Bleep tests

[FireMatt]

Just been outside setup 20 meters and found this on youtube



Im lucky enough to have long enough drive and no neighbours lol

Gotta say i found it tougher than i first thought. How have you guys got on with it? What level is acceptable at application etc?

[Matt]

Dont think you have to do that no more mate, its all the national selection tests.

[Matt]

Thats if you get that far with them and they recieve the application

[FireBrad]

Thats if you get that far with them and they recieve the application

[FireMatt]

Yes Yes i know that gits...

But im preparing for wholetime as thats the dream.

[Matt]

Have you contacted them this year?

[FireMatt]

Twice

[james]

I have no idea what is happening in that video, can someone explain please??

[FireMatt]

Its the beeps...you need to get from point A to B before or on the beep.

[MrScaniaman]

You can download it here http://www.defence.gov.au/army/hq8bde/jobs/Fitness.htm just right click save target as and put it on your mp3/ipod if you have neighbours

[and]

I prefer the bleep test to the dreaded step test. I managed to get through a bleep test a couple of years ago, with a respectible level, despite two of the other runners taking the mick out of my running top at the start. But they bowed out well before me!

[holmatroman]

our level in Lancs is 9.6 and i can do over level 10, with a bit of skirt,,, sorry encouragement up front It's not easy though. You have to perfect your "Turn" aim to be turning about a meter from the line, if you can do an acrobatic turn mid stride and land with your trailing foot just on the line you will shave milliseconds off your direction change, it doesn't sound much but by level 8 + you'll see what i mean. I have the 20 meter Australian army version and it goes to level 21 thats twice as fast as a blue arsed fly, and some.

[FireMatt]

What level is acceptable to get to?

[FireMatt]

Im gonna drive my wife wild with bleeps lol!

Is this the best way to train, do it over and over again til you get better etc?

[and]

Mate,

I have found that mixing the training up, so you don't get bored silly listening to the bleeps. I use hill sprints, which take alot out of you, are brilliant for improving your anerobic fitness. Circuits I also enjoy, especially throwing it a few weights in between.

[FireBrad]

You can download it here http://www.defence.gov.au/army/hq8bde/jobs/Fitness.htm just right click save target as and put it on your mp3/ipod if you have neighbours

Thanks for the link Perry

[MrScaniaman]

No problem mate, When I use to do the bleep test I use to run until I herd the bleep so was running diffrent distances the shorter the distance the moor you sprint ;)

[chirk999]

IN SHROPSHIRE IM TOLD ITS THE STRP TEST FOR THE MEDICAL,

[CheshirePhil]

What's an STRP test?

[and]

I thought that they had binned the step test, in preference to the bleep test, as it is a more accurate measure of someone's fitness. I spoke with a cardiologist a few years ago, who had been hired by a WT who had failed his annual medical (step test), to give his professional opinion that the step test was always going to fail candidates with high pulse rates anyway. Whatever amount of fitness someone did, if they had a particularly high pulse rate, then it would always remain fairly high. If I remember rightly, the chap got back into his brigade.