Super happy with my Polar watches and ecosystem, sleep and recovery tracking is the best

Thanks for making this video. This really helped with my decision between polar and garmin. I only cycle and do HIIT and never run, so the polar might be the better choice...

I loved this video

Yeah I agree with that. I recently used polar device, polar grit x. Really like that everything is plain English. Garmin is a bit harder definitely. Unfortunately had a default product had to send it back. But there are a few things, missing for me around the polar ecosystem. The sync takes to long. Only 2 types of alarm. Among a few other things.

I swear you are mind reader , I’m thinking about a topic and boom you do a video on it ! Don’t usually comment but have to say absolutely brilliant content 👍🏻 , keep it up ! Personally I use polar V2 for training and sleep and Apple Watch S6 for during the day (as a smart watch i don’t think it can be beaten) Really want to love garmin but as you say metrics are buried too deep and for me doesn’t flow, will see what there next release is and probably end up giving it a try !

I have tried Garmin, Fitbit, Suunto, and Polar. Polar all the way!

Polar is raising the level a lot...plus the teams are very reliable

I use m430 since 2018, its feature is very good.

Btw, thanks for great videos on a really interesting topic. A wear a grit x for the moment. The great sleep tracking and activity tracking with heart rate 24/7 and years of workouts stored on polar flow makes it difficult to leave polar. But a want a recovery score in hours, a better calculaction between hard short excersice and long slow exercise. I feel that there is not a great distinction between them. And I want a ANS-score over the hole day, not just 4 hours at night. Other than that I think Grit x is a great watch althoug the battery drains quite quikly when using wrist HR 24/7.

Again an amazing video. Is the cardio load in polar the same thing is aerobic or a Anerobic for garmin.

Is it possible to reset Polar's Training Load Pro, to setup a new baseline?

Hi Yesterday during high intensity training,I was wearing polar verity sense and garmin fenix 6pro. Verity sense connected to garmin. Workout about 30 minutes . Calories burned were soo different on polar verity compared to garmin why.? Polar HR avg - 166 bpm HR max - 188 bpm Kcal - 463 Garmin Kcal 144 That’s 319kcal less then polar,why? Do I missing something here?

Hi, Do you have any video on comparing Polar Recovery Pro on Vantage V2 vs Garmin Body Battery on Fenix? Do both take into account All Day Stress in recommendation on Recovery?

I have been looking for this info for a while, thanks for such a great video. You are very right, reviewers online do not delve into the training load feature, which is a core element in a sportwatch. I have a VV (so I am biased, perhaps?) and I find Polar Training Load Pro to be a superior system, especially if one takes takes into account how it is showed in the app and the watch. I just cannot understand why one needs to go running twice for having it displayed in Garmin's watches! What if someone does everything else but running?

Hello Hunter. Your videos are very helpful but i still don't know what is the better choice for CrossFit, HIIT training and sometimes running? Which one has a best functions for create a good training plan and measure it? Please help me :-).

Thanks for great video, Polar flow the best.

Is it better to keep the optical sensor active all day long or just during night? I don't know if that makes a difference

Great video! Quick question, if I do not run at all (I would do it initially to get the stats but probably never again) would that mean that the training status would just say no status all the time (meaning I could not basically use this function)? Thanks

Hi I love your channel, great piece of information. Kindly guide me . Shall i go for grit x pro or fenix 6 pro,too confused! Cheers Saud

Like the design and feel of the garmin much more but I really struggle with having to do the 10 min run. Why cant garmin use data from a footpod to calculate VO2 max. Something like Stryd seems to be at least as accurate as GPS data? Particular during lockdown I think this would have been relevant

I saw some video about Garmin Fenix 6X. When you can add Aerobic and Anaerobic training effect as one of 8 data fields which is visible during workout. I hope I'll be able set it up too, because right now on my Huawei GT2 PRO it also shows training effect in real time as it builds up during workout which is super handy and on top of that it GT2 gives you nice voice alerts as you reach certain training effect level, since it has speaker. I also found guided running courses on GT2 PRO excellent, as it gives you many verbal advices how to run properly as you run, in very pleasent human voice. I wondering if Garmin has something similar.

Hi! Thanks a lot for a video! Does Venu2 PLUS has Garmin Training Load and will be good for CrossFit?

Interesting

Very much appreciate your videos!! Great info right when I need them☺️ i have both polar grit x and garmin fenix 6 pro. Wish I could switch them more often cause I like them both for different reasons but I loose the data 🤷🏻‍♀️ one thing i noticed though is that the metrics are waaaay different.... 52 vo2 max in garmin vs 43 in polar. Now I am VERY confused about which one to keep🤦🏻‍♀️

Does training load register all activities, such are strength training, swimming or custom workouts that you do throughout the week

I like Polar Training Load Pro, but I really miss an recoveryscore articulated in hours. If a go for a easy CX skiing about 2 hours a would get a higher TRIMP-score than a really tough interval workout. To push yourself to the max should be more exhausting than an easy workout for 2 hours (althoung cx skiing never is really easy due to the snow, hills etc). I have had the same experiense with Suunto. It seems that both polar and suunto really can't evaluate hard vs easy workout and express the recovery in hours (I know that you with polar can go with the polar beat to get recovery time). It's more simple than that, it just accumulate heart beats over time. My question to you is, can Garmin evaluate recovery time more reliable and accurate than polar?

Great video. I bought the Polar Vantage V2 and Garmin 945 LTE to test both ecosystems. I kept the Garmin 945 LTE. As somewhat of a beginner runner, it was easier for me to understand and track performance metrics.

Hi, In new watches as fenix 7 and forrunner 955 are some new stuff as Training Status. Can you update your opinion in this video to compare this new feature with accompanying of Garmin Training Load Tracking vs Polar’s Training Load Pro ? I love your video and your point of view which you showed in this video. Unfortunately Polar has a much less statistics to choose from compare to Garmin. But considering taking one run (I am not runner only hiking, biking and swimming ) every week, to keep my statistic update makes me dissatisfied.

Can I get this training/recovery load information by using a polar/garmin heart rate monitor attached to their respective apps on my smartphone? Or do I need a watch?

So in Garmin you have to run to be able to see it? Does the rest of workouts affect this metric?