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Beep test

142293 read it again; I never questioned a 15 as that would estimate a relative VO2 max of about 65 ml/kg/min, good but hardly unrealistic. As Lynn mentioned a 15 meter beep test, I asked how this was run as havent ever heard of it. So I dont know what you are talking about real footballers lol. 158570 the beep test gives an estimate of relative maximal oxygen uptake. These although very good scores are hardly unrealistic for the top end junior kids (although blair at 110 kg would be a fit 110 and at 14, I can agree that is very questionable, but not impossible). The fact Nash is an elite athlete is hardly relevant (looking at the sport he plays), as you look at the physiological demands of the sport, and it does not require an aerobic capacity above a threshold level (ie yes is important to an extent, but over and above you are wasting your time, as you need other attributes). So he would not be spending a lot of time on this when in a game he is going to take 997 ± 183 short movements with 105 ± 52 of these being high intensity with duration of about 1.7 seconds (McInnes, et. al, if you were wondering) (and I would suggest these would be more crucial points in the game for him). So I would suggest obtaining a VO2 max of an elite athlete is not difficult when you pick an athlete that probably doesnt spend a lot of time training it. It is a bit like saying I have a higher vertical jump than a marathon runner, and then you saying that this is impossible because a marathon runner is an elite athlete. True they are elite athletes, but probably dont train for a big vertical hey. Now if I said I had a better beep test score than a marathon runner or a bigger vertical than a basketballer, well then I would be happy for you to call me out on this as BS.

Hmm, interesting Lynn, I haven't seen a 15 m beep test before. How did you run the test? Did you just use the 20 m beep test tape but run over 15 m? How/where was this used.

If this is the case you could do a relatively simple conversion (if you have the right info), converting the speed you ran at, and convert to an equivalent 20 m score, it could give you an approximate estimate, which would be pretty close to your "true" beep test score. Obviously depending on your turning ability with a shortened distance, this could produce some error, however I believe marginal.

Basically you are finding your MAS (however with turns, as MAS is usually done on an oval) and converting to give your score. If you follow. Again this depends on if you ran the test the way I guess you ran it, but again I haven't seen anyone run it this way.

Hope that helps.