I’m here to profess my love.
I am head over heels, out of the ballpark, shoot for the moon, over the rainbow in love…with my new Polar FT60 Heart Rate Monitor!

Yes. I said it I am in love with my new heart rate monitor. Now it may seem premature since I have only had it for 2 days but I can already tell the difference.

Want to know why it’s amazing!?

1.) It creates a work out program based on your goals!

2.) Tracks calories burned, miles, heart rate, speed, EVERYTHING

3.) It’s so pretty and in my favorite color!

4.) The actual chest strap is super comfy!

So lets start with number 1. Creating the program.
You can choose what your goal is. Obviously mine is to lose weight. So I input my stats and bleep bloop bleep it created a program for me.
Which is when I began to panic a little…
They said I need to train for 7 hours and 10 mins a week! GAH! I’ve been working only 5 hours a week.
Then it said I need to burn 3150 calories per week! WHAT? Oh no how am I going to do that?

Well here’s the thing…I needed to change up my workouts.
Before I would work sooo hard and burn myself out so there was no way I could push myself the next day. So I had to change my goals.
Instead of pushing pushing pushing I needed to stay in the heart rate levels 1 or 2. Because I am staying consistent I am actually working out harder than I have before without overdoing it or feeling like I am going to die.

2.) It tracks everything! Don’t believe what the machine you’re using says you’ve burned. It’s just a guess but not necessarily accurate. Now I know for sure how hard I’m working and how much I need to push myself.

3.) Isn’t it CUTE!?

4.) I honestly can’t even feel the chest monitor so don’t worry about that.


Lessons learned from the HRM….

Number 1. SWEAT. I have NEVER sweat this much in my life. I am considering only wearing black to they gym because it’s nasty.
Number 2…. Sometimes it’s frustrating not getting in the right range but it really makes you work harder or understand when you might be working too hard.

So my suggestion…
Get one! If you haven’t invested in a HRM seriously…. SERIOUSLY get one. They are expensive I understand believe me…as a poor college student I know. But it is an investment and I know that it will be worth it in the end. Ps- get it on amazon. it's like 30 bucks cheaper than on the polar site. :)

Let me know if you have any questions!
Yea I don't know what this chick is doing but I can probably do it now that I have a heart rate monitor :)