Garmin Forerunner 55 Owners Manual - Page 24

Hydration Tracking, Menstrual Cycle Tracking, Heart Rate Features, Wrist-based Heart Rate

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Hydration Tracking You can track your daily fluid intake, turn on goals and alerts, and enter the container sizes you use most often. If you enable automatic goals, your goal increases on the days when you record an activity. When you exercise, you need more fluid to replace the sweat lost. Menstrual Cycle Tracking Your menstrual cycle is an important part of your health. You can learn more and set up this feature in the Health Stats settings of the Garmin Connect app. • Menstrual cycle tracking and details • Physical and emotional symptoms • Period and fertility predictions • Health and nutrition information NOTE: If your Forerunner device doesn't have the menstrual cycle tracking widget, you can download it from the Connect IQ app. Heart Rate Features The Forerunner device has a wrist-based heart rate monitor and is also compatible with ANT+® chest heart rate monitors. You can view wrist-based heart rate data on the heart rate widget. When both wrist-based heart rate and ANT+ heart rate data are available, your device uses the ANT+ heart rate data. Wrist-based Heart Rate Wearing the Device • Wear the device above your wrist bone. NOTE: The device should be snug but comfortable. For more accurate heart rate readings, the device should not move while running or exercising. NOTE: The optical sensor is located on the back of the device. • See Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data, page 19 for more information about wrist-based heart rate. • For more information about accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy. • For more information about device wear and care, go to www.garmin.com/fitandcare. 18 Heart Rate Features

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Hydration Tracking
You can track your daily fluid intake, turn on goals and alerts, and enter the container sizes you use most often.
If you enable automatic goals, your goal increases on the days when you record an activity. When you exercise,
you need more fluid to replace the sweat lost.
Menstrual Cycle Tracking
Your menstrual cycle is an important part of your health. You can learn more and set up this feature in the
Health Stats settings of the Garmin Connect app.
•
Menstrual cycle tracking and details
•
Physical and emotional symptoms
•
Period and fertility predictions
•
Health and nutrition information
NOTE:
If your Forerunner device doesn't have the menstrual cycle tracking widget, you can download it from the
Connect IQ app.
Heart Rate Features
The Forerunner device has a wrist-based heart rate monitor and is also compatible with ANT+
®
chest heart rate
monitors. You can view wrist-based heart rate data on the heart rate widget. When both wrist-based heart rate
and ANT+ heart rate data are available, your device uses the ANT+ heart rate data.
Wrist-based Heart Rate
Wearing the Device
•
Wear the device above your wrist bone.
NOTE:
The device should be snug but comfortable. For more accurate heart rate readings, the device should
not move while running or exercising.
NOTE:
The optical sensor is located on the back of the device.
•
See
Tips for Erratic Heart Rate Data
, page 19
for more information about wrist-based heart rate.
•
For more information about accuracy, go to
garmin.com/ataccuracy
.
•
For more information about device wear and care, go to
www.garmin.com/fitandcare
.
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Heart Rate Features