Just a super quick note for those that don’t subscribe on YouTube, that I’ve posted my massive 50-minute-long user guide for the Forerunner 255 series. This guide covers virtually every feature of the Forerunner 255 from start to finish, taking you through not just the newness to the FR255, but also core features of the watch itself. So if you’re jumping into a Garmin watch for the first time, or perhaps upgrading from a 3-4-year-old model, this will cover all the things that have also been added in the last few years.
Of course, I dive deep into the new Forerunner 255-specific features too. Areas like the new HRV Status, Morning Report, Race Calendar, dynamic training plans based on said races, revamped Daily Suggested Workouts, and more – all based on boatloads of real-world daily usage for quite some time.
There’s plenty of goodness and tips/tidbits in this video that I just didn’t fit into my full written review – especially around navigation, music, and contactless payments (though, those sections will be added shortly to the written review too – hopefully on a quieter day on Thursday). And best of all, you can skip right to the video section you’re looking for using the YouTube chapters in the video itself, or the quick-links below:
0:00 The Game Plan
0:40 FR255 vs FR255S and Music
1:00 Basic Usage & Hardware Overview
2:18 Watch Faces, Widgets, Daily Activity Tracking
7:24 Sleep Tracking, Body Battery, Resting HR
10:55 Body Battery vs Garmin FR955 Training Readiness
11:55 HRV Status Deep-Dive
13:56 Morning Report
14:48 Training Status, Acute Load, VO2Max, Recovery
18:53 Race Calendar and Dynamic Training Plans
21:08 Sport Modes, Daily Suggested Workouts
24:15 Sport Mode Configuration & Running Power
28:41 Structured Workouts & Courses
30:20 Multiband GPS
32:48 Battery Saver Mode
33:34 Contactless Payments (Garmin Pay)
35:08 Sensor Pairing, Music, and Spotify
I’m also contemplating a Forerunner 255 vs Forerunner 955 deep-dive, that goes into all the little nuances beyond the big-ticket differences. Let me know if that’s something you’re interested in down below, or if there are specific areas you’d want focused on within that. Similarly, I’ll be doing a Forerunner 255 vs Instinct 2 Series deep-dive, but I want to wait for the upcoming Instinct 2 firmware update that gives it many of the Forerunner 255 features, so that it’s a bit more useful longer-term.
With that – thanks for watching!
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