Polar FT80 heart monitor review

[THE-DET-OAK]

I received my watch today in the mail, won it on Ebay.

Goal: For now my goal is to improve endurance, lose fat and strengthen heart (improve cardiovascular fitness).

I want to do all this without losing any size (muscle) or strength.

Appearance- There is a lot of these watches out there and most them are ugly as hell. This is the first one where I like the design, hence why i decided to get one. Im too vain to wear something that doesn't look good on me.

Feel- I read some reviews online before i bought the watch. Some of the reviewer's did not like the feel of the watch, they said it was uncomfortable. I do not find it any more uncomfortable than any other watch, feels fine to me.

Display- Some of the reviews online mentioned the display was not well lit and hard to see. It is not a well lit display but it s not hard to see at all. There is a light button as well that turns on the light for a couple seconds.

The heart monitor strap i have is a m-xxl. well let me just tell you it barely fits me, even when adjusted to the furthest setting.

Once you turn the watch on for the first time you can not turn it off, and once turned on it can not be returned. The battery is suppose to last 10 months, once its dead you have to send it in to get a new battery.

I went through the time and date settings, and then height/weight/age. Then it ask me how many hours a week i train 1-3 or 5+ and i chose 5+.

The first thing I did with it was perform the fitness test. My resting heart rate was right around 66-68. To perform the fitness test you put on your monitor, then lay and relax for 3 minutes. Then start the test. I did this laying in bed. Once you start the test it takes about 5 minutes. Once it beeps it spits out a number. My number was 43. For my age that put me on "very good" which was one level away from the top of "elite".

Now that i have my fitness level saved it asks me if i want to "improve" or "maximize" fitness. I chose "maximize".

Once that is finished it gives you a goal, my goal is 7hrs and 5900 cals. I was like WTF? 5900 cals really? seems like a shitload to me.

what do you guys think? 5900 cals?

 

[THE-DET-OAK]

ok fellas i use the monitor today for my workout. i changed my goal from "maximize" to "improve" fitness. this changed my weekly goal to 4550 cals. i still thought that was high until i went and worked out. I had no idea how many calories you burn during your workout. all i did today was dips, incline flat, lateral raises and skull crushers. during the workout i burned 355 cals. I could have went a lot longer too so im gonna have to add some things to this new routine, the tren is in full effect and i feel 0 pain in the gym.

I did the strength training program while working out. I talked to one of the trainers at my gym that has the watch as well, he said he didnt like it cause it made him wait too long for the next set. He said it was taking him 1.5 hours to complete his normal 1 hour routine. I found it to be the exact opposite, it was not letting me rest long enough before the next set. my heart rate would get up to about 170 during the set, and after i stopped it would only take about 20 seconds to get down to 125 and thats when it wanted me to do the next set. There is no way i can do that, my strength was gone when i only waited that long. so i started waiting til my heart rate got to 115 which took about 60 secoonds or so, and that seemed to be the perfect time for me to go again.

I then did some cardio, i kept my heart rate around 130 and burned like 200 cals 16.5 minutes data said my average geart rate was 129 and that was 68% of my max which is right where i want to be to burn fat. cals from fat were 28% during cardio.

so far i think im going to love the watch for the simple fact that it tracks all calories burned for me. the monitor was a lil itchy so im gonna work on getting it to fit better.

 

[JUICEBOXX]

Nice review newbie. Im been looking in to getting a heart rate monitor. and after this review im gonna pick this one up

 

[THE-DET-OAK]

hey hey hey-who is that calling me newbie? show yourself

 

[JUICEBOXX]

hey hey hey-who is that calling me newbie? show yourself

Lets just stay we go way back u MANIAX. Im a STALLION of my kind

 

[THE-DET-OAK]

hahahaha-cool brudda

ya ive only used it once but i do like it. i will keep the updates flowing, i have yet to upload my info to the computer. after a month or so i should have enough data to know exactly how many calories i need to burn to hold x amount of fat, i think this will be great info on tweaking cals for bulking and cutting cycles.