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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
The smartest way to better fitness.
Now you can train as you want and reach your fitness targets with the FT60s personalized training program. It sets new targets by adapting to your personal training habits, helping you stay motivated and carry on improving your fitness. The adaptive training program features weekly targets, feedback and guidance so youll achieve your training targets more efficiently and effectively.
New Polar STAR training program gives you weekly training targets, adapts to your training habits to guide you without being too strict and allows you flexibility during the week.
Fitness test measures your aerobic fitness at rest in just five minutes.
FT60 also shows you the calories burned.
Black Watch with Red or White Screen.
Now you can train as you want and reach your fitness targets with the FT60s personalized training program. It sets new targets by adapting to your personal training habits, helping you stay motivated and carry on improving your fitness. The adaptive training program features weekly targets, feedback and guidance so youll achieve your training targets more efficiently and effectively.
New Polar STAR training program gives you weekly training targets, adapts to your training habits to guide you without being too strict and allows you flexibility during the week.
Fitness test measures your aerobic fitness at rest in just five minutes.
FT60 also shows you the calories burned.
Black Watch with Red or White Screen.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
I have had the FT60 for two months and I use it mainly for jogging/running. Having read other reviews I bought the white and black face rather than the red. I was quite suprised when I opened it as it is better looking than in the photos. The top and bottom of the face is framed in metal, and the yellow marks by the buttons are much paler in the flesh - I thought in the photos it looked rather cheap, but that is not the case. The strap is also very comfy, with lots of adjustment available.
I bought a Polar FT7, but found it very basic, and having looked at Polar forums, I returned it and upgraded to the FT60, and having used it for a couple of weeks, I then bought a Flowlink to connect to my PC, and a S1 footpod, which is a great addition. Compared to the FT7, the FT60 is in a different league!
I'm 43 and had been running on and off (more off!!) for about 5 years, doing a couple of months, then stopping for a few - not very productive. Prior to getting the FT60, I'd been running a couple of times a week for about 10 months, not really enjoying it, and managing about 20 mins, so a max of 45 - 60 mins a week. I was getting fed up, as I didn't seem to be progressing, and longed for the day when I could enjoy it rather than it being a chore.
As I'm sure you've read in other reviews, the FT60 STAR programme sets weekly targets. These are based on data you've entered, a test it does of your fitness, the goals you've set, and the amount of time you tell it you have available to train. Each Sunday night, if you've achieved your targets, it plays a melody, gives you up to three stars, and a trophy appears on the screen! It sounds silly, but this really motivates you, I find myself having to go out to make sure I've reached that weeks target so I can get my trophy.
The thing it has really made me do is slow down to keep in the correct target heart rate zones - before I was going to hard, and feeling puffed and only covering short distances. Within a few short weeks, I am now running for 5 and a half hours a week, and covering about 40kms. Last week one morning I ran for 15kms, and am now finding it really enjoyable - exactly what I'd been longing to achieve!
At first I was having to go really slow to keep in the correct zones, but already my fitness has improved as the watch has upped my targets, and I can now go faster with less effort, which is fantastic.
The S1 footpod works really well - it's not that big, and you'd never know you had it on, and the battery life is good. I've tested it against the GPS on my smartphone, and it's quite accurate, and to know how far you've run is really motivating.
To sum up, the ability to work at the correct intensity, and being set goals has really transformed my fitness and motivation - and my clothes have gone from size XLarge to Medium :-)
I bought a Polar FT7, but found it very basic, and having looked at Polar forums, I returned it and upgraded to the FT60, and having used it for a couple of weeks, I then bought a Flowlink to connect to my PC, and a S1 footpod, which is a great addition. Compared to the FT7, the FT60 is in a different league!
I'm 43 and had been running on and off (more off!!) for about 5 years, doing a couple of months, then stopping for a few - not very productive. Prior to getting the FT60, I'd been running a couple of times a week for about 10 months, not really enjoying it, and managing about 20 mins, so a max of 45 - 60 mins a week. I was getting fed up, as I didn't seem to be progressing, and longed for the day when I could enjoy it rather than it being a chore.
As I'm sure you've read in other reviews, the FT60 STAR programme sets weekly targets. These are based on data you've entered, a test it does of your fitness, the goals you've set, and the amount of time you tell it you have available to train. Each Sunday night, if you've achieved your targets, it plays a melody, gives you up to three stars, and a trophy appears on the screen! It sounds silly, but this really motivates you, I find myself having to go out to make sure I've reached that weeks target so I can get my trophy.
The thing it has really made me do is slow down to keep in the correct target heart rate zones - before I was going to hard, and feeling puffed and only covering short distances. Within a few short weeks, I am now running for 5 and a half hours a week, and covering about 40kms. Last week one morning I ran for 15kms, and am now finding it really enjoyable - exactly what I'd been longing to achieve!
At first I was having to go really slow to keep in the correct zones, but already my fitness has improved as the watch has upped my targets, and I can now go faster with less effort, which is fantastic.
The S1 footpod works really well - it's not that big, and you'd never know you had it on, and the battery life is good. I've tested it against the GPS on my smartphone, and it's quite accurate, and to know how far you've run is really motivating.
To sum up, the ability to work at the correct intensity, and being set goals has really transformed my fitness and motivation - and my clothes have gone from size XLarge to Medium :-)
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
I have been using the watch now for two months it has great features and I really like it.
But the black on red display (which looks really cool) is very hard to read except in ideal lighting conditions. If I was buying this watch again I would get the one with the 'normal lcd' screen.
I have also had problems with bugs (These bugs should have been resolved in new versions) in the monitors software which cause the stored totals to corrupt. This issue can be resolved by sending the monitor to Polar support for an update (mine is with them at the moment).
But the black on red display (which looks really cool) is very hard to read except in ideal lighting conditions. If I was buying this watch again I would get the one with the 'normal lcd' screen.
I have also had problems with bugs (These bugs should have been resolved in new versions) in the monitors software which cause the stored totals to corrupt. This issue can be resolved by sending the monitor to Polar support for an update (mine is with them at the moment).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I disagree with the negative reviews here about the display. 90% of the time it is perfectly visible, even in dull indoor conditions. The only time I had a little trouble seeing it was on the treadmills in the gym today, but there is no light source there at all due to an alcove and TV overhead - I doubt you'd see any digital watch very well there. I love the colour combo personally, so much less boring than standard grey/black digi face. If you don't think it'll be bright enough, why not just buy the standard face model?
As a HR and Personal Training computer, it really is fantastic, just what I wanted for the type of training and goals I'm using at the moment. It'll do it all on auto based on your vital stats (age/weight/height, etc. for BMI) or you can enter each variable manually if you know better (for example if you have actually been tested for HRmax, or VO2max, and it'll adjust Fat Burn/Aerobic/Anaerobic zones accordingly OR once again, you can set your zone limits manually if you know better - for this alone it's fantastic and well worth the money.
Add to that the STAR training program, which lets you choose your type of weekly goal (burn fat/ improve fitness/ maximise fitness) and it gives you weekly goals and times in each zone to maximise workout efficiency. Not everyone needs this and some are beyond it, but if you're around this level it's much easier than trying to track it all manually. Highly recommend the optional Flowlink to upload all the data to your computer and Polar account (free) so you can see it all nicely tracked over time.
Overall, really glad I bought it, no regrets at all from function or fashion point of view - I'm happy to wear all day as well as at the gym!
As a HR and Personal Training computer, it really is fantastic, just what I wanted for the type of training and goals I'm using at the moment. It'll do it all on auto based on your vital stats (age/weight/height, etc. for BMI) or you can enter each variable manually if you know better (for example if you have actually been tested for HRmax, or VO2max, and it'll adjust Fat Burn/Aerobic/Anaerobic zones accordingly OR once again, you can set your zone limits manually if you know better - for this alone it's fantastic and well worth the money.
Add to that the STAR training program, which lets you choose your type of weekly goal (burn fat/ improve fitness/ maximise fitness) and it gives you weekly goals and times in each zone to maximise workout efficiency. Not everyone needs this and some are beyond it, but if you're around this level it's much easier than trying to track it all manually. Highly recommend the optional Flowlink to upload all the data to your computer and Polar account (free) so you can see it all nicely tracked over time.
Overall, really glad I bought it, no regrets at all from function or fashion point of view - I'm happy to wear all day as well as at the gym!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Poor heart rate reception is major let down
Other users may find the features of this watch set it apart but if its core function is hopelessly unreliable there is really no point to the rest of it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dieter
ft60 dont buy red
im an aerobics instructor, love my watch...............hate the face. thought id be flash wicked colour..... Read more
Published 14 months ago by W. walters
Great watch. Poor face.
This really is a great watch in terms of functionality. I use it for Spin and it has transformed my workout. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr Stuart Wilson
Initial Item dispatched Still not received
The initial Polar watch dispatched before Christmas and has still not been received. The second one dispatched did however arrive on time. Great Item.
Published 16 months ago by Liam
Red dial ruins any techncal benefit
The comfort, functions, usability and programs within this device all seem to be first rate. However, they are all rendered completely unusable by the black readout on the dark red... Read more
Published 18 months ago by daveyates
GREAT TRAINER
AS AN INSTRUCTOR IT TELLS ME WHICH ZONE I AM IN AND WHEN TO WORK MORE OR LESS IN A ZONE, EVEN WHEN TO TAKE A REST. Read more
Published 20 months ago by W. walters
Retro Look / State Of The Art Functions
I left a review for the FT80 which has a few more functions than the FT60 but this still has the best 1 which is the Star Training Programme. It's a personal trainer on your wrist. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Nat Brooks
My personal coach
Great watch! Its like having a personal coach with you all the time. Perfect for the control freak who wants to continuously monitor progress.
Published 21 months ago by Sinan
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