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hc00 wrote:How do you work your v02 max out?

There's a number of ways to test it - I had it done on a bike with a heart monitor attached to me. http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/vo2max.htm

DLink011 wrote:I've never done one before and realy need to as my PRMC is in 2 weeks and 6 days or somthing like that. Obviously i want to do one, but done know where i can do it....

Try a leisure centre, or even a school. If you live near a military base (Army, RAF, anything), they might allow you to do it there if there's a test happening (don't know how clearance would work, they might give you a 1 day leisure pass or something).

hc00 wrote:How do you work your v02 max out?

To do it accurately you'd need to go to a gym but you can estimate from a recent race time using the table at the bottom of this link.

http://www.runnersweb.com/running/vo2_j ... anchorcalc

I tried 3 different race times and they all came out quite close at 55-57.

You can then type in random numbers in the other link to see what your bleep test time should be. It's unlikely that you'd actually reach the number that comes up in your prmc because you'd be knackered and as someone mentioned theres probably a bit more technique required for the bleep test than running a normal race.

The easier way to work out your bleep test is to do a bleep test

According to these links with a VO2 max of around 57, I'm capable of about a 13 on the bleep test. As I can run a sub 3 hour marathoner and have a resting pulse in the mid 30's (which is considered pretty good) I'm quite surprised to hear how far off the pace I am with all these 14's and 15's being mentioned! very impressive stuff.......or bullshit!

Has the RMR set up a recruiting post in Kenya?

No as far as I'm aware the RMR hasn't set up a recruiting post in Kenya, AGAIN I'M NOT BULL SHITTING !!!
Oyaji - have you actually tried the bleep test ?

Rich.

Has the RMR set up a recruiting post in Kenya? [/quote]

No as far as I'm aware the RMR hasn't set up a recruiting post in Kenya, AGAIN I'M NOT BULL SHITTING !!!

Rich.[/quote]

Well very impressive then!

I guess your prmc just had an unusaully high amount of very good runners.

You say that your bleep score was almost 15 just out of interest what's your 5k and 10k times?

I have done the bleep test but it was quite a few years ago when I was at school and have no idea what my number was, which is why I used the links I posted to get an approx score using my road races.

Will have to do a bleep test again soon and see if it comes out close to the predictor I posted.

Cheers

Oyaji - I haven't tested myself recently but back in September last year I could run 1.5 mile under 8 minutes on most occassions, and 3 mile in round about 18 minutes but these distances were measured using my cars odometer (if thats the correct name) so not that accurate.
One thing that surprised me on the bleep test was the fact that I came 4th in our run on selection (3 mile, first 1.5 mile as a group last 1.5 best effort) the lad who came first got something like 7.45 after a hard weekend, but yet I got an higher score on the bleep test than him and the other two lads who beat me on the run. Then again the lad who got higher than me on the bleep test finished behind me on the run - I to this day don't know what level won the bleep test that day, or who it was who beat me, one of the Corprals told me I didn't get the highest score so the winner must have got level 15 something.

It's strange how it worked out.

Rich.

If you've got a good technique for the bleep test then you'll possibly do better than someone who's a faster runner, if they don't have good technique. Nothing odd really.

Precisely. The bleep test isn't really a test of VO2 max (or whatever), it's a test of doing the bleep test.

Stick a non-swimmer who can get a 16 on the bleep test in a pool and ask him to swim sprints and he'll sink. Ditto you can get an extremely fit non-runner who could bomb on the bleep test.

Your RMR Unit must just have an unusually high number of very good runners as someone else pointed out.

Which Unit is it your from?

K

Your RMR Unit must just have an unusually high number of very good runners as someone else pointed out.

Which Unit is it your from?

Manchester - part of RMR Merseyside

ManDet,

Good stuff, do you have your RFCC soon?

K

Hi Scottish_kiwi.

No, but on the 24th of February we are off to Lympstone for a two week holiday on our phase 1 course. Should be fun.
All being well I should be on my RFCC in July.
Can't wait to go to Lympstone.

Rich.

Oh ok, we did our Phase 1/1A in January, you will enjoy it.

We may well be on the same RFCC course then.

K

So do recruits from different detachments do their RFCC at the same time then ? It would probably make sense with the drop out rate.

How are the reservist's treated down Lympstone ? I have a feeling the training team may try to open our eyes if you know what I mean.

Rich.

The training is done by the RFTT(Reserve Forces Training Team). The are a real great group actually and as long as you are switched on you will do fine. They expect a set standard and as long as you are upto that then you will do fine.

Yup there will be a couple of different Units there probably we had London down with us, it was nice to meet guys from a different unit as every has some other little tip or something so its good.

Hopefully see you in July

Good Luck

K

Thanks Scottish_kiwi.

Yeah hopefully all will go well and I'll see you there. If you think of anything thing else that may benefit me, let me know mate.

Rich.

p.s. How was the PT ? what kind of training do they have you doing and how often ? ect.