Garmin’s Forerunner 945 is a running watch offers advanced physiological features including training load focus and more that provide key insights into every element of your performance. Top navigation systems guide you with full-coloured, onboard maps that ensure you never get lost during a workout. New, in-built safety and tracking features also work together providing incident detection and assistance that lets you send your real-time location to emergency contacts.
Music
Music is one of the greatest motivating forces at our disposal and can help create the best training sessions with a great playlist having the ability to push your performance to the next level. The Forerunner 945 streamlines your devices by syncing your playlists from selected premium music streaming services such as Deezer, Spotify and more for ad-free listening on the move. You can also store up to 1,000 songs right to the watch and transfer music from your computer library as well. To listen to your music, via your watch, simply sync a pair of compatible Bluetooth headphones (not included).
Improve Your Performance
Train faster and stronger than ever before with the Forerunner 945 which monitors every area of your performance with personalised insights into your training. The watch tracks your VO2 max in real time taking into account your current surrounding’s temperature and altitude. Meanwhile, Training Status evaluates your recent exercise history and performance comparing it to your current training session so you know whether you’re training productively, peaking, or overreaching. Aerobic and Anaerobic Training Effects show how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed, and power. When you’ve finished training the Recovery feature helps you maximise the benefit of your training by predicting when you will be ready for your next training session. Training Load measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.
Navigation
Run without fear with the new and improved Forerunner 945 mapping system. Whether your road running or taking things off the beaten path the watch comes with built-in mapping to help keep you on track. Full-colour mapping comes preloaded and is specifically designed for at-a-glance navigation and location tracking. Trendline Popularity Routing uses data gathered from the Garmin Connect app to help you find and follow the best trails and routes that have been well tested by other members of the Garmin community. The watch also comes with full compatibility with GPS, GLONASS and Galileo satellites which can keep you tracked even in the most extreme environments.
Connectivity
Easily pair your Forerunner 945 with your compatible smartphone, using Bluetooth, to access a whole host of connectivity features. Stay in touch and receive text messages, social media alerts, emails, and more right to your wrist. Additional safety and tracking features make it easy to share your location with your chosen contacts in case you need assistance or automatically with built-in incident detection.
Running Form
Specifically tailored towards running the smartwatch is all about improving your running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio. These measurements provide key insight into every area of your running form so you can strive to improve every area of your run.
Multisport
Additionally, the Forerunner 945 isn’t just for running it also comes with profiles for multiple other sports including cycling (indoor/outdoor), swimming (pool/open water), triathlon, cross-country skiing, paddle sports, trail running and many more. The watch has an automatic multisport feature that lets you switch sports with a single button press. Each profile provides the metrics best suited to your current sporting activity.