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Reaching that Summer Body with Polar Watches

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Emma Louise 0

Reaching that Summer Body with Polar Watches

As winter comes to a close and with spring on the way i know there are lots of us motivated to have the perfect summer body this year, for the holidays, or just for your own personal achievement. Whether you are going to the gym or pursuing an active lifestyle we have a great device that can help you along the way, with all your fitness goals.

polar watches v800

Polar’s V800 sports watch is specifically designed to measure every training session and 24/7 activity. This watch is aimed at those who are professionals and dedicated athletes, but also for those that want to increase their fitness, and with summer along the way, it will be a great motivation.

There are a lot of features and functions that come with polar watches which is why is makes the perfect fitness companion.

  • This watch helps you to understand your training load and the recovery time that your body needs and has fully customisable sports profiles which means that you can get the most out of your training.
  • It is water resistant up to 30m and can measure your heart rate, even in the water with a comfortable dual mode transmitter.
  • It also comes with cycling sensors and allows you to plan and analyse your training for free.
  • This model is compatible with with polar bluetooth.

The features of the polar watch itself is that it comes with a backlight, for those training at all hours, it displays texts in 13 different languages, meaning that it can be used internationally. A special feature of this watch is that it comes with a rechargeable battery, which comes with a custom usb cable and it can last for 13 hours of training time or 50h of low powered gps. This fitness timepiece also has an alarm with a snooze for those that start the day early and of course is water resistant.

For some of the more specific fitness features:

Body measurement features

  • 24/7 activity tracking
  • Orthostatic Test
  • User-definable heart rate zone limits
  • HRmax (user set)
  • HRmax (age-based)
  • Polar Fitness Test
  • Polar OwnCal Smart Calories
  • HR-based target zones with visual and audible alarm
  • Average and maximum heart rate of each lap
  • Automatic age-based target zone bpm / %
  • Average, minimum and maximum heart rate of training
  • Heart rate bpm / %
  • Heart rate zones
  • Training Benefit
  • Training load
  • Recovery status

Training features

  • Interval trainer guided workouts heart rate / distance

  • Heart Touch button-free operation of wrist unit

  • Vibration and audio alerts

  • Swimming metrics (Coming 2014 10)

  • Tap gestures

  • Number of laps unlimited

  • Training computer settings

  • Graphical target zone indicator

  • Automatic lap recording

  • Sport Profiles (adjustable)

  • Transition times in multisport training

  • Multisport training

  • ZonePointer

  • User configurable displays all lines

  • Training reminder

  • ZoneLock

Polar Flow web service features

Steps

  • Advanced training analyzing

  • Map view

  • Relive

  • Sleep duration and quality

  • Training targets

  • Activity zones

  • Advanced activity analysis

  • Training diary

  • Training load

  • Recovery status

Polar Flow mobile app features

Steps

  • Sleep duration and quality

  • Mobile app compatibility

  • Instant training analysis

  • Inactivity Alert

  • Display texts in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese

  • Easy data sync to the Polar Flow web service via Bluetooth Smart

Integrated GPS features

  • Back to start

  • Route guidance

  • Autostart/stop

  • Distance training, lap, trip and total

  • Race Pace

  • Speed/Pace current, average and maximum

  • Running Index

  • Power save mode

Cadence sensor Bluetooth� Smart features

  • Cadence current, average and maximum

  • Speed sensor Bluetooth

  • Speed- current, average and maximum

  • Distance- training, lap, trip and total

  • Bike settings- for three bicycles

  • Autostart/stop

  • Race Pace

  • Incline Measurement

Ko Power sensor Bluetooth Smart features

  • Stride sensor Bluetooth Smart features

  • Cadence current, average and maximum

  • Distance training, lap, trip and total

  • Jump Test

  • Race Pace

  • Running Index

  • Average stride length

  • Speed/Pace current, average and maximum

  • Speed/Pace-based target zones with visual and audible alarm

Recording features

  • Memory left indication

  • Memory capacity 60 h training with GPS and HR

  • Training diary

  • R-R Recording

  • Weekly history

Altimeter and barometer features

  • Temperature

  • Altitude, ascent and descent meters, degrees, percentage

Data transfer

  • Compatible with PC Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and later

  • Compatible with Polar Flow mobile app via Bluetooth Smart

  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7, OS X 10.8, and later

  • Compatible with Polar Flow web service via custom USB cable

  • Data export (Coming 2014 – 09)

  • Training history export (polarpersonaltrainer.com)

  • Training history export (ProTrainer 5)

Polar Watches come with a 2 year guarantee, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us via the our website or call us on 01926 298499. Happy Training!

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