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10.2 is very good.What training do you do?I'd like to improve.

DivineIntervention

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GATES wrote:what should i be able to run the bleep test in before i got for training???

i can do 10.2 but i'm thinking i will need it about 13?

GATES

You should get simply be trying to get as high a score as you can.

You won't "need" to get level 13, although obviously you should want to get at least that if not more, as not everyone will be getting that. When I did it the other year I got level 13 and there was only one other lad who got higher, the average was probably round Level 11/12.

Basically everything is best effort when you go to Depot, ie the staff will be more impressed by someone who gives absolutely everything they have to get level 12 etc.. than they will by someone who gets a higher level without breaking a sweat or putting any effort in.

Jesus.You Poms have impressive aerobic itness.11/12 in the beep test as an average?Jesus that's spectacular!

DivineIntervention

anyone know where i can get a copy of the bleep test a download or something i havent done a bleep test for about 3 years

Here you go: http://www.mysharefile.com/v/2402102/bl ... t.mp3.html

http://www.defence.gov.au/army/hq8bde/jobs/fitness.htm

Just download the files to your Mp3 player and your good go wherever you are. Good luck

Thanks but do you mean with running like a looney?

Cheers,

DivineIntervention

DivineIntervention wrote:Jesus.You Poms have impressive aerobic itness.11/12 in the beep test as an average?Jesus that's spectacular!

DivineIntervention

Well considering they were all Parachute Regiment recruits it's not that suprising as anyone serious about joining the Regiment know's that you have to be very fit before you even get there.

Plus believe me none of us felt spectacularly fit after the Paras had put us through our paces there's HUGE difference between being civvy fit and military fit and that goes double for Para Depot.

Can someone please explain what the bleep test is and how its used or should i say what do i do with this mp3 file i have just downloaded apart from listen to it?

Thanks

The Vo2 bleep test is used to monitor the development of your maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max).

First you need to measure out 20 meters and mark the start/ end points.
The Vo2 bleep test is run between these two points.
Run from one side to the other making sure that our foot crosses the line before the bleep, if you cross the line before the bleep you must wait untill it goes again before running back.
The bleep gets progressively faster and you will have to constantly increase your pace to make the marker on time.
If you fail to reach the other side before the bleep you will be given a warning, fail to reach the line a second time and you are withdrawn from the test, your score is the last level that you sucessfully achieved.

Sounds more complicated than it is, all you are doing is running back and forth, faster and faster untill you reach a point where you cant keep up and you think your going to die.

Good luck, its a killer the first time but improving your VO2 score becomes quite addictive.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/s ... 100312.stm

digitalfreefall wrote:The Vo2 bleep test is used to monitor the development of your maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max).

First you need to measure out 20 meters and mark the start/ end points.
The Vo2 bleep test is run between these two points.
Run from one side to the other making sure that our foot crosses the line before the bleep, if you cross the line before the bleep you must wait untill it goes again before running back.
The bleep gets progressively faster and you will have to constantly increase your pace to make the marker on time.
If you fail to reach the other side before the bleep you will be given a warning, fail to reach the line a second time and you are withdrawn from the test, your score is the last level that you sucessfully achieved.

Sounds more complicated than it is, all you are doing is running back and forth, faster and faster untill you reach a point where you cant keep up and you think your going to die.

Good luck, its a killer the first time but improving your VO2 score becomes quite addictive.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/s ... 100312.stm

Thank you Digitalfreefall,

That sounds rather fun, until you get to the later levels lol.

great stuff, my dad is gonna wonder why he has got two flag type looking things sticking out of his lawn tommorow lol, Just hope my garden is big enough, would be close i think, just save's me looking like a mad man down the park running backwards and forwards by myself lol.

Watch the turns if you are doing it on turf mate, all it takes is one slip and you could end up with a injury.
Make sure the grass is dry or if you can get yourself to a gym hall or ash pitch.

I think the PARA VO2 max test is the same as RM and stops at Lv13 so thats what you should be aiming for.