To understand the invention of the beep test we have to begin with a deceptively difficult question to answer – what is fitness? If we take a broad definition such as the ability to complete a task without excessive energy expenditure, we are still left with the question of what activity tests fitness. At the very least it provides a fun fact to be provided in the intervals during beeps. But this question of who invented the beep test is nevertheless an interesting question. Put another way, bleep sounds – you go, next beep sounds – you better have completed that shuttle! The below YouTube video gives a nice overviewĪt some point during this test, the mind will inevitably turn to the question – who did this? More specifically, why are they doing this to me? Admittedly my former fat boy (FFB) memories may have prejudiced me somewhat. The goal of the beep test is to successfully complete a shuttle run across the hall in the interval between two beeps. What distinguishes the bleep test is the beeps – those dang beeps. Tell them to run up and down the hall and record the results. Line participants up on one side of a hall. We had the ‘beep test.’ Now for those unfamiliar with the beep test it’s a relatively simple test of fitness. A few lucky ones, will be allowed to lift weights. For some it’s the ‘Cooper Test’ which forces students to run laps for time.
None of this, of course mattered, when our physical education teacher would run us through the ‘bleep test’ every year.Įach school has these rites of passage.
That I’m also blessed with the acceleration of Myrtle the turtle probably didn’t help matters. Cardio has rarely been a favorite activity. As a former fat boy (guilty!), this ritual was akin to my own personal torture. Where once there was a 15 second gap between beeps, now there is 12, and then 10 and … eventually … what feels like 1 second. As a lovable, but somewhat crotchety, teacher screams at the teens to run faster beeps can be heard echoing throughout the hall. It’s cold outside, there’s 30 teenagers, hormones raging, running back and forth in an old school hall.
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