polar f5

For further information on the sports Polar F5 and other heart rate monitor watches and fitness accessories.

If you regularly exercise and do a lot of running a heart rate monitor watch like the Polar f5 will help you find out if you are getting the maximum out of each workout session. This light led HR watch has a simple no nonsense design but is packed with amazing features that will help your to monitor your performance and achieve your fitness activity targets.

The f5 polar heart rate monitor features the unique OwnCal and Zone Pointer modes. These two handy features enables you to measure your heart rate within the target zone of a single workout session and your average HR over accumulated workouts. It also measures the energy and calories expenditure during a single and accumulative session.

One of the most effective ways to find out if your efforts are paying off is to set yourself exercise goals and to monitor your progress in how effectively you are achieving them. The polar f5 watch makes this task a whole lot easier and more accurate as you can set your own daily and weekly exercise and fitness goals. Another great function is the fitness bullet alarm that  monitors the amount of time you are training within your heart zone. A bullet appears across the display every ten minutes that you spend within your target zone. An alarm feature lets you know when you are out if your target zone.  

Another great feature of the polar f5 heart rate monitor watch is the heart touch mode. This feature enables you to scroll down a variety of data and results during the exercise mode. You can enter in your age and weight and the computer can calculate and determine your heart target zone based on your age. To test your fitness and stamina levels you can give yourself a quick road test with the Self Walk Test feature.

The watch comes with a chest strap transmitter and is battery operated. This product is considered to be a precision instrument that requires servicing and battery replacement to be carried out by Polar authorized dealer. You can use this for your outdoor workouts even when it is raining as it is water resistant to a depth of 30 meters, . As with the Polar F11 the  polar f5 fitness watch is backed by a two-year warranty. This product is available for sale on Amazon where it currently has a customer rating of 4 stars.