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 the inactivity alerts!
The calorie counter and activity tracker are most interesting to me! What a great giveaway, thank you for sharing.
I think daily tracker is great and the inactivity alerts.
Sleep data!
Inactivity alerts! I work from home several days a week and it is so easy to sit at my desk for an entire day hardly getting up at all. This would be such a helpful reminder to get off my butt!
Would love the polar loop for the inactivity alerts and step tracking! The people I know who have a fitness tracker are just so much more aware of their steps, sleep patterns and general activity – they seem like such great fitness tools!
Basically the entire thing! Love the look.
I would love to learn more about my sleeping! I find it so intriguing 🙂
Love the whole thing. Especially the look!
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I just got a new job where I can’t work out as often, so I would like to see other ways to keep an active life!!
I would love the idea of something telling me that I’ve been inactive for too long. I’d also love to see the sleep patterns. Do you know if it has an alarm function?
I would love to know about my overall activity and sleep data!
I would love the inactivity alerts and activity tracking! I work in an office most days but at times am at trade shows where I stand all day…would love to see the comparisons!
I love how it counts the calories burned during your day and tracks your progess!!!! That is awesome! I am very active and being able to keep up with every calorie burned is epic:)
I’m intrigued about the sleep tracking, but also overall activity. I have a step counter that clips on my pant pocket but I find it falls off or I forget to put it on.
I love the inactivity notification! I think this would be great when I get sucked in at work, it would help remind me to get up and move! This sounds like a great product that would be a great motivator!
I most excited on my sleep data-I know it’s something I really want to work on!
I would love to know more about my sleeping patterns and when I’m inactive! Neat giveaway 🙂
I’d be interested in knowing how many calories I’m burning throughout the day when I’m not working out!
Oh man there are so many uses! I would not only love the motivation but sitting at a desk 9-11 hours a day it would be great to have a reminder to get my butt moving!
I would love to see how this stacks up against the fitbit (which I have). I am also intrigued that the loop would be able to take my heart rate into consideration. Very very exciting. I love new gadgets!
Learn about my sleep for sure!
Long time reader, first time commenter because I have wanted the polar loop for a while now! Polar is my favorite heart rate monitor brand and I love that they’ve entered the activity monitor realm!
My favorite part of the polar loop is its waterproof-ness! Definitely not a word, but as a swimmer it appeals to me that I dont have to worry about peeling it off with all of the rest of my jewelry! Also I love that it hooks up to your phone to give an easier read out!
I find the sleep tracker really intriguing! I would love to know how many hours of sleep I actually get.
I would love to have something let me know when I’m not being active enough!
I’m super interested in the activity alerts. I think it would remind me during my work day at my desk to get up and walk around more often!
The sleep stuff is really cool! I want one 😀
I am particularly intrigued by the inactivity alerts! I am a full time student and while I do workout daily, I definitely find myself sitting most hours of the day. This would be a great reminder to get up and get moving!
I love the idea of inactivity notification! I am in my last semester of law school and there are a lot of times where I am sitting for long periods of time. Also knowing how much sleep I get would be very helpful when studying for the bar!
I love this idea! So great that it has a heart rate monitor too. I want to see how active I really am, very curious about the inactivity alerts. Great motivator.
I would be intrigued to know how often I would receive an inactivity alert. The ideal situation would be the loop inspires me to move so much I don’t receive one!
I love the idea of the inactivity alerts!
Love the inactivity alerts
The most interesting about the polar loop is sleep data and how everything is displayed and reported back to the app! I would love to have one and sync up with friends!
I have wanted a fitness watch for a while just cant afford it! The concept of tracking activity is of great interest to me (I drive alot for my job so I try to watch how long I sit for).
I think it’d be quite interesting to see my sleep data in addition to the inactivity alert. How neat!
I have been looking at polar watches for a while now, and would love it for tracking when I am so stagnant. Im a student and have to sit forever sometimes. This would be a great reminder!
I am training for a half marathon and can use some extra motivation! I like that it can count steps to help me measure my runs in Rwanda, where I have no idea of mileage!
I have been researching a number of activity trackers and I am most interested in how much I move when I am at work and how much sleep I am getting in the evenings.
I want to win the Polar Loop! I love tracking my day!
I like the inactivity reminder. That would be great for the days I work in the office. I have a hard time making my step goals on those days.
I would love to track my overall activity as I have a 2 yr old and a 6 mo old so I’m always on the move!
I love that it is app based & take your HR into account! My job provides health insurance premium reductions for activity logged, and this will most likely configure to my health care account! I’m also pumped about another new & GREAT fitness device for all my techy clients! 🙂
I love everything about it! The sleep data and activity would be cool to see. As well as tracking my progress as I train to run a 10k this spring.
Inactivity alerts is my favorite aspect of the Loop. It would be really helpful to know when I need to get off my butt and move. 🙂
I would love to use the inactivity tracker. It would be cool to see my activity throughout the day!
I find my self often getting sucked into a project that hours will pass before I realize it! I would love the inactivity alerts! It would make me get up, stretch and walk around!
I love the fact that it is an all day calorie tracker that can also hook up to a heart rate monitor for work outs!! thanks for the awesome giveaway!!
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I would love to see my overall activity! I have been wanting one of these forever!
would love to see my sleep data! i also think the inactivity tracker would be very useful at work – some days are go-go-go, others are totally quiet.