The Big Picture

Blog post by Marco Altini

The past few months have included lots of ups and downs for many of us. Personally, I've experienced some of the worst stressors of the past years, culminating (somewhat ironically) in heart issues, which were fortunately resolved.

Below is an overview of my data, showing how morning measurements of heart rate variability can capture very effectively not only the day-to-day acute stressors we are often discussing (a hard training session, the menstrual cycle, alcohol, the acute phase of sickness), but also longer term, or more chronic changes.

Don't forget to look at the big picture.