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 win this! I love that it tracks your activity and I think it would remind and motivate me to move more!
I love the idea of simply being able to see which days of the week your daily routine leads you to be most inactive. Then from there, taking that knowledge to make small changes that can lead to big results! Thanks for doing this giveaway 🙂
Well, they all fascinate me, but I think tracking my activity every day is what would help and intrigue me the most. I just use a pedometer now and that doesn’t necessarily track my gym time activity as well as something like this device would.
I love the idea of inactivity alerts.
Too cool! I’d love to see when I am being too inactive for too long (I’m sure pretty often since I have a desk job).
I would love to track my sleep. Being a mom of a toddler and training for a 70.3 I need to know if I am getting enough sleep to achieve my goals. And it would be nice to see how much I burn on top of training chasing a toddler around 😉
I think the whole concept of this gadget fascinates me. I like to think that I move a lot and am overall pretty healthy, but I know that I sit for way too long at my desk during the work week. It would be great to have a reminder go off and get me up and moving!
Awesome! I can’t de
I love the idea of an inactivity alert! It would be a great motivator to get up and move!
I actually like the idea of seeing my sleep/inactivity; I’m fairly aware of how much I move since I exercise/am a nurse and wear a pedometer most days. All of the features seem pretty neat though!
I’m super intrigued by the sleep data feature! I feel like every night is so different for me I’d love to see some data on it.
I love the sounds of inactivity alerts! I think that would be very helpful in getting me up and moving.
I like the inactive alert. That is a great idea! So many times I sit for such long periods of time (desk job) without realizing I haven’t even stood up. This would be really helpful.
I love the inactivity alerts! It’s a nice remainder to get up and walk around! I would acually give this to my mom, because she struggles with sitting at a desk all day for her job.
Many aspects of the Polar Loop catch my eye, but I would be most excited to see which days during the week show lower levels of activity and movement. This knowledge would be helpful in making changes in daily routines to make sure that I stay active! I am a college student, so the warnings of inactivity may interrupt studying or paper writing, which is okay with me!!!!
I’d like to see how much walking and extra movement I really get besides my workouts!
I would love to know how active I am every day! It would be so cool to keep track of and try to approve on every day 🙂
I think I would be most interested in the sleep data!
I like the sleep data feature!
I’m most interested in seeing calories burned!! 🙂
I’d love to see my overall activity. Having a desk job, I”m sure it is pretty terrible throughout the day.
I like that it gives you inactivity alerts and gives you recommendations for different ways to help you reach your goal.
The sleep data really intrigues me! I’d love to have a Polar Loop!
I love that it alerts you to get up if you’ve been sitting for too long. I have a job where I sit @ a desk all day and I love to get up and move but often get so caught up in my work, I forget too. I would love to win this…if I don’t, I may look into purchasing it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention Julie, I didn’t know it was out there. I already have a polar watch and heart rate monitor, but this is a step up and something I could really benefit from!!!
I’d love to see the difference between how active I am on weekdays versus weekends!
I would love to see the sleep data… My
youngest doesn’t sleep through the night, I’m up early training for my
second marathon, my dog snores 😉 I know I don’t get enough sleep, but I am interested in seeing the quality. 🙂
I want to see my overall steps in a day. This would definitely motivate me to stay a little more active and try to beat my previous day!
I’m kind of interested in all of it. Tracking my movement is so important but sleep is equally important!
I would love the polar loop for the inactivity alert! Being a college student I tend to sit a lot more while studying and writing papers. I can easily sit two or three while finishing an assignment and not even realize it. The polar loop would be great to force me to get up and take a break!
I think that the step counter with moving time would be very interesting to know. As a student, some days I have to sit for long periods of time, so I’d like to be more motivated to get those numbers up!
I like that it has the inactivity alert. It would be even more of a motivator to go to the gym after work when I am tired because it would tell me I need to be more active. I have been looking at many different options for a device like this. This one has caught my attention more so than any other one I have seen out there. Having a desk job takes its toll on activity through the day so I try to work hard at the gym every night and this would help give me a better feel for my stats.
I really like the fact that when you sit around for to long, it has no problem letting you know to get active! I could use that kind of motivation. The sleep tracking info is also super interesting to find out
All the features fascinate me! However, just the activity tracking would be interesting to see because I’m sure I’m not quite as active as I think!
The polar loop sound really interesting! I like that it motivates you to keep moving with the inactivity alerts. I think that it would definitely motivate me to take my dogs for longer walks and walks more often. I also like that you can set your goals and you can keep your information on the app private.
I would love not only to track my steps each day but also to see my sleep patern. Sounds awesome! My husband has the Up 24 so it’d be fun to see how it matches up to a competitor brand! awesome giveaway (as usual!)
I’m currently in nursing school and work a part-time job in the hospital, so I’m curious as to how many steps, calories, and activity minutes I would be racking up. Not only that, I feel that this device would help me on the days I don’t work where I’m just studying…This would motivate me to get out and take more study breaks!
I think the inactivity alert would be be great to get you moving your butt!
I love the idea of inactivity alerts! I feel like some days I’m running around, but on other days, I really need some motivation to get moving:)
The inactivity alert for sure. How cool is that?!
I could definitely use the inactivity alerts!
I love how you could use this in the pool! I love to mix up workouts with swimming running and different classes that I’m able to wear it during all of them is AWESOME 😀
I love the idea of tracking movement. It will be like a game. I can totally see myself pacing the house before bed just to get in my daily steps
oooh how cool! I’d be most interested in seeing how often I actually meet my activity goal each day- and getting alerted when I’m not quite getting the job done… 🙂
I have been debating a polar watch or a fitbit forever now!! This would be awesome. I would love to have a more accurate tracker of my activity!! Love that it will tell you when you are inactive for too long as well.
I like the inactivity alerts and the sleep tracker. Thanks for the chance.
My favorite part about the Polar loop has to be the inactivity alerts. Spending long days in the office it is hard to remember to get up and walk around!!
The inactivity alert intrigues me most. I have a sit down job and need an alert to move more.
Hmmm, all of the features seem intriguing but I would certainly like the inactivity alert. I’m thinking that might be just what I need to motivate me to move a little more. Also personally owning something that could track my activity as well would be awesome!
I love the idea of the inactivity alerts. I need to be reminded to get off my bum.
I am really interested in the sleep activity data!
I love the inactivity alert! I work in an office and probably would be shocked how little I move around!