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Originally Posted by amc32 *snip* at that level the intervals are 14 seconds. i think anyone who can't swim 25m with fins under 14 seconds will struggle in international uwh. so maybe the beep test IS a maximal fitness test. it just needs further refinement.
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Originally Posted by Gav8 I agree with you Liam regarding your mental state in the beep test. A lot of players will give up when it starts to hurt and be done with it. If you are stubborn enough to push the pain barrier for another couple of minutes you can go so much further. I've done it before with a shocking cold (+ hangover) and still got one of the highest levels. |
I think these are too very important aspects of fitness tests. For starters this is a great conversation, as really there should not be any single test that gives the best information for a group of individuals but these factors, overall speed and mental state, ARE part of the test. If the test is for "fitness" then a simple HR recovery test for swimming or running is fine. But if the test is for benchmarks or progress for a worlds level team, OR as a basis for making a cut between two players who are in most respects equal but sadly only one of them will make the team, the one who is jest plain faster or can push through a pain barrier will be more help when push comes to shove.
funny to point out about the shame of being the first out, years ago, one of the first times I had tried/done one of the "standard" benchmark tests 25 x 25 unders on 25 seconds, around numbers 18-19 I wanted to quit SOOOO bad, but there were only three of us swimming it, one of them I was absolutly NOT going to lose to!!! so when he quit on #20 it actually gave me a huge boost of inspiration to finish.