Bleep test - level 12 to 14

cougie · October 2005

Piggy - try this ?

http://www.defence.gov.au/army/1_19RNSWR/fitness.htm

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Hi Dodge, my incontinent granny can normally go to the tiolet and back three times during the adverts in Coronation St - I'm not sure what this equates to in the bleep test but it's quite impressive and I doubt if Becks or Lance have ever managed it. Hope this helps.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Wahey DavidB! Had your granny known she was being tested, she would have gone at least 15 times!!
<Sorry Dodge, I'm outta here!>

[Deleted User] · October 2005

I didn't want to put any pressure on her (it's the incontinence you see).

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Problem with my incontinent pet cobra is, like all snakes, it races sideways, but then enabling accurate measurement of trails in sand. Should I give it food colouring in its breakfast mouse? Would I have to lay out the cones horizontally

Gobi · October 2005

I did 13.8 last year(age 34)and stopped as I got bored had been alone for 2 levels

I doubt I could go much further than mid 14s though

Means my 10K time should be faster

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Thanks Cougie,

That's the twenty metre one. The one I'm looking for is the fifteen (how fussy am I?)

Piggy

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Piggy im not fussy can you forward the 20M to me. if i had the 15M or find it a can forward that on. Cheers

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Merthyr Taffia,

The 20 Metre one is on the website that Cougie mentions above. I saw that it was the 20 and didn't look to see if it could be downloaded.

I've already got the 15M one as I received an e-mail with it as an attachment but can't open it (I've got a Mac and it must be made for Micros@*t).

I'd be quite happy to forward that on if you want it. Send me your e-mail address and I'll get it to you ASAP.

Piggy

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Piggy your on private can't send anything to you.

JFB · October 2005

I remember reading that Beckham was a county 1500m runner as a kid, which may explain his result on the bleep test.

I did this once yonks ago, and it seemed also to be a test of your ability to predict the time of the beep. I did it in the RAF and they made me stop cos they said I missed a beep when I could have gone on for ages! Not that I'm bitter...

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Merthyr Taffia,

Sorry about that. I've sent my e-mail address to you. Drop me a line and I'll send you the test.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

The bloke who invented the bleep test belongs to the same running club as me, and I mentioned this thread to him. I asked if it was possible that Beckham (or anyone) had completed the bleep test. He's a taciturn bloke, but he smiled and simply said 'I doubt it.'

I asked him what was the highest level anyone had ever reached. He said that the best he's ever witnessed was a 1500m runner (good, but not international standard) who had reached level 15 when they were developing the test at Loughborough. He said that anyone who got any further than level 16 was probably cheating.

Gobi · October 2005

inky

now that is interesting

[Deleted User] · October 2005

So why have 23 levels?

[Deleted User] · October 2005

A lot of the bleep is practice turning and timing the beeps right, get there sooner and you waste valuable ebnergy, 12-13 isn;t that hard but you have to have a fair sprint on you after that to get to the bleeps in time.

You can put levels on it just by practicing it.

I serioulsy doubt Neil Back got that far, Lomu in his prime scraped 10.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Inky - sorry to doubt the inventor, but level 14 used to be A-level grade A. In my class there was myself and one other who reached it.

I was and still am nowhere near a good 1500m runner and back then only really played football. The other guy who got further than played hockey to a v good standard and football to the same level as myself (not a great level of football!).

I don't see there as being too big a distance between level 14 and level 15. And being a scoring a-level assessment there was no cheating going on.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

The conversation was a short one during a break in a hard training session. I don't know much about the test, but I'll ask him more if i see him.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Cool, would be interesting to hear Inky.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Is this the 15m or the 20m test? I believe that the 15m one is the one that Beckham can supposedly complete.

Obviously that extra 5 meters would make quite a difference over several levels.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

So Inky.....what's the story?

Stevie G · October 2005

No one can do level 23!!!!

lets be honest!you're talking about world class spriting by that stage!!!after a progressive and very tough increase in speed

read stan collymore's autobiography, he did level 11 in it.might not have been his peak perfomance, but anything over level 12 is quite fit i believe

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Did one of these at Club la Santa a few weeks ago. Got to somewhere in the middle of level 11, which is much worse than my 10K time (37m40). But they're different events - one is steady running, the other is almost all accelerating, decelerating, or turning around.

Iron Snorks · October 2005

My kids rugby team at work often get around 12/13 and they're 13 years old!

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Is that a 15 m or 20m tape Ed?

Nutkey exactly, it's the stop starting that drains you. There's a knack to it supposedly, the more you do it the more you learn to kind of sidestep off the line marker, almsot continuing the tempo.

cougie · October 2005

I did mine at La Santa too - and it is all the stop starting that takes it out of you.

Kids at Level 13 ??? Blimey.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

Sorry, Dodge, I haven't seen him since.

[Deleted User] · October 2005

I've heard that thing about technique as well but I still think you've got to be fit as well. You also have to pace it properly so you're not getting to the line too early.

Iron Snorks · October 2005

GGHT - 20m

i saw a couple of guys do 15.6 when i went to join the R.A.F. that was on a 20m run

[Deleted User] · October 2005

I had a go at the 15 metre one last night. It was the first time I've ever used a bleep test and was quite surprised at how difficult it was after people saying how easy it is.

All this talk of being a brisk walk in the early stages..How long are your legs?! I was jogging from level 1 (am six foot tall).

I normally run (for run read plod) five miles every other day but only at about 10 min/miles at a constant pace and so test completely threw me. Quite interested in this side step onto the line business. Any other tips?

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