Compatible with a full suite of fitness applications to keep your on track, the Garmin Forerunner allows you to elevate your training with real-time performance data. “With similar features to the fenix 5 – our popular multisport GPS watch built for fitness, adventure, and style – the Forerunner 935 is catered more towards athletes focused on performance and results,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of global consumer sales. “As a top-of-the-line GPS smartwatch, the Forerunner 935 not only provides users with insight into how their body is responding to fitness, but it also offers data for every activity.”

Armed with state-of-the-art technology courtesy of Firstbeat, Garmin’s Forerunner watch gives you insight into training productivity metrics. From training in the right heart rate zone to simply letting you know if the workout was too hard or too easy, the built-in performance technology always keeps you in the optimal training window. Imagine being able to analyze all the data from both your aerobic and anaerobic workouts by simply pulling up the TrainingPeak app – which allows you to “download free workouts directly to your watch and complete intensity targets and interval durations.”

If you’re a runner, the Garmin Forerunner connects to the Running Dynamic pod – allowing wearers to see performance dynamics that include cadence, stride length, and ground contact time, without needing a chest strap. If you’re a triathlete, then you have a full arsenal of training data at your disposal whether it’s biking or swimming metrics. Whether it’s tracking power zones while riding or distance, stroke, pace while swimming laps, the Garmin Forerunner will fine tune your training right before race time.

One of the coolest features of the Garmin Forerunner 935 watch: the 24/7 heart rate monitor. With a simple press of a button you real-time info on your intensity output. With additional features that include a multi-sport activity tracker for hiking, skiing, trail running, paddle sports and golf, you are literally wearing one of the most sophisticated fitness wearables on the market. Your Forerunner watch also comes with built-in ABC (altimeter, barometer, and compass) technology that provides real-time elevation information and short-term air pressure trends. If you’re training in an unknown environment or curious about the weather before an arduous hike, this is the watch for you.

As soon as you connect your Forerunner watch to a compatible smartphone, you instantly have access to Garmin Connect – this is the central portal for achieving your fitness goals. With 24 hours of battery life in GPS mode, 50 hours in UltraTracBattery saver mode, and up to two weeks In watch mode, the only thing stopping you from reaching your optimal self: you.