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 like that it is worn 24/7 and can be used while swimming.
As a 9-5 desk person, the inactivity tracker is definitely most intriguing! I make a point of getting up to fill my water bottle as often as I can for hydration and activity, but I KNOW, I need to move more. I think wearing it will also be that extra reminder! Great giveaway 🙂
I’m a 1st year teacher and I stay busy, so I would like to keep up with my sleep just because I notice sometimes this year I am lacking on sleep. Also I love fitness so I still try and workout 4 or 5 good times a week and would love something easy to help me track my activity to help better my time for my workouts and daily activities.
Definitely the inactivity alerts. When I think about it, I remember to get up and wander around at work, but if I’m not on top of it I will let like 4 hours pass without moving. Not good.
I’m interested in my daily activity but my husband wants to know about my sleep activity. He says i am in constant motion while I sleep. Sometimes I even wake him up! HA pay back for his snoring 🙂
I already have a Polar Heart Rate Monitor so I would love to sync it up with that.
I am definitely interested in my sleep data! I move around a lot in my sleep, so I would love to see this data.
I would love the “inactivity” feature…sometimes I don’t realize what a slug I am being!!! Thanks for the info
I would be interested to see how active I am on my rest days, along with how well I sleep!
I have been interested in the polar loop, fitbit or one of the likes for a while now so it was be AMAZING to win!! I currently wear a Polar F4 during my gym / runs. I think I am most interested to know how much activity I do outside of my “scheduled workout.” I make a point to exercise daily and some days very intensely – however, that leads to doing NOTHING the rest of the day. I am very curious to see where I get the most bang for my buck expending those calories: a super hard workout and lazy day or moderate workout with constant activity (housecleaning type stuff).
I would be interested in seeing my overall activity and my sleep data!
I’d be most interested to see my sleep activity! I’m a college student and I know my sleep schedule gets pretty crazy sometimes. The inactivity feature would be pretty awesome too though!
The polar loop is so intriguing to me! I was actually considering buying one for myself. I am so interested in how active I am each day and the quality of the sleep I get.
I think I would appreciate the inactivity reminders, but I guess I could also set little alarms for that on my phone as well. Also, I liked how, in the app, it laid out what activties you could do to achieve your daily goal.
I am most interested in tracking my overall activity for the day, but the sleep info is intriguing as well. I have been looking into getting a fitness tracker for a few months now so this would be wonderful to have.
I would most like to use the Polar Loop to track all my activity. I am a competitive person so I would always be trying to increase my activity from the previous day.
The inactivity alerts intrigue me. I just had a baby a few months ago and I notice myself sitting a lot when I play with her. I think that would be a nice feature to remind me to get up and move.
I would love to try out the Polar Loop, I like the inactivity alert! I think that would really help motivate me a little more each day, I also like the idea of monitoring my sleep. I often feel I don’t sleep well. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
All of it!! I do especially like the inactivity alerts! I sit at a desk all day and am guilty of not taking as many breaks as I should to get up and stretch and walk around! How neat that you can use it in the pool, too!? I think this would be such an awesome tool to get and stay motivated. I am pretty active and have normal sleep patterns but have never really kept an accurate log or tracked anything! I was recently thinking about purchasing a similar product so it would be fabulous to win! 🙂 Thanks, Julie!
I would love the inactivity reminders! I find that when I get home from work and the gym I plop down on the couch and don’t move for hours! I could use a reminder to get off my butt and do something! 🙂
I would love the Polar Loop! The part that I am most interested in is to see the calories that have been burned!
I’m most interested in the sleep tracking. I’ve never seen anything that does that! Thanks to you Julie and Polar for a great giveaway!
I would love the activity tracker! This looks awesome!!
I think the thing I’m most excited for would be the inactivity alert. It would be so nice to be reminded that I’m not moving enough throughout the day because it’s not something I think about a lot. Hope I win!
I think the activity tracking would be most interesting!
I would love to try out the Polar Loop! I love all of the features. 🙂
I am so interested in knowing more about my sleep! And I’ve had good luck with Polar products in the past so I would love to try this:)
Oh my gosh! Everything about the polar loop intrigues me! The sleep tracking would be pretty awesome!
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The inactivity alert would be my most intriguing feature… I need someone to tell me to get up and get moving!
I would love to see my sleep data. I am a teacher, and am up early to workout, but I sleep terribly. It would be interesting to see how much time I spend in deep sleep. I also love the prompt to get active!
The Inactivity Altert intrigues me most. I like to think I move around quite a bit (despite 8 hours a day at my desk) but I’m afraid that if I had one of these, it would be quite revealing.
The feature of the Polar Loop that intrigues me most is the fact that you can distinguish your activities instead of just recognizing calories burned by running or walking. Very cool!
The inactivity alerts sound like just what I need for my days in the office.
I am a personal trainer as well and I think it would be neat to see just how much ‘activity’ I get in during a day’s work. A lot of my clients have been raving about their fitness trackers and I’m sure they would LOVE to compare their results with mine…especially since a lot of my senior clients are currently training for the Senior Olympic Games 😉
I would love to know how many calories I burn in a day. As a nurse I walk around a lot and would love to know how many calories I burn everyday! 🙂
I really like the inactivity alert.
I’d be very interested to see exactly how much I was moving around in any given day. I have a feeling it’s way less than I give myself credit for. Would be great for accountability.
I would love to see how many calories I burn in a day so I can keep burning more the next day. I am very competitive- even with myself!
I am turning 60 this year and am a huge fitness fan. I work out every day but would love to try tracking all of my data.
I would love to see if I am as active as I think I am. Like lots of others sometimes I do hang on the couch a little too much!
This would be an awesome tool to keep my motivation going!
I would love to see my HR data!
I would love to see the sleep data and overall activity. I run a lot! And have a 6 year old son. Would love to see how many steps I actually get in a day!
Awesome giveaway!!! I love that the polar loop has an inactivity alarm…much needed in my office setting job 🙂
The inactivity data seems interesting! This would be great to remind me to keep moving after I’ve been sitting for a while, which can be so easy to do at times.
The overall activity tracking sounds so motivating!
I am a senior year nursing student and sometimes during clinicals I want to know if I reach my daily goal of 10000 steps! Some days I feel like I DEFINITELY reached my goals while other days I feel like I didn’t even come close. I love working out and being active but after 12 hour clinical days sometimes the last thing I want to go is head to the gym. Having something like the Polar Loop would help me see if I can reach my fitness goals daily!
I like that it goes on the wrist.
I would be most interested in seeing my activity levels from day to day as I work a desk job. I think it would be super motivating!!
I’m working on getting healthier this year and I love that it keeps track of your activity. I think that’d be a great motivating factor to move throughout the day, not just dying exercise.
I love the inactivity reminders, super helpful for my desk job!
The inactivity feature sounds so cool! There’s definitely times when I need a little reminder to get moving!