Polar F55 Heart Rate Monitor

Polar F55 Review

The revolutionary Polar F55 heart rate monitors provide the ultimate fitness experience, combining heart rate monitoring, a cardiovascular workout program, guidance for strength training workouts and an overtraining test for a holistic approach to fitness. The Polar F55 heart monitor is available in Bronze Rock (men), Ice Aluminum (unisex) and Lava Aluminum.

Polar F55 Body Workout

Polar Body Workout is exclusive to the Polar F55 heart monitor and gives basic guidance for muscular strength training. Body workout provides strength training movements, count of sets, repetitions, and weights recommendations. The workout can be easily performed by following the guidance given by the Polar F55 heart monitors and can be edited according to your development.

Polar F55 Keeps U Fit ™ Workout Program

The Polar Keeps U Fit - Own Workout Program gives you personal guidance - how often, how hard, and how long you need to exercise to reach your personal fitness goals. The feature is included in the Polar F11 and F55 Fitness Heart Rate Monitors. In addition, the program can be used free of charge in the Polar Fitness Trainer web service.

Polar F55 OwnRelax™ Feature

OwnRelax is the result of a relaxation session, which is an easy and quick way to test how relaxed you body is. The 5-minute relaxation session is based on heart rate and heart rate variability and can be measured with the Polar F55 Fitness Heart Rate Monitor. OwnRelax helps to track and improve overall well being. Daily relaxation session can be done anywhere, anytime, lying down, or sitting comfortably with no talk or disturbing noises.

Polar F55 Fitness Test™ with OwnIndex®

The Polar Fitness Test measures your aerobic/cardiovascular fitness at rest in just five minutes. The result, Polar OwnIndex, predicts your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max). With the Polar Fitness Test you can measure your aerobic fitness by yourself, automatically and without any exertion. No other equipment other than a heart rate monitor is needed. The Polar Fitness Test is as accurate in predicting the VO2maxas any sub-maximal fitness test. The test is based on gender, age, height, body weight, level of physical activity, heart rate and heart rate variability at rest. The OwnIndex ranges usually from 20 to 95 and is comparable to VO2max, the golden standard of aerobic fitness. OwnIndex is most meaningful when following changes in your fitness over a long period of time. Find out how fit you are for your age and gender by comparing your result to the global references listed in the Polar user's manuals.

Polar F55 OwnCal® Calorie Expenditure

The Polar OwnCal feature shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions. You can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time e.g. one week, it helps in achieving both short term and long term goals.

Polar F55 OwnCode® Coded Signal

As more and more people use heart rate monitors today, preventing cross talk from other devices in group situations at the gym or when jogging with a friend becomes essential. The unique Polar OwnCode coded technology blocks unwanted signals from other heart rate monitors, ensuring disturbance-free transmission of your heart rate data.

For a full list of Polar F55 Heart Rate Monitor features click here

To compare all Polar fitness heart rate monitors, click here