The "Beep Test"

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I was watching some random show last night about how fit astronauts have to be, and this test was one method used to gauge fitness, as being an astronaut requires immense fitness.

 

Is this an outdated measuring stick of fitness, though? Like "oh you reached level 8, you're not that fit" yet some of the people on the show had scaled Everest! 

 

I'd imagine someone like Mark Hunt wouldn't fare well at it at all, but he could go 5 gruelling rounds in an MMA fight - and we all know that requires a ridiculous amount of fitness.

 

Thoughts on it? 

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It's a good measure of fitness for sports that involve onfield running.

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The Canadian military uses it (or did a few years ago, I know they changed things around) as part of the fitness testing for their physical preparation trainers. I don't think it's outdated, it's just very simple.

Were some of the astronauts really only getting to level 8? Also, Mark Hunt can't exactly fight 5 gruelling rounds. He survives them, but that's pretty much all you can call it.

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Set the school record in the beep test, 14.3, probably broken by now, I collapsed in a heap after that fucker.

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MayorPickle - The Canadian military uses it (or did a few years ago, I know they changed things around) as part of the fitness testing for their physical preparation trainers. I don't think it's outdated, it's just very simple.

Were some of the astronauts really only getting to level 8? Also, Mark Hunt can't exactly fight 5 gruelling rounds. He survives them, but that's pretty much all you can call it.

Yeah, the military (and the US military) were mentioned.

 

Yes they were. They were either big guys (more jacked than fit) or small women (she was a chemist and a dancer - no time for training).

 

Hunt absolutely can fight 5 rounds. 

 

 

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Ed Okin -


Not outdated at all. Measuring vo2 max, no matter how you do it, is good science. There are different types of fitness. There's no question that heavyweight fighters aren't as conventionally fit as soccer players and other endurance athletes. They require a different skill set and so they train to develop that. Someone like Hunt would crash out of the Beep or Yo-Yo test very, very early. Doesn't mean he isn't a good athlete. No test is a yes or no to someone's fitness. 

That's my point. It doesn't seem like an overall measuring stick taht most can agree on.

 

 

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I do the shuttle run at least once a week up to level #7.

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Was expecting a very different thread! 

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ltr

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I agree, it does test your fitness and I agree, that it doesn't apply to use in all sports.

But it's a quick easy way to see where you are at.

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Can't watch the video, what exactly is the beep test?

I was expecting Romo detector haha

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Amos Moses - Can't watch the video, what exactly is the beep test?

I was expecting Romo detector haha


You run 20 meters back and forth, starting at the sound of the beep each time. The speed increases as the test goes on.



 

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All the police services use it in Canada, corrections Ontario also uses it.

 

not the most fun activity if you hate running, but has to be done

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Squatdog - It's a good measure of fitness for sports that involve onfield running.

What sort of bleep test was that? I've never seen one where they pause at each end like that apart from at the start on the slowest levels? 

Those guys appeared to be on level 15-16 and were pausing at each end waiting for the beep? 

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BEEP


You all failed you homos.

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Amos Moses - Can't watch the video, what exactly is the beep test?

I was expecting Romo detector haha


This

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Whatever happened to Romo Detector?

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Used to do them in HS all the time but never realized there was a specified interval.  Just listened for the whistle.