Polar RS800 Heart Rate Monitor

The Polar RS800 is the latest heart rate monitor to emerge from Polar the innovative leaders in heart rate monitoring for runners. Combined with the Polar s3™ Stride Sensor, information like speed and distance, chronograph functions and heart rate, are shown on the RS800™ in real time. And when your running workout is over, all data can be downloaded from the RS800 onto a computer so runs can be easily managed and analyzed, meaning the whole Polar RS800 system talks to you.

Polar is unique in offering Polar Sport Zone training software to plan training and fitness programmes. Sport zones are bands of heart rate activity and provide an easy way to manage your athletic development.

Polar and Adidas, one of the world’s leading sports brands, have joined forces to integrate Polar RS800 heart rate and speed and distance monitoring equipment with Adidas apparel and footwear.

The integration simplifies use and increases comfort, allowing the products to become part of the athlete. Included in the project are the Adidas AdiStar Fusion range of apparel (t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, bras, women’s tops), the Adidas adiStar Fusion shoe, Polar’s s3™ Stride Sensor, The Polar WearLink™ transmitter, and The Polar RS800™ Running Computer.

How does the RS800 work with Adidas clothing? Special fibers bonded onto Adidas tops, work in conjunction with Polar’s Wear Link™ technology to eliminate the need for a separate chest strap to monitor heart rate. Just snap the tiny Polar WearLink connector onto the front of the shirt and go. The data is sent to the Polar RS 800™ wrist-mounted running computer, which easily displays and records all information in real time. Simply put, your shirt talks to your running computer.

The adiStar Fusion shoe has a strategically placed cavity in the midsole which can house the very light Polar s3™ Stride Sensor, making it easier to use, more comfortable and more consistently accurate than top-of-shoe systems. And the best part is, you won’t even know it’s there when your shoe is talking to your running computer.

The Polar RS800™and Polar s3™ Stride Sensor, will not be available until late December 2006.