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!
![\"Quantcast\"/](\"//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-1e3-7hOJ_U8Bg.gif\")
The sleep data is really intriguing!!
I would love to get a better feel for how I am active each day.
I am super excited to see this post! I am very intrigued and want this device now! I am most intrigued with how the band will track my movement throughout the day. I am a personal trainer, have 2 young children, a home based Wildtree business and love to workout–BUT, how much am I really moving?! I would love to know and would be superotivated by this tool. I also think it would be neat to track my sleep since having had children, my sleep has been all out of wack! Thank you, Julie!
Maria
I’m with you — I’d love the inactivity alerts! A nice reminder to run up and down the stairs a few times 🙂
The Polar Loop is exactly what I need! I run and workout throughout the week but I know my inactivity during the day (I mostly sit at a desk) is KILLING me! This would be a great way to ensure I get moving throughout the day. I love it!
Oo…all of it interests me. I think I’m most intrigued to see sleep data and activity data. I’m very curious to know what my day to day activity level is, apart from workouts. Such a neat gadget!
I’d love to just see my overall activity level for the day — if only to motivate me to walk more!
This sounds awesome!! The feature that most intrigues me is the activity alert. I just had a baby 7 weeks ago and find myself sitting a lot with him. I feel so much better when I am up and moving, but sometimes I sit too long, which leads to more sitting and increased tiredness! This would be a great motivator to help get that baby weight off!!
I’m especially interested in the inactivity alerts. I sit at a desk most of the day at work – so this would definitely inspire me to get up and walk around a little more!
I’d love to have the alert notify me when I’ve been sitting too long. I have a desk job and this would make me get up and move more!
Definitely intrigued by the inactivity alerts!! Just what I need to keep motivation!!!
Thanks for another awesome giveaway!!
As someone who works from home and therefore spends a lot of time sitting, I would love the inactivity alerts to motivate me to add more short bursts of activity throughout the day.
I love how it tells you your inactivity levels. I find myself sitting for hours and a reminder to get up and move around would be great!
I would love to see my sleep data and calories burned!!!
I think it would be able to see the overall picture. I am interested in seeing my activity from day to day. Working as a nurse, being a full-time online student, and attempting to train for a marathon, my activity level is all over the place and my sleep is lacking! It’d be great to be able to analyze my activity as a whole. 🙂
What most intrigues me about the Polar Loop is the inactivity alerts! It’s difficult to be mindful of your inactivity if it isn’t something you are thinking about every minute of day. I would be really excited for the extra motivation.
I’d love to know how active/inactive I am!
I would love to see how my sleep activity because my sleep schedule is all over the place some days. I would also love to see my daily activity.
I like the inactivity alerts! Am guilty of being still and on the computer longer than I should be!
I would love to track my activity throughout the day. I workout in the AM before work, but then I am stuck behind a desk most of the day.
I would love to try out the polar loop! I’ve been really wanting an activity tracker…
I would love to track my sleep patterns! This gadget looks cool!
I am most interested in seeing how much activity I do each day. I’m pregnant and trying to stay fit but the motivation is hard! I would love to know how active I am because I know it would motivate me to either continue or get more active, even if it’s just walking!
Inactivity alerts would melt that baby weight right off!
I am super excited about knowing my sleep data! I use my Polar HRM everyday and I absolutely love it! I also am a high school physical fitness teacher and would love to track the activity each day at school.
I like the sleep data and heart rate monitor incorporation the best! Fantastic giveaway – thanks, Julie!!
I would love to see my overall activity for the day!
I have a 9 to 5 desk job so I would be excited to use the inactivity alerts!
I’d love to know if I’m as poor a sleeper as I suspect.
I love this! I am a physical therapy graduate student so unfortunately I am not active during the day as much (sitting in class stinks!) as I would like to be. I would love those inactivity alerts!
I work in an office all day so I’d love to be able to better track my activity and make sure I get up to move!
I love that it has an inactivity alarm! Sometimes I’m so engrossed in my work that I don’t realize how much I’ve been sitting. That would be super handy to have.
I would love to see my daily fitness activity!
I’m curious about the sleep data and amount of steps- I’m in grad school, so both of those can be lacking from time to time!
Ooh I’ve been wanting a polar for a long time!!! I’d love to see my daily activity during the week when I’m at work (at a desk all day!).
Love the use of the global maps!
I’d be most excited for the inactivity alerts. That’s so cool! It would certainly be motivating.
I’ve been wondering what the sleek bands are that everyone is wearing! Now that I’ve read the post and researched more about the Polar Loop, I’m not sure I’ll be happy with what now seems is really limited data on my Garmin! I would love to learn about my sleep patterns – since I know they are awful, tracking might lead to some positive changes fast!
I’d like the inactivity alert for when I’m at work. It would be a great reminder to step away from my desk and go for a quick walk.
I would love the inactivity alert!!
I’d be most interested in monitoring my sleep, and of course noticing my activity trends throughout the month and seasons would be really cool, too!
I have a polar heart rate monitor and I love it. I’ve been wanting a loop for a long time now so this is a great giveaway…fingers crossed
I definitely like the calorie counter.
The inactivity reminder and sleep tracker would be awesome! Both SO important!
I would love the inactivity alarm! It would be so helpful to get in that extra activity!!
I would love to see how many calories I burn each day working! Im a physical therapist, so my job is a good mix of activity and paperwork. The loop would definitely help me dial in the intensity of my workouts to maximize calorie burn!
The sleep data is intriguing. I feel like I wake up once an hour, it would be interesting to see if that’s true. Thanks!
I think the inactivity alerts would keep me motivated!
I have a tough time sleeping and would love being able to track it more closely!
I love that you can sync the device with the phone app! Way easier to track progress in the middle of the day!