You may be asked to provide evidence of your measurement to ensure accuracy.
A flat surface, suitable for running, which is at least 20m long with adequate space at each end for coming to a stop. The test ends when you can no longer keep pace, or level 21 is completed. The test is performed by running between two markers placed 20 meters apart, at an increasing pace as indicated by the beeps. The test has 21 levels, and each level consists of a different number of shuttles, see Standard 8.5 (Léger). To determine Ireland’s fittest person, we will be being using the Léger test version. Whether your goal is to achieve a score of 5.1 for the police, a 7.5 for the military or a 12.6 to play professional soccer, the beep test is a great way to measure your fitness level before and after a new training regime.The beep test also known as the bleep test, pacer test, 20m shuttle run test or Léger test is a multi-stage fitness test used to measure cardiovascular fitness. It’s employed on an international lever for many sporting teams as an accurate test of cardiovascular fitness, one of the more important components of Fitness. The test is used to measure fitness levels for places like the police force, army, navy, NASA & especially used for players of sports like rugby, football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, hurling, hockey, netball, handball, tennis, squash, fitness testing in schools and colleges plus many other sports. The pacer test is “progressive aerobic cardiovascular endurance test “. It’s a series of stages that have different tasks sometimes used by sports coaches and trainers to estimate an athlete’s VO 2 max (maximum oxygen uptake). In French it is called the ‘Test de Luc-Léger’! The test has been variously described as the beep or bleep test, multi-stage fitness test or MSFT/MST, 20 meter shuttle run test, yo-yo endurance test, Pacer test, Aero tests. 
It’s a great warm up before anything major and it’s actually a great workout! The beep test should be performed before and after any 12 week boot camp course so that we all know what fitness level we started at and what we’ve finished at.
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