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I'd swap my Garmin Forerunner 965 for this much cheaper smartwatch in a heartbeat — if it weren't for one thing

Garmin strategically withholds software from its cheaper watches. Only one missing Garmin Forerunner 165 tool is hard to lose.

So long as I have Garmin's daily suggested workouts as a benchmark for whether to train harder or pull back that day, that's typically all I need to reinforce whether I'm overreaching, peaking, or slacking off. Out of all the nice-to-have features the Forerunner 965 offers, pre-downloaded topographical maps are the hardest to lose, as a nice backup if you go hiking in unfamiliar territory. Without getting overly technical, Training Load measures how hard your body worked out on a given day based on your heart rate and oxygen consumption.

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