A chest strap is needed to factor in workouts to these recovery suggestions. What we would say is that to get the most reliable results, a lot of factors have to fall in place. It will also alert you when you’ve had the right amount of sleep to aid that recovery. So after a pretty tough race, it suggested a couple of days off. We found those recommendations on the whole reliable in tune with training. This idea that it’s taking more factors into consideration before recommending recovery times, is a welcome improvement. It will recommend how long you should recover between tough workouts based on stress measurements, sleep and other daily workouts. Recovery has been a focal point for Forerunner watches for a while now, but for the 745, it’s stepping things up in terms of its usefulness. There’s now altitude and heat acclimation insights to tell you how you’re adjusting to more demanding terrain and conditions. You'll get to see things like Training Status, Load and Load Focus to show you what type of training you’ve been doing and whether you’re getting the balance right.
#Garmin 745 upgrade
It’s these training insights where the 745 really feels like an upgrade on the 735XT. The 745 certainly doesn’t do that in a really bad way, but we’d say pair up that heart rate monitor chest strap to get the most accurate results in real-time and for workout training insights which we’ll get into next. Like a lot of optical sensors though, when you crank up the intensity, accuracy begins to falter. Heart rate data was largely in line when compared to a MyZone heart rate chest strap monitor for average and maximum heart rate readings too.
For a mix of road running and trail runs it pretty much matched up to another Garmin running watch with only small differences in aspects like distance tracked and metrics like average pace. You’re also getting access to Garmin Coach to follow training plans for races here too.įor running, it’s all pretty familiar stuff to what you’ll find with other Forerunners. There’s plenty of other sports profiles to tap into whether you’re off skiing or having a Zwift session. It’ll cover cycling (indoor and outdoors), pool and open water swimming and of course there is a triathlon mode. In terms of dedicated sports modes, you’re getting the ability to track runs including a new dedicated track running mode. You’re also getting a SpO2 sensor, which has been rolling out onto most of Garmin’s watches, though using it during sleep or continuously does significantly impact on battery performance.
#Garmin 745 pro
There’s Garmin’s Elevate heart rate monitor around the back and you have ANT+ and Bluetooth connectivity to pair additional sensors including Garmin’s Varia and Vector devices and Garmin’s new HRM Pro heart rate monitor strap. You can upload routes to follow on the watch from Garmin’s own route builder or from the likes of Strava and Koomoot, which gives you some navigation features like TracBack that safely directed us home on a few runs. Looking at the sensors, you’re getting GPS, GLONASS and Galileo satellite systems to cover tracking outdoor activities, which we found picked up a signal nice and quick in busier and more open environments. Sports and fitness tracking are unsurprisingly at the core of the 745 and you’re getting plenty in the way of what you can track, metrics you can see and thinking more about the effects of your training schedule. Heart rate performance good, but chest strap is way to go.
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