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The Polar FT80 Review: A personal trainer for gym related workouts! An examination of the strengths & weaknesses. www.heartratewatchcompany.com

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The Polar FT80 Review: A personal trainer for gym related workouts!

An examination of the strengths & weaknesses.

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Great for weights and with GPS and foot pod accessories for aerobic activity

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An Impressive list of features

• Repetition guidance – start the next set at the correct time.• Polar Star creates targets for your workouts.• Zone target features• Strength training guidance• Caloric expenditure• Heart rate graphs• Download to Polar Personal Trainer• Optional GPS sensor• Optional foot pod• Interference free transmission for crowded gyms

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Great for the gym but the screen does not work well in bright sun

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Perfecting the recuperation period and knowing precisely when to begin again

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When you are lifting weights, or interval training, and you recover to this line then it is time to exercise again.

The Wearlink Coded Transmitter prevents interference and cross-talk in busy gym environments.

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The chest band is quite comfortable but you can eliminate it and still get continuous heart rate

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Simply remove the ECG sensor from the chest strap and snap it in to the cardio garment and you can have the comfort of

strapless with continuous heart rate.

The Polar FT80 gets 3 ¾ Stars overall but we’d give it 4 ½ stars for gym use only

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