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As the pioneer of heart rate monitoring and sports wearable technology,  Polar has been making heart rate monitors since before it was cool (1977 to be exact). Here you’ll find the latest Polar news and announcements so stay tuned!

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FAQ: Polar Ignite Fitness Watch – All (Or Most) Of Your Questions Answered

What type of workouts is the Polar Ignite fitness watch for? Can I use the Polar Ignite for tracking swimming? How accurate is the optical HR? And more…

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Polar Ignite User Experience: What A Fitness Pro Learned About Working Out Smarter

Here’s how Polar Ambassador Lucy Young learned to work out smarter with Polar Ignite.

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Polar Ignite User Experience: The Next Level Of Optimizing Sleep And Recovery

Here’s what Polar Ambassador Flavia Florean learned about sleep and recovery with Polar Ignite’s Nightly Recharge feature.

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Les Mills Tribe + Polar Ignite = The Combo To Unleash Your Full Potential

Read how Polar Ignite helps some prominent members of the Les Mills community to push their limits, stay focused and balanced and optimize recovery.

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Polar Ignite Fitness Watch – Key Features Explained

Here’s how the new features on the Polar Ignite fitness watch help you optimize your workouts and recovery to become your true potential.

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Q&A: Behind The Design Of Polar Ignite

It is what’s inside that counts the most, but with Polar Ignite fitness watch, the external beauty and functionality of the design is worth a mention.

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Out Now: The New Polar Ignite Fitness Watch – For What, For Whom and Why

Polar Ignite is a new-generation fitness watch that helps you personalize your training and recovery on a whole new level. Here’s what and whom it’s for.

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Polar Flow Now Connects With adidas Running

You can now automatically export your runs from Polar Flow to Runtastic. Read more.

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How Optical Heart Rate Monitoring Works With Polar Precision Prime™

Here’s how optical heart rate monitoring works and how it compares to other heart rate measurement technology.

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Do you know when it’s time to take a break? Recovery Pro™ will tell you

Sometimes fatigue creeps up on you and you lose sight of how you really feel: overtrained or just lazy? That’s when recovery feedback comes to the rescue!

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How often should you work out? Train enough but not too much with the new Training Load Pro™

How do you know if you’re training enough or overdoing it? The new 3-in-1 Training Load Pro feature will help you understand, control and improve your performance.

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Meet Polar Vantage V – the premium multisport watch for pro-level athletes

Not just a running watch, more than a sports watch… This premium multisport watch is building on the heritage of Polar V800 but takes giant leaps longer.

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Polar Vantage V vs. Polar Vantage M | Which is right for you?

Alike but unique. Both new Vantage series multisport watches are designed for ambitious goal-oriented athletes but here are the differences to help you choose.

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Introducing The Polar Vantage Series – The Next-Generation Multisport Watches

They are here! The new Polar Vantage pro-level multisport watches are designed to help ambitious athletes reach their full potential.

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Wear OS by Google™ update for Polar M600 out now

What was previously known as Android Wear 2.0 is now Wear OS by Google™ and available for the Polar M600 GPS smartwatch. Find out how to get your hands on it.

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Add thrill to your cycling | Strava Live Segments for Polar V650 out now

How would it feel to climb your way to the top and be the King or Queen of the Mountain?

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More insight from running data with Polar V800 and Stryd

Running power is not the only metric you need to look at if you want to get the full picture of your running performance. Add heart rate and use all the insight you can get with the Polar V800 and Stryd.

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2 million LES MILLS workouts in Polar Flow | Infographic

We’ve reached a major fitness milestone: 2 million LES MILLS workouts in Polar Flow! Check out the stat highlights from our infographic.

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The best advice for getting in shape – from professional athletes

If your New Year’s Resolution is to get back in shape or get in superstar shape, here’s what 5 Polar’s pro athletes want you to know about getting in shape.

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How to get started with Polar

Are you a proud owner of a new Polar product? Read our guide on how to get started.

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Polar V800 + GoPro | Data overlay out now

You can now overlay data from your Polar V800 to your GoPro videos. Learn how to get started and see our enduro rider François Bailly-Maître’s demo.

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Polar Flow now connects with Endomondo

Polar Flow now connects with Endomondo

Polar Flow and Endomondo aim to make tracking your workouts smoother and easier. Connect the apps, let us do the tracking and you can focus on your workout!

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Out now: Strava Live Segments support for Polar V800

Get ready to break your records – Polar V800 is now compatible with Strava Live Segments. Read this to learn how to get started.

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