Does anyone remember their beep test scores? I just did one yesterday...got 7.2. It doesn't seem like a very good score...but I don't know what the norm is. According to one website, my results are "excellent", according to another, I'm just below average. Hmmmm so anyway, I just wanna know what kinda scores other people are getting.
I got a 10.1 last week - but that was after a crossfit session and an hour of judo. 7.0 is the base standard for getting into the army, so you are a bit below average, sorry to burst any bubble you may have had
The 16 - 18 year old cadets I work with who choose to do this tend to get about 10.3 with no fitness training. When they do it as an element of a competition they are usually near the bottom with scores like that. Their more active peers tend to be in the 11 - 15 range. As a rough guide to expected normal fitness levels, here are the RAF's minimum bleep test requirements as part of its annual fitness test: Age Beep test score Male Under 17 9.04 -10.09 17-29 9.10 -11.06 30-34 9.04 - 10.10 35-39 8.09 - 10.03 40-44 8.03 - 9.09 45-49 7.07 - 9.02 Female Under 17 6.07 - 7.09 17-29 7.02 - 8.06 30-34 6.08 - 7.10 35-39 6.04 - 7.04 40-44 5.08 - 6.08 45-49 5.04 - 6.02
I believe there are two different lengths of bleep tests, ie in one you run about half the length of the other and the timing is different as well...this might account for the differences in scores and their meanings.
To the best of my knowledge the one we use is the Australian one - the accent at least! I'm working with a Sgt PTI today so I'll ask him.
back in the day it was 14.9, but i'm fairly sure that there are different ones, ie the school one in new zealand was shorter than the all blacks rugby team one
You do shuttle runs and have to get from one side to the other before the bleep. You stop when you can't keep up with the bleeps anymore. My last bleep test was so long ago I have no idea what score I got
The test is in levels. At each level the bleeps get closer together, so you have to run faster as the test continues. I can't remember now but I think you also have to do more laps per level as the levels increas too, so you're running faster and for longer. Whenever I'd run them people start off smiling and thinking it's stupidly easy. Oh how I laugh at their innocence when I check on them later as they're puking down the leaisure centre toilet It's a good test Sensei Klein, you should be able to download a copy from the net somewhere I imagine. Mitch
For those of you with the I-Pod Touch and I-Phone, you can download the beep test from the App Store on I-Tunes. I have two, one a 20 metre and the other is a 15 metre test (British Police Standard). The 15 metre is great because I can set it up in the hall I use.
Thanks Simon; I don't have an Iphone or anything similar, so might not be able to use it anyway, but if you find the link post it up here, it might be useful for others Mitch
Now this is not the version that I use, as I got mine from ITunes, but this looks like a good site where you can download to a CD, which is great for those without the ipods. http://www.thebleeptest.com/?gclid=CI701J2lj6cCFQ4f4QodSi4qbw I am currently at work so can't access ITunes for theother link.
Here is a link to a free 20 metre beeptest. http://www.runtheplanet.com/trainingracing/training/bleeptest.asp
By the sounds of it, I suspect a middle distance runner like a 800m guy, would be especially good at this. Am I right?
I think the record for the beep test was held by Sebastian Coe, the English Olympic runner who ran at 800m and 1500m distances. Mitch
