Garmin Forerunner 301 GPS System is another personal trainer for athletes. It tracks heart beat and displays the heart rate zone, so that the athletes can analyse the intensity of their work outs. There is an AutoLearn feature for it that automatically adjusts the heart rate zones as the fitness level improves.
Garmin Forerunner 301 GPS Personal Trainer supports multiple sports and has separate modes for running, biking and other sports. A press and hold can switch between these modes. There is also an option for multi-sport setting in it. With this setting, you can include running, biking or other sports and transition time, all in the same work out. That is, you need not change the settings of this GPS unit each time you change the work out. The water-resistant capability of this unit makes it resistant to small pour-downs.
Moreover, Garmin Forerunner 301 Water-Resistant GPS Trainer is compatible with Garmin Training Centre software. Using this software, you can plan, analyse and store workouts. Your performance could be overlaid as an interactive chart, so that you can pinpoint the areas and elevations that affect your performance. To further enhance the training facility, Garmin has incorporated the device with motionbased.com, Garmin’s web based application. This can fetch you with the in-depth analysis of the workouts, online mapping and route sharing.
Forerunner 301 comes with many settings including pace alerts, vibration alerts, time/distance alerts, interval, simple or advanced workouts and many more. This enables the user to set the device according to his training needs. The battery of Garmin Forerunner 301 offers a run time of 15 hours. Overall, Forerunner 301 is a considerable choice for self-training athletes.
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