Beep Test Program is a multi-stage fitness program that is used by trainers and sports coaches world over to estimate the maximum oxygen uptake of athletes and sportsmen. It has a variety of other names such as The Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance (PACER), Leger Test, Bleep Test or the 20m Shuttle Run Test. It is critical for players of Australian Rules football, Hockey, Tennis, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Hurling, Handball, Netball and Football. It is also suited for fitness testing in colleges and schools and in many other sporting events not listed above.
The testing program was formulated n 1982 by Luc Leger of the University of Montreal. It was later published in the year 1983 with an initial speed of 8km/h and two-minute stage duration. It was later republished in its current form by the European Journal of Applied Physiology in the year 1988. It now has an initial speed of 8.5km/h and a one-minute stage under the label, “The Multi-stage 20-metre shuttle run-test for aerobic fitness.”
The Beep Test Program entails continuous running in-between two posts that are located 20 metres apart. These runs are coordinated by recorded CDs, laptops or audio tape software which pays out beeps at some preset intervals. The rate at which the beeps are produced diminishes with time thus forcing the athlete to increase his speed to match up the beeps. This happens until; either the athlete completes the test, or is incapable of keeping up with the pace. The test is broken down into twenty-one intervals of sixty-two seconds each. The initial speed is 8.5km/h and is increased at the rate of 0.5km/h for every successive beep until the test is concluded. The score attained by any athlete is taken to be that highest level that is attained before he/she finally fails to keep in pace with the beep.
The beep software is available for use on portable electronic devices such as laptops, tablets or smart phones. The internationally accepted playing format has to begin with the speed of 8.5km/h with a hierarchy of one minute in each successive level. The finer details of the fitness program format are contained in the chart devised by Leger and Lambart in 1988.
This fitness program is used by several of the world’s leading organisations such as British Army Officer, New Zealand Defence Forces, New South Wales Police Force, Blue Bulls Rugby Referee Association, Royal Canadian Air Cadets Paramilitary Youth Cadet, Metropolitan Fire Brigade of Melbourne, Slovenian Ice Hockey Referee Association, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and Queensland Police Service among many others.
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