I'm interested in what exactly is involved during a 'beep test'? I'm sure we have a great wealth of knowledgeable contributors on here who can elaborate further on this subject?
If my very limited understanding of the test is correct, you have to run from one line to another and back progressively getting faster?
I understand a decent result is around 12?
Danny Wicks just recorded a 19.
Is this a good score?
Cheers...
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I do quite a lot of running/jogging (maybe around 50 or so km's a week)
I can get on a good day anywhere from 11 to high 12's in a standard beep test.
To get a 19, I would be considering giving Wicks a drug test :-)
19 is an amazing result..
GEESUS.........19!!!!!!!! that insane
I get to 11.2 then I have to stop and go and find my butthole (as it normally falls out around the 9.5 mark lol)
Yep very sure Mack.
Apparently worked on fitness / strength whilst in the Glen Innes correctional facility, as you do and has since been mainly doing cardio.
OK...so it is a pretty remarkable score then huh?
Nice...
I made state in 3 midde distance events and I only ever got 14.7, so 19 is fantastic, beap test generally test your endurance but a high score is generally assosiated with explosiveness and agility so definately looking forward to see how he goes.
id be surprised if anyone in the NRL could achieve 19.
Let's say I got the info from a very close source Jack.
That's all I can go on...
I'm pretty sure that Daniel Mortimer set the Parramatta record when he was at the club at around 20-21.
The beep test or shuttle run is used to measure aerobic endurance. It involves athletes covering a 20 metre distance in-time with a pre-recorded series of beeps. 12 is quite a good score, above 15 is fantastic, anything over 20 means you're elite. I was watching that Ironman show with different athletes on Sunday, Kurt Gidley says he averages around 14-15 for the beep test when it's on grass, they were doing one on sand and I think he got around 11-12.
Just on that, Gidley actually had a number of key fitness indicators that were better than those of an Ironman. His bench press which was conducted at 80% of his body weight saw him reach 17 reps, he recorded a 5.6% body fat rating, his VO2 max, which is the amount of oxygen that can be used by the body at maximal effort, was 73, which is more than double the average person's, and he recorded a maximal power output on the bike which put him in the same range as an elite cyclist
I usually get about 24, but thats after a tub of KFC and a 1.25ltr of coke.
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/records/shuttle-run.htm
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