locoboy
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 06:21 PM |
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bleep test
I am starting to prepare for a possible career change and need to get a bit fitter!
One of the assessment criteria is to reach a certain stage on the bleep test or multi stage fitness test as its now known.
I dont have an MP3 player and im not going to hire an indoor area to do my training where i can take a CD player.
I do have a nokia 6300 and knowing nowt about phones was wondering if i could somehow get the bleep test onto my phone in MP3 or similar format so i
can use my phone when im outside doing my training?
Any alternative suggestions welcome too! I dont want to go buying an MP3 player for it though as i would have no need for it afterwords
anyway it wouldnt make a good impression when scrolling through the playlist in the pub!  
ATB
Locoboy
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 06:23 PM |
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yep, it can be done, not entirely sure how on your phone, but i do know its got an MP3 player. look at the instruction book
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roadrunner
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 06:27 PM |
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just practicing the bleep test wont make you any fitter, how long before you do this test.
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oliwb
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 06:47 PM |
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If its to pass the fitness test to be a copper it aint hard. Try doing lots of interval training running between lamp posts and hire out a hall one
night before you go to the test and buy a cd of ebay with it on. Its only really to prove you can do it easily on the day so your not stressed. If
its for something different then yeah maybe you would want to train with it a bit more....Oli.
PS.
the bleep test is very tactical....its not simply a test of endurance or fitness.....remember that and you'll be fine.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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Scoob
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 07:08 PM |
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Good luck with the bleep test, we had to do them in school and i hated them.. got 15.6 though 
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another_dom
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 07:30 PM |
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Can't really help with the technical MP3 bit ... sorry. I'll give a bit of advice on training if I may though.
The bleep test is all in the turn - practice getting low at the turnround point and 'punching' off the leg. Sounds obvious but can be
difficult to use the fast twitch 'explosive' fibres if your only training for endurance (and you're knackered)! As stated above,
get yourself fartlek training to build base fitness. Plenty of core stability too; a strong trunk is the foundation your limbs work from. You can get
a bleep test(MSFT) for sit ups also but I can't recommend it - it just plain hurts!
Don't worry about it too much if you're going for the police - from the guys (and girls) I've known to get through its not too
taxing. This is not meant as a jibe against any policemen on here.
Dom.
[Edited on 29/9/07 by another_dom]
[Edited on 29/9/07 by another_dom]
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jos
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 07:46 PM |
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I think I've got my copy of the pir bleep test when I applied and I've also got the technology to put it onto your phone too.
i'll try to dig it out and let you know when I've been sucdessful
can't col help?
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davie h
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 07:58 PM |
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if it is for the police i wouldnt stress about it. if you can run a mile and a half in about 10 to 12 mins the bleep test will be a push over. i know
i got to level 11.3 at the 20 metre bleep test and was running the mile and a half at 9:15
cheers Davie
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roadrunner
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 08:12 PM |
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I have never done a bleep test before, would like to try it one day, i ran a 1.46 half mile a couple of years ago, just wondered where i would get to.
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jos
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 08:27 PM |
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found it woo hoo sorting it tomorrow after loton
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StevieB
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 08:51 PM |
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I used to get put through the bleep test all the time with the Marines - they have a bleep test for sprints, press ups, pull ups and sit ups.
Just doing the bleep test itsefl won't improve your fitness in the way you need (ultimately, who's going to ask you to run back and forth
at an ever increasing pace?). But a big part of the bleep tests are being familiar with how to pace yourself just right, so it's definately
worth finding a copy on CD and giving it a go until you;re comfortable.
If you need to improve your vo2, look up fartlek training on the web - that's pretty good (but hard at first).
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McLannahan
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| posted on 29/9/07 at 09:18 PM |
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http://www.defence.gov.au/army/hq8bde/jobs/fitness.htm
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jos
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| posted on 30/9/07 at 05:41 AM |
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Excellent McLannahan Thanks for that (I'm sure locoboy will thank you too soon)
Col, Ive got the same phone as you and now have it on my phone so if you wanna come over to Loton today or arrange to meet up sometime so that I can
put it on your phone we can sort that out - youve got my number
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locoboy
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| posted on 30/9/07 at 08:38 AM |
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Thanks Maclanahan and Jos,
I have a BSc in Sport and excersise science so know the theory and practice behind the training side of things, i wont just be doing the bleep test to
increase my VO2 max, i will be doing a range of exercise, including fartlek training, cycling, rowing and swiming.
I HATE RUNNING!
Jos i will give you a call early next week if thats ok?
Im off to go and deliver my car to the new owner today so not going to be in the best of moods later 
[Edited on 30/9/07 by locoboy]
ATB
Locoboy
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McLannahan
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| posted on 30/9/07 at 08:54 AM |
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You're welcome!
If only I had the right attitude to get fit...
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