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Hi everyone,

New to the forum, so apologies if this topic is done to death!

However, having read through all of the fitness test information regarding the PGAC at Honington, I was a bit unsure as what a "Multi-staged fitness test" was? Is this just a clear 3 mile run? Or a start-stop kind of thing?

Trying to get my time down drastically, as the Cpl at my AFCO said I could be going in 3 weeks time!

Thanks for any replies,
Tacker.

Hello mate, always good to see other RAF Reg hopefuls!

The multi-stage fitness test is what's usually known as the bleep/beep test. You run back and forth between 2 lines in time with beeps, which increase in tempo by 0.5 seconds roughly every minute, so you're running faster and faster throughout the test. Test ends when you drop out of your own accord, or physically can't move quickly enough and miss 2 beeps in a row.

edited for typos

By-the-by, you have to complete this as well as the straight forward 3-mile run on PGAC. Multi-stage/beep test is best effort, with 9.1 being the minimum. The 3-miler is to be completed in under 24 mins but apparently it's run as a group with a PTI setting the pace so everyone finishes around the same time.

Good luck with the rest of your application

Alright cheers for that mate! Like I said I was just a bit unsure. I'd prefer to run as a group as it would be more motivation to keep up with them rather than everyone just sprinting off, as this is the only thing that I can see me failing on, but I'll be damned if I do!!

Been for my medical today and all is well, waiting to hear for my PGAC dates.