Resting Heart Rate?

I have read about Rusko's orthostatic heart rate test as a way of detecting overtraining http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0410.htm.  It measures the resting heart rate and the jump in heart rate occurring when you rise from a lying and resting position to standing.  The jump may be more predictive of overtraining than the resting rate alone.  Quoting from the reference:   

To perform Rusko's test, you simply lie quietly for 10 minutes at the same time every day while monitoring your heart rate, which should stay constant during the 10-minute period. You then stand up and check your heart rate exactly 15 seconds after standing, and then again during the period 90-120 seconds after standing (a heart monitor works best for this, although you could also manually count your heart beats between 12 and 18 seconds after standing up and again between 90 and 120 seconds after standing - and then multiply the number of counted beats by 10 in the first case and two in the second situation to obtain the respective pulse rates). If you use a heart monitor, you should determine AVERAGE heart rate during the period 90-120 seconds after standing up; for example, if your heart rate is 92 beats per minute 90 seconds after standing and 88 beats per minute 30 seconds later, the average 120-second heart rate would be 90.

I have been measuring the orthstatic heart rate with my HRM this week and putting the numbers in my log.  A side benefit is to have an excuse to hit the snooze button a few times in the morning in the interest of science.  So far I think it is a better indicator than the resting heart rate.  Here is a page that shows a graph of the orthstatic test made with a Polar HRM.  These are not my data but mine look just the same.  http://www.africaninspace.com/home/gallery/science/18.shtml

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