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I doubt you remember this test as the Multi-Stage Fitness Test but you probably remembered doing the ‘bleep test’ which is the same thing. For me it was one of those PE lessons I would dread at school, not because t was hard work, which it was but because of the competition of it amongst my peers. I’d push and push to try in be in one of the top spots, others would drop out to save themselves the pain, maybe that was wise.
The bleep test is used as a common benchmark for entry into armed and civilian forces. Largely because it is an accurate predictor of someone’s VO2 Max and in turn their overall level of fitness.
As a personal trainer for many years, I would often run a bleep test for individual client’s or as periodic reviews for my bootcampers in group sessions. I’ve included some tracking templates below which you can use for tracking clients or groups when conducting the Multi-Stage Fitness Test.
