April
I would love to see what my actual activity is each day, would be surprising and extremely motivating to own one. 🙂
The activity tracker would be fun to explore!
I’d be most interested in my overall activity throughout the day and compare days when I’m running and working out as opposed to rest days and “active” rest days.
I’m most interested in seeing how much sleep I get! I’m constantly complaining about how tired I am and rarely get more than a few hours of consecutive sleep thanks to my little ones. It would be nice to see what the actual amount is!
This sounds interesting. I would love to try it 😉
I would love the inactivity alerts! It would definitely motivate me to get on my feet more- which is exactly what I need!
I would love to see my sleep data!
As a college student, I know that I am a lot more sedentary than I should be sometimes. I am an avid runner and try to incorporate workouts into my days, but I know that when I’m not at the gym or on the trails, I’m just sitting a lot more than I want to be! This would be a great way for me to track my activities and a great motivator to have a realistic view of just how healthy and active I really am!
I would love to see my overall activity level!
I love that it lets you know when you need to be more active! My biggest fault is working out in the morning and then not being active enough the rest of the day!
I would love the inactivity alerts since I sit a desk for most of the day – it would be a nice reminder to take a quick break!
I’d love too see how much walking I do at school everyday! It would also for sure motivate me to get to the gym!
I would love to see my overall activity for the day. I also think the inactivity alerts would help me take breaks and move around the office more during the day.
I’m interested to see the steps/activity level during the day! I’m a teacher and I’ve always wondered how much walking I get in during the school day. It’s mostly within one room, but most days I never sit!
I am intrigued by the alerts! There are too many nights when I just veg out and could use a little motivation!
The activity and sleep tracker! I absolutely love Polar products and this one looks so in-depth. I find all of the provided information so interesting and motivating!
I would love to win the polar loop because I would like that extra motivator to keep moving throughout the day! You’ve motivated me to workout in the morning with a couple co-workers (We often go to BodyPump :)) before work but I feel like once I get to my job teaching at a middle school I don’t walk or move as much as I should! I’m also a big fan of data, so I would love to see that too!
I’d be most interested in my sleep data!
I LOVE the idea of the inactivity alerts. I kick ass at the gym and then sometimes get home and am pretty much comatose the rest of day usually studying, doing homework, blogging, or sitting in class… bad habit! I would love the reminders to get up and even go for a 10 minute walk or something!
I would love to see my overall activity level.
I’m interested in looking at my sleep patterns and really need the inactivity alerts!
Since I have a sitting desk job, I like the motivational aspect of knowing activity and setting goals to reach each day!
I would love to win this. I think the inactivity alerts would be motivating and help me make small but important changes.
I’m really interested in seeing data about my sleep patterns. I think it could really help me learn how I can plan my recovery better!
The Polar Loop sounds amazing. I’m interested to see how many calories I burn on a typical day. I think it would motivate me to exercise and be more active.
I love the idea of being able to track my heart rate {and probably pushing myself more} during workouts!
If I had a tool like this, I’d love it to see what I’m actually doing throughout the day. Like, how hard am I really working out. How long have I been sitting? If taking the stairs (not that I have an elevator at my work) gets my heart rate up.. etc.
I sit at a desk all day for my job. I try to get up and move around as much as I can, but sometimes I get busy and forget and before I know it, I’ve sat for several hours straight without moving! NOT GOOD! It would be nice to have something to remind me to get up and move and to motivate me to be more active during the day while at work.