Garmin Forerunner 55

Daily Suggested Workouts: Get personalized, daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level, and recovery time 

PacePro: Get GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect app, helping you prepare for upcoming runs and races

Finish Time: Select a distance for a run and this feature will show you your estimated finish time

Track Run: This feature records accurate lap distances when running on the track, showing you your distance in meters

Cadence Alerts: Improve your running form with this feature. You’ll get alerts when you’ve gone outside your target cadence range when you run

Race Predictor: Taking into account your fitness level and training history, this feature helps you work towards your racing goal by showing the impact of your training on your predicted finish time

The lightweight construction is combined with a lightweight and durable silicone band, which helps to keep the Forerunner 55 from feeling uncomfortable.

Track your routes and gain accurate metrics, such as time, distance, pace, and intervals.

Adaptive training plans gives you guidance from expert coaches, along with free training plans that adapt to you and your fitness goals. The workouts sync to the Forerunner 55 via the Garmin Connect app.

After each workout, this feature will let you know how long to rest before another workout.

Additional built-in sports apps help you track other activities, such as virtual running, pool swimming, Pilates, HIIT, breathwork, and more.

On a full charge, you get up to 2 weeks of battery like in smartwatch mode, or up to 20 hours in GPS mode.

The Forerunner 55 can track you throughout your entire day, giving you metrics on basic activities like steps taken and earned intensity minutes (from any moderate and vigorous physical activity).

Utilizing the heart rate monitor, the Forerunner 55 can tell if you’re having a calm, balanced, or stressful day. When stressed, relax reminders prompt you to do a short breathing activity to help calm you.

Track your body’s energy levels so you know when the best time is to rest or exercise.

Using a combination of your chronological age, resting heart rate, and other factors, this feature estimates if your body’s condition is younger or older than you actually are.

Throughout the day, while sleeping at night, and during breathwork activities, this feature lets you know how well you’re breathing.

Combined with the Garmin Connect app, women can use the Forerunner 55 to track their menstrual cycle or pregnancy. You can log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

Receive emails, texts, and alerts on your wrist when the Forerunner 55 is paired with your compatible smartphone.

If you feel unsafe or if the Forerunner 55 senses that an incident has occurred, it can send a message with your current location to your emergency contacts.

Personalize your Forerunner 55 to your own style by downloading custom watch faces. You can also add new data fields and install additional apps.

When paired with your smartphone, you can use the Forerunner 55 to control music playback.

Activities can be updated to the Garmin Connect app, where you can connect with an online community of people to share and compete. You can also share your achievements on various social media platforms.

1.04″ color, sunlight-visible, transflective MIP display 

Up to 164′ of water resistance

Stores up to 200 hours of activity data

Time/date 

GPS time sync

Automatic daylight savings time

Alarm clock

Timer

Stopwatch

Sunrise/sunset times

Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) 

Daily resting heart rate

Abnormal heart rate alerts (high and low)

Respiration rate (24×7)

Fitness age

Body Battery energy monitor

All-day stress

Relaxation reminders

Relaxation breathing timer

Sleep (advanced)

Hydration (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)

Woman’s health

GPS 

GLONASS

Galileo

Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor

Accelerometer

Connectivity 

Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets, and apps)

Smart notifications

Calendar

Weather

Controls smartphone music

Find my phone

Find my watch

Smartphone compatibility (iPhone & Android)

Pairs with Garmin Connect mobile

LiveTrack 

Live event sharing (Android only)

Incident detection during select activities

Assistance

Step counter 

Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)

Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)

Calories burned

Distance traveled

Intensity minutes

TrueUp

Move IQ

Available gym activity profiles (Cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, HIIT, Pilates & yoga)

HR zones 

HR alerts

HR calories

Recovery time

Auto Max HR

HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)

Respiration rate (during exercise) (yoga and breathwork only)

GPS speed and distance

Customizable data pages

Customizable activity profiles

Auto pause

Interval training

Advanced workouts

Downloadable training plans

Auto lap

Manual lap

Configurable lap alerts

VO2 Max (run)

Improved recovery time (Limited)

Daily suggested workouts (Limited)

Audio prompts

Finish time

Touch and/or button lock

Activity history on watch

Physio TrueUp

Available run profiles (Running, treadmill running, track running, indoor track running, virtual running) 

GPS-based distance, time, and pace

Cadence (Provides real-time number of steps per minute)

PACEPRO pacing strategies

Run workouts

Race predictor

Foot pod capable

Area calculation (via Connect IQ) 

Hunt/fish calendar (via Connect IQ)

Sun and moon information (via Connect IQ)

Alerts (Triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate, or calories) 

Available cycling profiles (Biking, indoor biking)

Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)

Available swim profiles(pool swimming) 

Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)

Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)

Drill logging (pool swim only)

Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)

“Repeat on” rest timer (pool swim only)

Auto rest (pool swim only)

Time and distance alerts

Countdown start (pool swim only)

Underwater wrist-based heart rate

Toe-to-Toe challenges app (optional Connect IQ app)