u/celestial_sour_cream

Brief Watch History

- First sports watch was a Garmin Forerunner 255

- Switched to Polar Pacer Pro for about a year

- Went back to the Forerunner 255 for about 6-7 months

- Bought a Vantage M3 in March 2025

The vantage m3 is great...when it works. For the first half of 2026 it was plagued with sync issues, where I had to constantly cycle Bluetooth and restart the app. Thankfully an app update this summer has fixed things but there are still some other annoyances

- Their workout maker is pretty barebones, you can't set specific paces and heart rate ranges without using broad heart rate or speed zones

- Random artifacts from wrist based power ballooning to 1000w (rare)

- Dual-band GPS is fine but struggles near tall buildings or under bridges

- Missing more personalization of watch faces

Things I do like about polar:

- Notification syncing is simple and easy to get to

- Cardio load seems consistent to how I perceive myself

- Running index to estimate trending Vo2max is nice

- Full map support is cool (not necessary)

Currently considering the upcoming Suunto Run 2 or maybe the Race 2. ZoneSense seems very useful to factor in fatigue for LT1 AND LT2.

Primary use is road running and also strength training (likely will take it off and pair my polar h10 for these).

~~Won't be considering~~ Avoiding Garmin and Coros (but may have to choose) as I've outlined here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Polarfitness/comments/1v2m9tz/tried_switching_to_coros_and_garmin_ended_up/

4 sets of 3 x Double 24 kg overhead squats + 100 double 24 kg cleans in 12 min 59 seconds from today.

16 sets of 1 x 211 lb sandbag ground to shoulder in 15 min. Nice strength endurance / Anaerobic Conditioning session. Sets 10,11,15,16 shown.

10 rounds EMOM of 8 x 40 lb club mills. Switching sides per rounds. Last two rounds shown.

8 sets Sandbag ground to shoulder ladder: 6 x 161 lb, 4 x 185 lb, 2 x 2 x 211 lb, and finally 4 x 1 231 lb. All sets shown.

Kettlebell conditioning session: 30 rounds EMOM of 3-5 x Double 24 kg Clean and Jerk sprint intervals. Rounds 1-10 was 5 reps, Rounds 11-20 was 4 reps, and Rounds 21-30 was 3 reps. Rounds 5,10,20,30 shown.

Dan John's Armor Building Complex using a Sandbag: 1 round of the complex is 2 hang cleans, 1 push press, 3 bear hug squats. Completed 12 rounds in 30 min with my 161 lb / 73 kg sandbag.

Club Conditioning: 10 rounds EMOM of 10 (5 per side) x 40 lb clockwork squats. Last two rounds shown.

Heavy Double 36 kg chain work: 30 min AMRAP of 1 x Clean & Strict Press, 1/1 x Racked Reverse Lunge, and 1/1 Gorilla Row. 10 sets completed.

30 min KB conditioning / power endurance work: 20 rounds, 1 every 90 seconds of 3 x Double 24 kg Longer Cycle (Half Snatch to Jerk). 120 times overhead total. Rounds 1,5,10,15,20 shown.

Previous Garmin user and long time Polar user, but I think I'm ready for a change. What are some things I'll lose and gain from switching from Polar to Suunto?

Beating the log book: 30 min AMRAP Double 32 kg Complex (2 x Clean & Strict Press, 1/1 x Reverse Lunge, 2/2 x Gorilla Rows). 14 sets completed, +1 compared to last week.

42 min KB conditioning session: 21 rounds, 1 every 2 min on the min of 1,2,3 x Double 28 kg Snatch to Thrusters (repeated 7x total). Rounds 10-12 and 19-21 shown.

20 sets of 1 x 211 lb sandbag ground to shoulder in 17 min 40 sec. Density PR for me.

First set of ABCs in a minute: 10 rounds EMOM of Double 32 kg ABC to start today's session. Last 6 rounds shown.

Double 32 kg + bodyweight session: 10 rounds EMOM of 2 x Double 32 kg Squat Clean to thrusters, 3 rounds of 10-12 Double 32 kg bench press + 5 x ring pullups, and finally 3 rounds of 5-8 back bridge push-ups + 8 x Toes to rings

Haven't done these in a minute: 6 x 45 sec work, 45 sec rest of 12 x 50 lb club clockwork squats. Last two rounds shown.

30 min Iron Cardio-inspired Double 32 kg Complex AMRAP: 13 sets of 2 Clean & Press + 1/1 Reverse Lunge + 2/2 Gorilla rows completed.

Snatch to Thrusters (Snusters) for efficient suffering! 15 rounds E2MOM of 5 x 3,4,5 x Double 24 kg snusters. 60 snusters total in 30 min. Rounds 4,5,6 + 13,14,15 shown.

5 rounds, 1 every 3 min on the min of 2 x 211 lb ground to shoulder.

Double 28 kg Anaerobic Conditioning: 8 rounds. 1 every 2 min on the min of 3 x Double 28 kg snatch to thruster. Last 3 rounds shown.