The Beep Test

[justthedukes]

Whats the best you've heard anyone doing?

I've heard some stories about blokes finishing the tape then doing it in reverse, dunno how true that is though.

Anyone know what Lance Armstrong did in his peak?

 

[Soups]

Whats the best you've heard anyone doing?

I've heard some stories about blokes finishing the tape then doing it in reverse, dunno how true that is though.

Anyone know what Lance Armstrong did in his peak?

I don't know if anyone has finished and then done it in reverse, that just sounds impossible. I know Lance Armstrong has finished it though.

Another story i have heard is, Michael Bevan has completed it with all his cricket gear on.

 

[NitroFan]

What does it go up to? I remember in school I'd be near the top of the two classes that did gym together, even though pretty much the only exersice I ever got was what we did in gym class once a week. There were some pretty fit mofo's in that class, as well.

/bragging

 

[Kerrby]

I got 9.2 last time I did it but my highest has been 11.6 which was the time before last time.

 

[Colin D'Cops]

I got a beep test score of 10.7 in my last term of school last year...(Yr.8)
I got a treadmill for Chrissy just to get a little more fit, not that I need a great deal of help, but you can never stop improving your fitness base..!

 

[BadSeed]

got 12.11 last year round start pre season, and I was roughly 185cms - 98kgs, but obviously doing quite a bit of running etc.

 

[afl genius]

got 11.7 at the end of November, or though i doubt I'd even get 10.5 now but by the end of the footy season i should be pushing 13.0, anything over 13 is really quite fit i think

 

[Im The Gun]

used to pull high 13's, the last 2 times I've done it I got 11.11 and on monday 9.9. guess I'm just a lazy c*** these days

 

[larrikin]

Heard somewhere that the only 2 to finish it are Armstrong and David Beckham

 

[justthedukes]

I don't know if anyone has finished and then done it in reverse, that just sounds impossible. I know Lance Armstrong has finished it though.

Another story i have heard is, Michael Bevan has completed it with all his cricket gear on.

That's pretty amazing.

 

[Groove]

That's pretty amazing.

also sounds like bullshit. my best is 12.5

 

[bystanding backman]

Mines 10.1 i nearly collasped at the end of it i'm an unfit person and my previous best had been 8.5 i think but the coach said if you didn't get over ten then you would struggle getting a game at the start of the season

 

[twarby]

it goes up to level 23 or something...also some results are misleading, as if you use the old fashion tape, it stretches and the beeps are slower all up...
my best was high 11s i think...pretty sure crawford, harvey and cousins, have all finished it...and you'd think a few soccer players would have to.
i think some clubs also don't start at 0, not sure on that...
anyone tried the drinking beep test? shot of beer every beep...level 7 or something was my best, verrry messy

 

[fryingpan]

it goes up to level 23 or something...also some results are misleading, as if you use the old fashion tape, it stretches and the beeps are slower all up...
my best was high 11s i think...pretty sure crawford, harvey and cousins, have all finished it...and you'd think a few soccer players would have to.
i think some clubs also don't start at 0, not sure on that...
anyone tried the drinking beep test? shot of beer every beep...level 7 or something was my best, verrry messy

Hahaha you got up to high 11's my ass.

Fat alcoholics tend to be around 2-5.

Only you could bring up drinking during a thread about fitness.

 

[Jizza9]

I'm pretty sure no-one has ever finished it. If it goes up to level 23 then the beeps would be so fast you'd have to be a 100m sprinter to keep up with them fresh, let alone after running for 20 mins

 

[Deenamite]

I'm pretty sure no-one has ever finished it. If it goes up to level 23 then the beeps would be so fast you'd have to be a 100m sprinter to keep up with them fresh, let alone after running for 20 mins

I agree. Its too ridiculous to be true.

 

[carltonlover3]

jizza might be right its not far of world record pace the last level or 2 and you have to realise that the people that finished it arent on world record pace fresh let alone after huge fatigue.

 

[Hoffy95]

I got just into the 14's when I was in about yr7 or 8 at school.

Only ever got to 12's a couple of times since then.

These days I wouldn't know what I could do...not a good thing either .

 

[afl genius]

goes to 18, pretty impossible to finish it or though Crawford has finished it and i think Cousins has as well, Craig Bradley got mid 17's as well i think at Carlton

 

[Deenamite]

goes to 18, pretty impossible to finish it or though Crawford has finished it and i think Cousins has as well, Craig Bradley got mid 17's as well i think at Carlton

It goes into the 20's. I've listened the way through it. Maybe they were different versions.

 

[Souup]

Goes up to level 21.16

I just timed it in the 21's with a stopwatch, and the beeps are within 3.50 of each other. Honestly doubt anyone has ever finished it

 

[Im The Gun]

Flames coach Mike Keenan taking about why Chris Chelios is still playing at age 46. He says that there are three athletes that have broken the 70-plus barrier in VO2max fitness testing. One was Chelly, another one was Eddie Belfour (both from Chicago), and this year Jarome Iginla did it. (retrieved Oct 2007, mlive.com)



The records are
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[*]VO2 max is the measure of the maximum oxygen rate of use during exercise, and is used as the criterion measure of aerobic capacity, which reflects the physical fitness of a person. However, as seen by looking at the figures below for a variety of athletes and sports, having a high VO2max does not necessarily mean that you will be successful, and vice versa.

Wikipedia suggests that the average young untrained male will have a VO2 max of about 3.5 liters/minute or 45 ml/min/kg. In comparison, for world class male endurance athletes in sports such as cycling and cross-country skiing, scores are typically in excess of 80 ml/kg/min, and occasionally a few may exceed 90 ml/kg/min. The average young untrained female will score about 2.0 liters/minute or 38 ml/min/kg - compared to world class female endurance athletes which a few may exceed 70 ml/kg/min.

Here is a list of VO2max scores (in ml/kg/min) that have been recorded for a variety of athletes in a range of sports. The accuracy of these values may vary, as the scores achieved may depend of the quality of the equipment used, the calibration of the equipment, and the testing protocols used. However, these values still provide an interesting list for comparison and discussion.

96.0 Espen Harald BjerkeNorwegian cross country skier, in 2005 (7.3 liter/min). article
96.0 Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian cross country skier (another source has him recording a 90 ml/kg/min)

92.5 Greg LeMond, professional cyclist
92.0 Matt Carpenter, Pikes Peak marathon course record holder
92.0 Tore Ruud Hofstad, Norwegian cross country skier, in 2005
91.0 Harri Kirvesniem, Finnish cross country skier

88.0 Miguel Indurain, professional cyclist
87.4 Marius Bakken, Norwegian 5k record holder
85.0 Dave Bedford, 10k world record
85.0 John Ngugi World XC Champion
84.4 Steve Prefontaine, US runner
84.0 Lance Armstrong, professional cyclist
82.7 Gary Tuttle, US runner
82.0 Kip Keino, Olympic 1500 champion
81.1 Craig Virgin, twice World cross country champ
81.0 Jim Ryun, US miler WR holder
80.1 Steve Scott, US miler 3:47
78.6 Joan Benoit, 1984 Olympic Marathon Champion
78.5 Bill Rodgers, 2:09:27 marathoner
77.4 Don Kardong, 2:11:15 marathoner
77.0 Sebastian Coe. WR mile, 1500
76.6 John Landy, WR miler
76.0 Alberto Salazar, 2:08:51 marathoner
74.3 Amby Burfoot, US marathoner
74.4 Johnny Halberstadt, 2:11:44 marathoner
74.2 Kenny Moore, US marathoner 2:11:36
73.5 Grete Waitz, Norwegian Marathon runner/10K runner
73.3 Bruce Fordyce ultramarathoner
73.0 Buddy Edelen, 2:14:28 world record marathoner (1963)
73.0 Jeff Galloway, US Runner
72.8 Jarmila Krotochvilova, Czech Olympian 400M/800M winner
72.3 Peter Snell, Olympic champion
72.0 Zithulele Sinqe, 2:08:05 marathoner
71.3 Frank Shorter, US Olympic Marathon winner
71.2 Ingrid Kristiansen, ex-Marathon World Record Holder
71.0 Paula Ivan, Russian Olympic 1500M Record Holder
70.3 Willie Mtolo, 2:08:15 marathoner
69.7 Derek Clayton, Australian ex-Marathon World Record holder 2:08:35
67.2 Rosa Mota, Marathon runner

The link: http://www.topendsports.com/testing/beepcalc.htm

 

[afl genius]

It goes into the 20's. I've listened the way through it. Maybe they were different versions.

yeh wouldnt surprise me if there was more than one version, because the one i heard stop at 18 and did seem a little quicker

 

[martyTHOMAS]

I hate the Beep Test, it's the worst. Last time we did it i got 10.3

 

[Boozeroo]

I'm the Gun's post, as seen through the eyes of a Hawthorn supporter:

we know Buddy Franklin will beat these on potential, so here are the rest:

96.0 Espen Harald BjerkeNorwegian cross country skier, in 2005 (7.3 liter/min). article
96.0 Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian cross country skier (another source has him recording a 90 ml/kg/min)

92.5 Greg LeMond, professional cyclist
92.0 Matt Carpenter, Pikes Peak marathon course record holder
92.0 Tore Ruud Hofstad, Norwegian cross country skier, in 2005
91.0 Harri Kirvesniem, Finnish cross country skier..