Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS Personal Trainer

Part#: 010-00741-00
The Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS Personal Trainer with Optional Heart Rate is a must-have for any tri-athlete. As a GPS-enabled training device, the Garmin Forerunner 310XT offers so much more than the competition. Its rugged design makes it an indispensable training tool for triathletes, offering superior data tracking as well as water-resistance up to 164 ft (50m). Finally – a heart rate monitor that can work with you while you’re in the water.

The Garmin Forerunner 310XT GPS Personal Trainer features:
- Quick-releasing design for transition from water to bike and back again
- Multi-sport activity logging, for one workout or several
- Water tracking for swim distance and average swim speed
- Easy bike mount
- Recording of distance, pace, heart rate, power data, and more
- High-sensitivity GPS and HotFix satellite prediction
- Swim-proof design
- Slim design and flexible wristband
- Compatible with optional heart rate monitor, foot pod, and cadence sensor
- ANT+ wireless technology for automatic upload of your stats when you’re in range of your PC
- No need for cables or hookups to transfer data – it’s all wireless
- Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center software compatibility
- Up to 20 hours of battery life

You can also take advantage of weight, body fat, body water, and other body composition data using the Tanita BC-1000 body composition scale. Track your body’s changes as you train or set goals for your fitness level. Once you’ve taken a reading, you can upload your stats automatically to Garmin Connect.

Go wrist to bike and back again in seconds. This Garmin personal trainer can keep up with your multi-sport training goals and really go the distance.

*NOTE: Heart rate data is not recorded for swim activities.

*Included with some models; available separately with others. Only soft strap heart rate monitor accessory is waterproof (hard strap monitor cannot be used in water). Although soft strap monitor may be worn in water, it will not record, store or transmit heart rate data to the watch while in water.

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Does it come with the chest strap?
The 310xt is sold with and without the HR Transmitter, this particular is sold without the transmitter.
Question: How many goals can I track on my Forerunner 310XT or Forerunner 405?
Answer: You may track up to 4 goals on your device, 1 goal for each goal type (distance, time, calories, frequency).

Question: What is the order of precedence for calculating calories on the Forerunner 310XT?

Answer: Depending on what accessories are used with the Forerunner 310XT, the calories will be calculated in the following manner:

New Leaf profile – calculated using New Leaf profile that is loaded onto the watch
Firstbeat – calculated using the Garmin heart rate monitor that is paired with the device and user profile data:

Speed – calculated using speed and user profile data

The calories displayed will differ depending on how they are being calculated.

Question: Can I Swim with it?
Answer: Yes you can swim with the Garmin 310XT, please note, you will not get Heart Rate Signals or GPS signals in the water with this system or any other ANT technology System.

The chart below displays features, product's contents, possible accessories, warranty information and specifications.

SPORT/WORKOUT features:	Forerunner 310XT HR	Forerunner 310XT
Multi-sport Changes sport mode with a press of a button.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Advanced workouts create custom, goal oriented workouts	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Auto Pause pauses and resumes timer based on speed	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Auto Lap automatically starts a new lap	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Auto Scroll cycles through data pages during workout	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Interval training set up exercise and rest intervals	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Lap history # of laps	Forerunner 310XT HR X 1000	Forerunner 310XT X 1000
Courses compete against previous workouts	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Power meter compatible displays power data from compatible 3rd party ANT+ enabled power meters (records data approx. 1 per second)	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
HEART RATE features:
Heart rate monitor	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT Optional
Heart rate based on calorie computation	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT HR Optional
MAP features:
Waypoints/Favorites/Locations	Forerunner 310XT HR X 100	Forerunner 310XT X 100
ALERT & ALARM features:
Pace alert triggers alarm if you vary from preset pace	Forerunner 310XT HR X advanced workouts only	Forerunner 310XT X advanced workouts only
Time and distance alert triggers alarm when you reach goal	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Vibration alert Choose between alert tones and/or vibration alert.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
COMPUTER CONNECTIBILITY features:
Garmin Connect (compatible) an online community where you analyze, categorize and share data. Easy uploads, transfer courses and goals, and update setting.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Garmin Training Center software (compatible) It operates directly on your computer, not on the Internet.Track and analyze your fitness activities and use it to review activity history as well as create workouts and send them to your Garmin fitness device.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Virtual Partner Train against a digital person.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Automatic Sync Automatically transfers data to your computer.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
RECEIVER features:
High sensitivity	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
GPS features:
Enabled	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
BATTERIES:
Type rechargeable li-polymer	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Battery life typically	Forerunner 310XT HR X 20 hrs.	Forerunner 310XT X 20 hrs.
OTHER features:
Water resistant yes, IPX7	Forerunner 310XT HR X 50m	Forerunner 310XT X 50m
DISPLAY features:
Customizable screen	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Resolution pixels wide x pixels high	Forerunner 310XT HR 160 w 100 h	Forerunner 310XT 160 w 100 h
Display size inches wide x inches high centimeters wide x centimeters high	Forerunner 310XT HR 1.3 w 0.8 h 3.3cm w 2.0cm h	Forerunner 310XT 1.3 w 0.8 h 3.3cm w 2.0cm h
DIMENSIONS:
Unit dimensions inches wide x inches high x inches deep centimeters wide x centimeters high x centimeters deep	Forerunner 310XT HR 2.1 w 2.2 h 0.8 d 5.4cm w 5.6cm h 1.9cm d	Forerunner 310XT 2.1 w 2.2 h 0.8 d 5.4cm w 5.6cm h 1.9cm d
WEIGHT:
Unit weight ounces grams	Forerunner 310XT HR 2.5 72	Forerunner 310XT 2.5 72
CONTENTS OF PRODUCT:
Main Unit	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Chest Transmitter Wirelessly sends heart rate data to your compatible device.	Forerunner 310XT HR X
AC Adapter Changes your Garmin USB cable into an AC charger.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Charging Clip Connect your watch to the clip, and use the USB cable to connect your watch and your computer.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
USB ANT Stick Plugs into computer’s USB port. Automatically sends and receives workout data when unit is within range, approximately 3 meters, and stores it in Garmin ConnectTM (web-based) or Garmin Training Center® (software).	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Quick Start Manual	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
Owner's Manual	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X on disk
Warranty One year - keep the product's original packaging for the first year.	Forerunner 310XT HR X	Forerunner 310XT X
POSSIBLE ACCESSORIES:
Chest Transmitter Wirelessly sends heart rate data to your compatible device.		Forerunner 310XT Optional
Chest Transmitter - Premium Wirelessly sends heart rate data to your compatible device. A soft, comfortable fabric strap.	Forerunner 310XT HR Optional	Forerunner 310XT Optional
Bike Mount Attach your unit to your bike to view workout data while cycling.	Forerunner 310XT HR Optional	Forerunner 310XT Optional
Speed/Cadence Sensor Monitor your pedaling cadence. A self-calibrating, wireless sensor that measures and reports your pedaling strokes per minute, providing feedback for optimal performance.	Forerunner 310XT HR Optional	Forerunner 310XT Optional
Foot Pod Attach to shoelaces or fit in the mid-sole pocket of compatible shoes. It uses advanced MEMS inertial-sensor technology to analyze your movements and is responsive to stride-length changes to achieve 98 percent accuracy for speed and distance. Also measures running cadence to help you optimize your training.	Forerunner 310XT HR Optional	Forerunner 310XT Optional

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GARMIN CONNECT - Garmin Connect: Upload workouts and activities with the Garmin Communicator Plugin or the wireless Garmin ANT Agent™. Easy to follow Getting Started instructions will guide you through the set-up process. Upload: Connect your device to your computer using the USB cable or wireless Garmin ANT Agent. Once on the Upload page, a single click uploads all new activities to your Activities page. The Garmin ANT Agent automatically detects your device and uploads new workouts. Quick Status: Recent Activities Your 5 most recent activities will be listed on the Dashboard for quick reference. You can keep tabs on your fitness by quickly toggling between your most recent activities. Quick Edit Select Activity and Event Type and name your recent activity with Quick Edit. When you're done editing, simply click Finish. Track Goals Track the progress of your active goals with the status chart. As you get closer to completing your goal the bar chart will fill until completion. Training Log: Daily Training Log Use Garmin Connect for your daily training log. You can use your device for outdoor GPS enabled activities, or use your device for indoor workouts, especially if you have accessories like the heart rate monitor, foot pod or cadence sensor. Activities Listing Page through your Activities to get a glance of the training you've been doing. Review activities to gauge your progress. Calendar Preview and edit your activities right on a Calendar that will help you make the most of your busy schedule. Manual Activity Forget to wear your Garmin device for your activity? No problem. You can manually add your activity to your Activities with the Manual Activity feature. Helpful Analysis: Easy to understand analysis Keep all of your workout data stored at Garmin Connect for comprehensive analysis. Garmin Connect presents your data in clear and easy to understand evaluation. Over the coming months we'll provide even more tools to help you optimize your training. Detailed Maps: Maps in multiple areas You can view maps of your activities on almost every page of analysis. From the Dashboard to the Player, you'll be able to view your activity's data and route. See your route See exactly where you went on your ride, run, hike, etc. Updated maps from Google Earth and Google Maps make analyzing your activities, and finding other's activities, an interesting and interactive endeavor. Segment Data: Splits Get a detailed breakdown of data on your activity. Sort each metric in order, or in ascending or descending order. This feature will continue to be updated with each release to include more options for analyzing your data. Replay Activities: Relive the experience The Player allows you to play back your activity on the map along with your activity metrics displayed on a clear and precise graph. Choose the playback speed, desired metrics and push the Play button. Animated bar graphs below the map add to the dynamic representation of your activity being played back. Track Goals: Goals Garmin Connect allows you to create fitness goals and send them to supported devices. As you complete activities toward your goals they are tracked in your device and Garmin Connect. On the Goals page, create new goals, track historical progress and gauge your progress against active goals. History Check your progress by comparing your current activities with your completed goals. Garmin Connect presents your Historical Goals in an easy to view format, showing what goals were met or exceeded. Active Create active goals and send them to your device for daily monitoring. Watch the progress of Active Goals as you upload your activities daily. Future By looking at past goals you can set new Goals and push your limits. Set Future Goals in 7 day, 30 day, and Calendar month increments. Monitor Progress: Splits Get a detailed breakdown of data on your activity. Sort each metric in order, or in ascending or descending order. This feature will continue to be updated with each release to include more options for analyzing your data. Reports Reports are a great way to track your fitness goals and progress. Run reports by activity or event. Activity Type reports allow you to see statistics on the specific activities you're involved with, e.g. road cycling or downhill skiing. Event Type reports allow you to group your events, like races, training or recreation. You can also run reports by day, week, month or year. Health Start tracking your weight to keep tabs of your overall fitness. You can manually enter your weight and monitor your progress on a chart. Even better, you can have your weight and 8 other health metrics captured by compatible Tanita monitoring scales automatically uploaded to Garmin Connect through compatible Garmin fitness devices. Search for Activities: Explore Enter search parameters in the simple or extended Search Filters. Search by Keyword or our expanded location finder. You can narrow your searches by searching city, state, postal code, country or place name. Sort Perform a quick sort to pull up the activities in which you're most interested. Choose specific dates or time frames. Easy to navigate map The large map view makes it easy to select the activities in your search results. Just like other maps on the site, Panoramio Photos and Wikipedia layers are available to learn more about the area. Customize Display: Customize your Activities Listing View your training log in your Activities listing and customize the listing to your needs. You can view your metrics in a way that makes sense to you. Sort by ascending or descending date. Select preferred metrics for each column. Arrange the column order. Customize your Activities listing so it works for you and lists the data most necessary to optimize your training. Share with Others: Share your activities Share your activities with other users, friends, and family. Sharing is made easy with our Share widget which integrates quickly to your contact lists from the biggest webmail providers, Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail. Add to your favorite sites Share your adventures with your online community on the most popular social networking and bookmarking sites like Twitter, Facebook, del.icio.us and Digg. Export to 3rd Parties: Back up data Export your activity for upload to other programs. From the Details page you can export a .TCX file for other fitness programs and .KML for Google Earth. From the Splits page you can export a CSV file with the details of your activity. 20 Languages: Enjoy Garmin Connect in your preferred language Garmin Connect supports 20 languages. You can change you language of choice easily by selecting your preferred language from the drop down menu. The 20 supported languages. Designed for Garmin: Garmin Connect was designed for Garmin's line of fitness and outdoor devices. Our engineers have worked solely with Garmin devices in order to bring you the best site possible for data analysis with your Garmin device.

GARMIN TRAINING CENTER SOFTWARE - Track and analyze your fitness activities with Garmin Training Center. Use it to review activity history as well as create workouts and send them to your Garmin fitness device. Garmin Training Center is compatible with all Garmin fitness devices. It operates directly on your computer, not on the Internet. Create and Send Workouts: Create customized workouts with Workout Creator. Specify your workout goals and rest intervals and store workouts for future use. Schedule workouts for a specific day using Training Center’s built-in calendar, and send your workouts to your fitness device. Not all devices support Custom (Advanced) Workouts. Create Courses: Create a courses from your activities. Then edit the course and mark important points along the course for your next ride. Review History: Load workout data from any Garmin fitness device into Training Center to review your history easily. View detailed graphs, maps, and stats, and back up all your activities in 1 place. Connect Online: For a web-based tracking tool, check out Garmin Connect™, a worldwide community of Garmin users who track, explore and share activities. Training Center with ANT+: Download Training Center with ANT+, and, when you're in range of your computer, your compatible Garmin fitness device (Forerunner® 405, Forerunner 301XT and FR60) can wirelessly send the data to Training Center or Garmin Connect via the USB ANT Stick™. Features: Review pace/speed, distance, time and calories burned. If available, review heart rate, cadence and detailed elevation. View a detailed graph of your activity, plotted over time or distance. View a map of your activity that shows the exact path you traveled. (Maps not available with non-GPS devices.) Categorize your activity history by type. Review previous activities (saved by day and week). Create customized workouts with specific goals and rest intervals. Then send them to your fitness device (supported devices). Schedule workouts for a specific day with the built-in calendar. Export your data to Google™ Earth. Create or edit a course from an activity, and then add reference points along the course for next time. Manually export your data to Garmin Connect™ and share with other users across the world.

GARMIN VIRTUAL PARTNER - Displays an animated training partner who will run at the set pace, so you can see if you are keeping up or falling behind. Adjust your pace as you run to stay motivated.

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The Forerunner 310xt is Garmin�s premium GPS watch. It is commonly called Garmin�s multisport watch which has made some people think it is not for runners but mainly for triathletes. The truth is that this watch is great for any outdoor activity from running, biking, swimming, surfing, skiing to kayaking. At first glance people may say that it looks big and bulky, but once someone tries it on they realize they don�t notice the size.

So what are some of the benefits and features of this watch?

-20 hour battery life (the longest by double of any other Forerunner watch. Great for anyone doing an Ironman triathlon or ultra marathon)
-Waterproof up to 50 meters (Swimmable)
-Vibrate Alert: You never have to worry about not hearing your watch beep again with this feature. The Forerunner 310xt can beep and/or vibrate for all alerts and is the only Garmin watch with this feature. This feature has been a big hit with the Galloway customers (2 minutes run, 1 minute walk�)
-Alerts: You can setup alerts based on Time, Distance, Calories or Heart Rate
-Workouts: You can setup Interval or Custom workouts based on Time, Distance, Heart Rate, Power or Calories. You no longer need to go to a track to do a workout.
-Courses: You can save a course you previously ran and race against yourself or use it to navigate you through the course again. Courses can be transferred to other 310xt users by downloading from Garmin Connect.
-Navigation: You can Save a Location (Where your car is parked, hotel or home), Go To a Location or go Back To Start. Back To Start is a great function for when you are running in a location you are not familiar with to help get you back to the start of the run. I have used this many times while on vacation.
-Virtual Partner: This is great for helping you pace a training run, tempo run or race. All you do is set the pace you want to run and you will be told how far ahead or behind you are by time and distance in real time. You can even change the pace during the run.

-GPS Receiver: High-sensitivity GPS and HotFix� satellite prediction means Forerunner 310xt acquires satellites quickly and tracks your movement even near tall buildings or under tree cover.
-Multisport: Categorizes multisport activities in one workout and also can log transition time in the process, so you can analyze your performance from start to finish.

So far we have covered some of the features of the Forerunner 310xt. Now the question is why would you buy this watch over the other Garmin Forerunner models?

One of the more frequent questions I get on the Forerunner 310xt is why would a customer want to buy this unit over the older Forerunner 305. I have found that customers who are looking to purchase the Forerunner 305 do so for one of three reasons:
1.The Forerunner 305 is the only watch they know
2.They want the multisport functionality
3.They wanted a GPS watch for less than $250

If the reason is for multisport then the newer Forerunner 310xt is worth the extra money with the updated features:
-Double the battery life going from 10 to 20 hours (A must have for most ironman users)
-Waterproof (A must have for triathletes)
-Vibrate alert (Many Forerunner 305 users ask me how to turn the volume up on the beep. You cannot, but with the new Forerunner 310xt you can feel the vibration even if you can�t hear the beep)
-Works with most ANT+ power meters whereas the older Forerunner 305 does not work with any.
-Wireless transfer of data
-Acquires satellites faster with HotFix so you can start your runs faster
-Smaller and fits better
-Brighter and clearer display
-Easier to use menus
-More data fields
-Button locking and better button layout which prevents accidentally turning off the timer
-More secure and quicker Quick Release kit available (For transition between your wrist and bike)

If the reason is based on cost, then I have found that most of the features that are being used by these customers can be accomplished by the new Forerunner 110 or FR60 bundle, which retail for $199.99. These customers are typically only looking for their distance and pace; which the Forerunner 110 and FR60 provide more simply.

Some additional information:
-You can buy the Forerunner 310xt with or without heart rate. If purchased with heart rate, you get the premium soft strap heart rate monitor. (Note: If a customer purchases a Forerunner 310xt without the heart rate strap, they can add it later. All heart rate straps are compatible if they have an older unit, excluding the Forerunner 301.)
-With the most current firmware version 2.9, the swim distance can now be tracked accurately.
-You can add the optional bike cadence sensor: Monitor your pedaling cadence as you ride with this self-calibrating, wireless speed/cadence sensor. It measures and reports your pedaling strokes per minute, providing feedback for optimal performance

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GARMIN TRAINING CENTER SOFTWARE - Track and analyze your fitness activities with Garmin Training Center. Use it to review activity history as well as create workouts and send them to your Garmin fitness device. Garmin Training Center is compatible with all Garmin fitness devices. It operates directly on your computer, not on the Internet. Create and Send Workouts: Create customized workouts with Workout Creator. Specify your workout goals and rest intervals and store workouts for future use. Schedule workouts for a specific day using Training Center’s built-in calendar, and send your workouts to your fitness device. Not all devices support Custom (Advanced) Workouts. Create Courses: Create a courses from your activities. Then edit the course and mark important points along the course for your next ride. Review History: Load workout data from any Garmin fitness device into Training Center to review your history easily. View detailed graphs, maps, and stats, and back up all your activities in 1 place. Connect Online: For a web-based tracking tool, check out Garmin Connect™, a worldwide community of Garmin users who track, explore and share activities. Training Center with ANT+: Download Training Center with ANT+, and, when you're in range of your computer, your compatible Garmin fitness device (Forerunner® 405, Forerunner 301XT and FR60) can wirelessly send the data to Training Center or Garmin Connect via the USB ANT Stick™. Features: Review pace/speed, distance, time and calories burned. If available, review heart rate, cadence and detailed elevation. View a detailed graph of your activity, plotted over time or distance. View a map of your activity that shows the exact path you traveled. (Maps not available with non-GPS devices.) Categorize your activity history by type. Review previous activities (saved by day and week). Create customized workouts with specific goals and rest intervals. Then send them to your fitness device (supported devices). Schedule workouts for a specific day with the built-in calendar. Export your data to Google™ Earth. Create or edit a course from an activity, and then add reference points along the course for next time. Manually export your data to Garmin Connect™ and share with other users across the world.