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Body Measurement Features:
Automatic age-based target zone – bpm / %
To help you train safely and effectively, the training computer determines your heart rate target zone limits automatically according to your age-based maximum heart rate (220 minus age). The limits are determined either in beats per minute (bpm), as a percentage (%) of your maximum heart rate, or as a heart rate reserve (% HRR). See also Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and Manual target zone.Heart rate – bpm / %
Heart rate is the measurement of the work your heart does. Heart rate can be expressed as the number of beats per minute or as percentage of your maximum heart rate. Heart rate can also be expressed as a percentage of your heart rate reserve, meaning the difference between your resting heart rate and maximum heart rate (HRR = HRmax - HRrest). In Polar software or during strength training, heart rate can be displayed as a graphical trend.HR-based target zones with visual and audible alarm
You can define your target zones for a training session based on heart rate to help define the right intensity. When you are out of the preset zones, the training computer will give a visual and audible alarm.Manual target zone – bpm / %
This feature enables you to define the target zone as you want and is suitable for your training. You can set the target zone for your training as beats per minute (bpm), as a percentage of your maximum heart rate, or as a percentage of your heart rate reserve (HRR%).Polar Fitness Test
Polar Fitness Test measures your aerobic fitness at rest in just five minutes. The result, Polar OwnIndex, evaluates your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max). With the Polar Fitness Test you can measure your aerobic fitness by yourself, automatically and without any exertion. All you need is your training computer. The Polar Fitness Test is as accurate in predicting the VO2max as any sub maximal fitness test. The test is based on heart rate and heart rate variability at rest and personal information.Polar OwnCal® – calorie expenditure with fat percentage
Polar OwnCal calculates the number of kilocalories expended during training. This feature allows you to follow the kilocalories expended during one training session and cumulative kilocalories expended during several training sessions. Some Polar products also estimate the fat-burning percentage (fat% on display), that is, kilocalories expended from fat during a workout which is expressed as a percentage of the total kilocalories burned.Polar OwnCode® (5kHz) – coded transmission
Coded heart rate transmission automatically locks in a code to transmit your heart rate to the training computer. The training computer picks up your heart rate from your transmitter only. Coding prevents interference from other training computers.Polar OwnZone® – personal heart rate zone
Polar OwnZone® determines your personal heart rate limits for a training session. Depending on the day and time, your physical state may vary, for instance, if you are stressed or tired, or if you are not fully recovered from your latest training session, Polar can determine that information from your heart rate and guide you to your ideal training zone for that moment.Polar STAR Training Program
The adaptive and personalized Polar STAR Training Program helps you reach your training targets. The training program gives you weekly targets, including intensity and duration, for your training. The Polar STAR Training Program is based on your fitness level, activity level, training goal and personal information (weight, height, age and sex).Recording Features:
Totals
Totals includes your training data starting from the last reset enabling you to follow your long-term training.Weekly history
Weekly history gathers your weekly training data. By selecting a week, you can review your training data for the week.Training features:
Graphical target zone indicator
This feature points out graphically on the display the zone you are in during a training session helping you to stay on the desired intensity zone.HeartTouch – button-free operation of wrist unit
When HeartTouch is on, different training information during training can be accessed without pressing buttons, for instance, when gloves make pressing buttons difficult, by bringing your training computer close to your transmitter.ZoneLock
ZoneLock feature helps you to accumulate certain intensity. You can either lock a zone before a training session or during it by pressing a button when you are on the desired zone.ZonePointer
ZonePointer is a visible and moving symbol on the training computer display indicating whether you are inside the pre-set target zone. This feature helps you to reach the desired intensity targets.Watch Features:
Product Description
Aside from all the state of the art facilities that the Polar FT60 FEMALE heart rate monitor provides you with all the required feedback to keep you on track at all times, with visual audible preset training zones, average HR readings, theoretical calorie burn and much more. It syncs up to a compatible PC and software to provide online training support and monitoring, and with the complete runners GPS and Foot Pod optional extras, you can really adapt the FT60 FEMALE to every situation.
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50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
I have had this HRM for almost a week now and have been using it every day. It is the first time I have had one like this, in the past I have just had one of the plastic Polar transmitter belts that I bought years ago and I will admit that I was a bit dubious on spending so much money on something I initially had wanted to just give me my heart rate and calories during my regular gym sessions and home workout dvds. However, now I've got it I am so pleased i spent the money because it is definitely worth every penny!
It is very easy to use. You can pretty much get it set up and be ready to go in a matter of minutes. Once it is out the box and you have held in one of the buttons to activate it it switches on and then after that it will stay on until the battery needs replacing. So as soon as you turn it on it asks you to enter personal data such as age, weight, sex, height and so on.
You get the watch, a wear link transmitter belt which contains electrodes that you need to wet before using, and then you also get a transmitter which clips securely to the front of the belt and sends your heart rate etc to the watch. The transmitter belt is machine washable and they recommend you wash it after every 5th use. I haven't done that yet so can't comment on that aspect. If you are shopping around online for an FT60 you will find that some FT60s actually come with a Flow Link as well for data transfer and on mine it actually says on the box "FT60 now with Flow Link."
As Amazon does not mention anything about the Flow Link I am assuming you just get the watch, strap and transmitter as i said earlier in my review. As far as I know i think previously it was just the FT80 that came with Flow Link but maybe that has now changed to include FT60 so probably worth shopping around a bit. I did and got one WITH the Flow Link so saved about £40. I know now if I hadn't I would have been a bit disappointed I couldn't upload my data to computer. Also, I have the purple one which is the women's version and it's very comfortable to wear and fits perfectly.
I bought mine because I was interested in the STAR training program which sounded great along with all the other features. I have mine set up on the weight loss program but there are two others to choose from: fitness improvement is one and I think the other is to maximize performance. Basically, both related to fitness goals anyway. You don't have to set up a training program if you don't want to - once you've entered your basic data you can just press OK whenever you are ready to train and it will search for your heart rate and count the calories you burn etc. However, if you do want to use the STAR program it asks you to do the fitness test which involves lying for a few minutes beforehand to calm down before you actually activate the test. Then once you are relaxed you can go into the menu, select fitness test and it will tell you to lie down and relax while it works out your VO2 max. It takes about 5 minutes then comes back with a score telling you how you did. There is a chart in the manual and also on the website where you can look it up and make comparisons etc. As well as this info it will also ask you what your activity level is and in the manual it gives a few different scenarios for each activity level and you pick the one that closely matches yours. Using all of the info you enter it will calculate a program with a goal for calories you need to burn, how long you need to train for in total and how long you need to train in zone 1, zone 2 and zone 3. Simple as that.
One thing I will say is that the training weeks run from midnight Sunday to Sunday, I am not sure if you can change this to another day and time as I haven't looked it up. I started mine last Friday and on Sunday at midnight (apparently it does this every week at same time but not sure if it does it as a rule or just with STAR training program) an envelope icon appeared on the screen with my results for the previous week, which in my case was Friday to Sunday. It gave details like calories achieved vs target, training time spent vs target and training in each zone vs target. It then tells you what you need to do the following week all over again which in my case has stayed the same but it can tell you whether you need to train the same, train harder, train less in certain zone(s), have a rest week and other things like that. It also asked me to update my weight info and from what I can tell it periodically asks you to take another fitness test. I did this as well but can't remember if it specifically asked me to do this.
Either way the menu is easily accessed and extremely user friendly and you can input this data yourself and take the fitness test anytime and it will automatically update your program with the info. You can change or end the program at any time, view your progress, goals, training files for previous days, weeks, months etc. In the manual it says that when you end a program and start anther you can still view all of the training files from your old program etc to see how you did. The watch saves data of up to 100 training files and after that, the oldest file is replaced by the latest one. When you are training and the HRM is in use you can press the up/down button on the watch to cycle through the menu to display either total calories (this will be in cal or kcal depending on whether the data you first entered was in lb and ft or kg and cm); heart rate; heart rate with the training zone you are currently in and how long you have spent in each of the zones during the current session; training zones and the percentage you have completed for each zone for that week if you are on STAR training program; or if you prefer you can just have the time displayed. Whatever display you have though it tells you at the bottom of the screen the amount of time you have been training for and you can pause the session at anytime and then press another button to continue. There is also a backlight and you can set the watch so that when you raise it to the transmitter the light automatically switches on.
If you love lots of stats and numbers etc like I do to see how you are progressing and to keep you motivated then you can also buy/use the Flow Link which connects to your computer via USB. You need to register on PolarPersonalTrainer.com website and also download the free software called Web Sync off it to use the Flow Link (the software you need to download to use with Flow Link is not compatible with a Mac, only Windows). I had to use an old Windows laptop to upload the training files but I can still access the data on the website once it has been uploaded using my mac if that is any use to anyone. To upload the data you simply place your watch face down on the Flow Link once it has been connected and it quickly uploads all of your training files to your account. If you want to you can leave them there or export them if you need to. I haven't done that myself but I've uploaded my data etc and it's obviously nice to have all of your training files displayed on a screen in front of you in graphs and fancy charts etc and it will do this with your weight as well. Not sure about fitness tests as I've not tried.
You can buy other accessories to go with it if you want to measure your speed and distance but I don't have those so can't comment. But one other thing I thought was great is that once you've registered you can create various challenges or join some if you prefer. You can then compete with others who have registered on the site and the first person to reach the goal etc gets a trophy. Maybe not for everybody but if you are looking for something to make weight loss, exercise and training in general a bit more worthwhile, motivating, more fun and looking to get results then this is great. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
It is very easy to use. You can pretty much get it set up and be ready to go in a matter of minutes. Once it is out the box and you have held in one of the buttons to activate it it switches on and then after that it will stay on until the battery needs replacing. So as soon as you turn it on it asks you to enter personal data such as age, weight, sex, height and so on.
You get the watch, a wear link transmitter belt which contains electrodes that you need to wet before using, and then you also get a transmitter which clips securely to the front of the belt and sends your heart rate etc to the watch. The transmitter belt is machine washable and they recommend you wash it after every 5th use. I haven't done that yet so can't comment on that aspect. If you are shopping around online for an FT60 you will find that some FT60s actually come with a Flow Link as well for data transfer and on mine it actually says on the box "FT60 now with Flow Link."
As Amazon does not mention anything about the Flow Link I am assuming you just get the watch, strap and transmitter as i said earlier in my review. As far as I know i think previously it was just the FT80 that came with Flow Link but maybe that has now changed to include FT60 so probably worth shopping around a bit. I did and got one WITH the Flow Link so saved about £40. I know now if I hadn't I would have been a bit disappointed I couldn't upload my data to computer. Also, I have the purple one which is the women's version and it's very comfortable to wear and fits perfectly.
I bought mine because I was interested in the STAR training program which sounded great along with all the other features. I have mine set up on the weight loss program but there are two others to choose from: fitness improvement is one and I think the other is to maximize performance. Basically, both related to fitness goals anyway. You don't have to set up a training program if you don't want to - once you've entered your basic data you can just press OK whenever you are ready to train and it will search for your heart rate and count the calories you burn etc. However, if you do want to use the STAR program it asks you to do the fitness test which involves lying for a few minutes beforehand to calm down before you actually activate the test. Then once you are relaxed you can go into the menu, select fitness test and it will tell you to lie down and relax while it works out your VO2 max. It takes about 5 minutes then comes back with a score telling you how you did. There is a chart in the manual and also on the website where you can look it up and make comparisons etc. As well as this info it will also ask you what your activity level is and in the manual it gives a few different scenarios for each activity level and you pick the one that closely matches yours. Using all of the info you enter it will calculate a program with a goal for calories you need to burn, how long you need to train for in total and how long you need to train in zone 1, zone 2 and zone 3. Simple as that.
One thing I will say is that the training weeks run from midnight Sunday to Sunday, I am not sure if you can change this to another day and time as I haven't looked it up. I started mine last Friday and on Sunday at midnight (apparently it does this every week at same time but not sure if it does it as a rule or just with STAR training program) an envelope icon appeared on the screen with my results for the previous week, which in my case was Friday to Sunday. It gave details like calories achieved vs target, training time spent vs target and training in each zone vs target. It then tells you what you need to do the following week all over again which in my case has stayed the same but it can tell you whether you need to train the same, train harder, train less in certain zone(s), have a rest week and other things like that. It also asked me to update my weight info and from what I can tell it periodically asks you to take another fitness test. I did this as well but can't remember if it specifically asked me to do this.
Either way the menu is easily accessed and extremely user friendly and you can input this data yourself and take the fitness test anytime and it will automatically update your program with the info. You can change or end the program at any time, view your progress, goals, training files for previous days, weeks, months etc. In the manual it says that when you end a program and start anther you can still view all of the training files from your old program etc to see how you did. The watch saves data of up to 100 training files and after that, the oldest file is replaced by the latest one. When you are training and the HRM is in use you can press the up/down button on the watch to cycle through the menu to display either total calories (this will be in cal or kcal depending on whether the data you first entered was in lb and ft or kg and cm); heart rate; heart rate with the training zone you are currently in and how long you have spent in each of the zones during the current session; training zones and the percentage you have completed for each zone for that week if you are on STAR training program; or if you prefer you can just have the time displayed. Whatever display you have though it tells you at the bottom of the screen the amount of time you have been training for and you can pause the session at anytime and then press another button to continue. There is also a backlight and you can set the watch so that when you raise it to the transmitter the light automatically switches on.
If you love lots of stats and numbers etc like I do to see how you are progressing and to keep you motivated then you can also buy/use the Flow Link which connects to your computer via USB. You need to register on PolarPersonalTrainer.com website and also download the free software called Web Sync off it to use the Flow Link (the software you need to download to use with Flow Link is not compatible with a Mac, only Windows). I had to use an old Windows laptop to upload the training files but I can still access the data on the website once it has been uploaded using my mac if that is any use to anyone. To upload the data you simply place your watch face down on the Flow Link once it has been connected and it quickly uploads all of your training files to your account. If you want to you can leave them there or export them if you need to. I haven't done that myself but I've uploaded my data etc and it's obviously nice to have all of your training files displayed on a screen in front of you in graphs and fancy charts etc and it will do this with your weight as well. Not sure about fitness tests as I've not tried.
You can buy other accessories to go with it if you want to measure your speed and distance but I don't have those so can't comment. But one other thing I thought was great is that once you've registered you can create various challenges or join some if you prefer. You can then compete with others who have registered on the site and the first person to reach the goal etc gets a trophy. Maybe not for everybody but if you are looking for something to make weight loss, exercise and training in general a bit more worthwhile, motivating, more fun and looking to get results then this is great. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Polar deny it, but they have big transmission issues with their chest straps. Wash it, don't wash it, play about with positioning, changing battery didn't make much difference. Problems started within the first month with intermittent drop outs mid workout and just got worse. Also be very careful when changing the battery in the watch, the metal retaining clip is very easily broken (ask my wife!). A shame really because the functionality of the watch itself and the online tracking program is very good.
For the record I also bought an FT80 from elsewhere and had similar problems with the strap. Also just after a year one of the buttons stopped working making the watch pretty useless. Questionable whether the FT80 is worth the premium over the FT60.
For the record I also bought an FT80 from elsewhere and had similar problems with the strap. Also just after a year one of the buttons stopped working making the watch pretty useless. Questionable whether the FT80 is worth the premium over the FT60.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black|Size Name:One Size
It is a great tool for monitoring how much time I spend in each zone.
Easy to read, easy to set up and use.... even allows me to track weight change.
I don't really use the flow link much, as all the information I want is on the watch... maybe that will be more interesting if I want to look back in a few months time and see what progress / changes in training habits I have made.
I am really happy I bought this HRM!
Easy to read, easy to set up and use.... even allows me to track weight change.
I don't really use the flow link much, as all the information I want is on the watch... maybe that will be more interesting if I want to look back in a few months time and see what progress / changes in training habits I have made.
I am really happy I bought this HRM!
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