Garmin Forerunner 255/255S: The Complete Tutorial (How-To/User Interface Guide)

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

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[clubmate]

Honestly, Garmin should just replace the 200-pages booklet that comes in the watch box with a QR code to this video.

[johngardner]

Ray - Garmin should be paying you (perhaps they are). They launched and continue to support this FABULOUS running watch with a relative snore! This video is very well done. Sold. I agree with you - the FR255 is a great (the best?) value in the extensive Garmin lineup.

[_Paul_N]

I’ve been using the 255 for 3 days so far and I’m in love with this watch. I switched from the Apple Watch 6 and I don’t miss it and it’s fancy touchscreen at all. My watch battery without power save mode and GPS turned on has me at 76% battery life which is insane! The watch is super light, but doesn’t feel plastic and cheap and the GPS connection before starting your runs are almost instant. I have the non-music version because I use Apple Music instead of Spotify, so no need to spend the extra $50 lol.

[soniabains]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL!!! Waiting my Garmin 255 46MM arriving tomorrow via Amazon. I have the Garmin Vivoactive and the stupid strap keeps breaking so it was time for a huge upgrade. Doing 2 half marathons and TRI in the next 10 months so super excited to have this watch help me with all my training!!!

[flohthiele]

Extremely professional, user-focused tutorial. Comprehensive and well-structured. Super-well done! Thank YOU

[BrendanMacWade]

Thanks for this video! I sold my Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 and bought this and I am sold on Garmin watches now. The 255 is the best sports watch I've ever owned. It has too many features for me, which is only a good thing. I don't miss touchscreens at all. In fact, I prefer the 5 buttons. The battery life is impressive.

[lissawohltmann]

Thank you for this; you are FAST! I had to rewind about 50 times, but finally got the info :)

[avidwriter]

I'm getting a 255, it's in shipping. I'm glad to know I can do all of this on my phone. I have a Vivoacitve 4 and losing the touchscreen isn't a major loss except for making those option changes.

[pavelzin]

Thank you! Just upgraded from 235 and it was a really helpfull video.

[auraarbulu]

Thanks. I also listened to it with 0.75, and it worked great. Super helpful.

[devjon]

Great video and super useful. One quirk is that I'd loaded a 10k race into my calendar and synced it to the watch, and was following the suggested workouts. The race was cancelled so I cancelled the race from my Garmin calendar but the race was still showing on my watch.

[chloelouise]

This video has helped me so much. I’ve always used Apple Watches and now I’ve got my first garmin watch and had no idea what to do 😂 so thank you for helping me, I’ve learned a lot

[jeffreycristobal]

You have sold me Mate, i am definitely purchasing this on Thursday (upgrading from fitbit sense and ecosystem). Thanks man! I cant wait to train intensely for life!

[origmarm]

I'm not sure which countries it's active in but Curve is a very good solution for Garmin Pay especially in the UK. It will basically take all VISA and MasterCard etc... behind the Curve MasterCard. My UK bank did not support Garmin Pay but using Curve I use the bank card without issues. Also good as an 'additional layer' for internet purchases

[pvln]

Extremely helpful and very informative. Many thanks.

[Meshtastic]

34:33 "...which is secret - obviously..." That was funny dude 😎
Great review as always Ray, am seriously considering one of these after watching a ton of your reviews on various models.
Subbed to your channel.

[bhimfb]

I was eagerly waiting for this Thanks a lot...

[THBakker]

I bought the 255 non-Music, because I don’t listen to music during sport. Unfortunately that was not the only difference between the two; the non-Music 255 does NOT have WiFi and I was unaware of that. I had gladly spent the extra €50 for WiFi instead of having the Connect app open on my iPhone all the time to get updates for weather data for example and uploading sessions.
That’s my only gripe with it. It’s awesome how Garmin coaches me with the 255 and the software.

[T-bit]

Nice bike racks👍🏼 thanks for the low down on this watch👍🏼👍🏼

[amyroshak]

I love this watch! My one complaint is that I wish I knew it wasn’t compatible with Apple Music before spending extra on the Music version.