You set up two markers 20 metres apart, run between them before a beep - hence the test’s name - and are scored on how many “laps” you can complete.Ĭoach's Stuart Marsh (right) leads the beep test packĪ cruel part about the beep test is that it starts off easy, but ratchets up the difficulty too gradually to consciously notice.Īt the start, I barely needed to trot to cross the 20m line - but as a monotonous male voice counted up the levels, the beeps came closer and closer, and within minutes I was full-on running and wondering how did I reach this point (kind of like how that boiling frog must’ve felt).īut the cruellest part of the beep test is its sheer gruelling monotony: run-beep, run-beep, run-beep. The reason the beep test is so common is because, like all popular forms of torment, it’s super easy to administer (there are apps you can use to do it anywhere, if you’re a masochist).
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