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The Bleep Test (Beep Test or Multi Stage Fitness Test) involves running back and forth between two set points, 20m apart, in time with the ‘beeps’. The time between beeps then gets shorter for each new level of the test. The level reached by the candidate determines how long they can continue before having to stop.

You begin the beep test by standing at one end of the 20 meter area with one foot placed on the end line. You’ll hear a 5 second count before a “triple beep” which indicates the start of the test!

1. When the test starts you need to run to the opposite side and place one foot on the end line. If you arrive at either end of the course prior to the beep, you must wait there until the beep sounds before making your way back in the opposite direction.

2. After each level (approximately one minute), a triple beep will sound, indicating the start of the next ‘level’ of the test. Each time this occurs, the time between beeps decreases. Your running speed must then increase to maintain the required pace.

3. You must continue back and forth over the 20-metre course until you can no longer reach the end lines in time with the beeps.

4. The test finishes when you miss two beeps in a row.