Polar FT7 Fitness Heart Rate Monitor

As the latest version of the Polar F7, the Polar FT-7 is a great heart rate monitor for any athlete, especially if he or she is concerned about overall fitness level. Able to distinguish between burning calories or burning fat, this Polar heart rate monitor delivers superior data so that you can train smarter to achieve your fitness goals.

It offers:

• EnergyPointer, for letting you know if your workout is burning fat or improving fitness
• Polar OwnCal, for calculating the number of kilocalories expended during training
• Maximum heart rate training records
• Heart rate and record averages of total exercise
• Graphical indicators for defined heart rate zones
• HeartTouch, button-free operation
• Comfortable textile transmitter

• Coded heart rate transmission to avoid cross-talk

We highly recommend using this Polar heart rate monitor for the P90X (P-90X) Program or any other fitness program you’re currently using. Also great for runners or general athletes. Available in several color options for men and women.

Bundled with the Polar H1 Heart Rate Sensor
Comfort is the key when training. That is why Polar created the slim H1 heart rate sensor. It not only measures your heart rate but also seamlessly adapts to your body shape, so you can forget you are wearing it and focus on your exercise.

In the Box

• Polar FT7 training computer
• Polar Wearlink+
• FT7 Getting Started Guide
  
  
  Body measurement features:

• Average and maximum heart rate of training
• 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 (bpm) or as a percentage (%) of your maximum heart rate.
• HRmax (user set)
• Manual target zone - bpm (upper limit) - 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 EnergyPointer - EnergyPointer is an easy-to-use feature which tells you during a training session if the main effect of your training is fat burning or fitness improvement. EnergyPointer visually indicates the center point between these two training effects, so when you are below that point, you are improving fat burning, and above that point, you are improving your aerobic fitness.
• Polar OwnCal - calorie expenditure - 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.
• Training load - available via polarpersonaltrainer.com - This feature is available in Polar software. When you transfer training results from your training computer to polarpersonaltrainer.com, you can follow your training load and recovery in the training diary. Continuous monitoring of training load and recovery will help you recognize personal limits, avoid over - or undertraining, and adjust training intensity and duration according to your daily and weekly targets

Data transfer

• Compatible with Mac (Intel-based) via Polar FlowLink
• Compatible with PC via Polar FlowLink
• Compatible with polarpersonaltrainer.com via Polar FlowLink

Polar ProTrainer 5 features:

• Training analyzing
• Training diary - Diary is available in Polar software. When you transfer training results from your training computer to your Diary, you can easily follow up your training as well as plan your future training sessions. You can choose to see your training sessions in a Month or Week view, along with a Month or Week summary.
• Training Load - This feature is available in Polar software. When you transfer training results from your training computer to polarpersonaltrainer.com, you can follow your training load and recovery in the training diary. Continuous monitoring of training load and recovery will help you recognize personal limits, avoid over- or undertraining, and adjust training intensity and duration according to your daily and weekly targets.
• Training programs - The polarpersonaltrainer.com web service offers training programs for running, cycling, outdoor sports, and general fitness, for instance. The training program creates training targets which appear in your Diary. You can customize the program according your current fitness level.

Recording features:

• Totals- Totals includes your training data starting from the last reset enabling you to follow your long-term training.
• Training files (with summaries) – 99
• 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.

Watch features:

• Backlight
• Date and weekday indicator
• Display text in English, German, Finnish, Swedish, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian
• Dual time zone
• KeyLock- By activating KeyLock, training computer buttons are locked, and accidental presses do not cause problems, for instance, during training.
• Low battery indicator
• Time of day (12/24h) with alarm and snooze
• User replaceable battery
• Water resistant – 30m

Manual
An instruction manual is included with your product. click here for a PDF version

Quick Start Guide
A quick guide summary of instructions. click here for a PDF version

polarpersonaltrainer.com compatible using the OPTIONAL Polar FlowLink accessory

The Polar Personal Trainer is an application developed to help our heart rate monitor users get the most from their product using motivating training tools. Essentially the application provides a wide selection of training programs tailored to meet your fitness level and development goals. You can log your training information using the calendar and transfer each training file to automatically create a diary entry. This data can then be stored and viewed either weekly or monthly so you can easily track how well your performance is improving. Effortless Data Transfer

Training Diary

Analyze your results with graphs

Monitor your progress Training Load and Recovery The new training load feature at polarpersonaltrainer.com tells you conveniently at a glance on the calendar view how hard your training session was and how much time is needed for a complete recovery. This feature takes out the guesswork whether you have recovered enough for your next session, helping you find the perfect balance between rest and training. At polarpersonaltrainer.com you can control your total workload, optimize your training, compare training load and recovery time of different training sessions, and monitor your performance development. Training load takes into consideration different factors which affect your training load and recovery time, such as training type, training intensity, duration, and of course your individual factors and heart rate during training. Continuous monitoring of training load and recovery will help you recognize personal limits, avoid over or under training, and adjust training intensity and duration according to your daily and weekly targets. Green: You have recovered enough for your next training session Yellow: You are not fully recovered from your previous training session Red: You have not recovered from the previous training session

Tailor your training program

Challenge others

The FT7 is Polar's latest replacement model for the Older A5, F6 and F7 Series. Our Initial testing of the unit surprised us in a way we did not experience with other Polar Heart Rate Monitors in past. Upon starting to obtain HR, we failed to start the exercise session, so after 1 hour of use, we had no data to in the files to recall on.
This is why it is important to read the directions even if you know how Polar heart rate monitors work.
The basic set up of the FT7 is easy, too easy. Load in your specs in and you are ready to go.
- Counts Calories. The Calorie counter seems to be quite accurate, during a 60 Minute intense P90X workout we showed 684 calories burnt.
- Target heart rate graph. The graph is useful for seeing where you are and if you're within your minimum and maximum HR "fitness" ranges during a session.
-Training Files. Which include records of training session durations, calories burned, Time in Zone, Avg, Max HR and more.
- Summarizes your totals in a file each week. Total Calories burned, Total Exercise time, ect.
. - The Overall Design of the Watch is sleak and petite. Although I found the Men�s version fit my wrists better than any older more bulky Polar Models.
- User changeable batteries. We are glad to see Polar is finally offering this in the Fitness Category. Previously you would have to send the Wrist unit for battery replacement and the transmitter needed to be totally replaced. Well not anymore. Overall we give this model 4.85 out of 5 Stars.

Instructional Videos by Polar
Polar FITNESS and CROSS TRAINING Products -
Polar FT4 Getting Started click on image to start video	Polar FT7 Basic Features click on image to start video
Polar FT40/FT60 Fitness Monitors Features and Benefits click on image to start video	Polar FT40 Fitness Monitors Getting Started click on image to start video
Polar FT60 Fitness Monitors Getting Started click on image to start video
Polar FT80 Fitness Monitors Getting Started click on image to start video	Polar FA20 Activity Computer (no heart rate) Features click on image to start video
Polar FEATURES (on specific products - check features on individual product)-
Polar Energy Pointer - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video	Polar OwnCal - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video
Polar OwnIndex - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video	Polar OwnZone - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video
Polar Personal Trainer - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video	Polar SportZones - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video
Polar ProTrainer 5 - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video	Polar Star Training Program - a feature (on select models) click on image to start video
Polar INFORMATIVE Information
Polar Benefits to Heart Rate (part 1) click on image to start video	Polar Benefits to Heart Rate (part 2) click on image to start video
Polar Strength Training click on image to start video	Polar Body Age click on image to start video
Polar Balancing Act Fitness click on image to start video	Polar Cardio GX System Classes click on image to start video
Polar Physical Education click on image to start video	Polar Nesta Certified Trainers click on image to start video
Polar TESTIMONIALS
Polar Runner's Success Story click on image to start video	Polar Educational Testimonial by School Dept. Chair, Rick Schupbach click on image to start video
Polar Educational Testimonial by School Principal, LaQuita Outlaw click on image to start video	Polar Educational Testimonial by School Principal, Steve VanderPol click on image to start video
Polar Testimonial by Parent, Keely Harken click on image to start video