POLICE FITNESS BLEEP TEST

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​what FITNESS TEST ?

What does the Police Fitness Test Involve in the UK?:

There are two elements to the police fitness test in the UK. You must pass both before you can be appointed into the role of a police officer.

1. Dynamic Fitness Test

2. Bleep Test

For the dynamic strength, you will have to push 34 kg, pull 35 kg

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The Dynamic Fitness Test

The best way to improve your upper body strength for the police fitness test is to perform resistance exercises. These can be done using body weight, free weights or resistance machines.

​TRAINING FOR THE TEST

​The bleep test, also known as the bleep test, multi-stage fitness test (MSFT), or shuttle run test, is used in order to estimate an athlete’s maximal oxygen uptake, otherwise known as a VO2 Max. VO₂ max is the maximum (max) rate of oxygen your body is able to use during exercise.

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The Police Bleep Test

​The bleep test involves running back and forth along a 15 meter track in time to a series of beeps. The beeps get progressively faster as the levels increase. This means that the speed at which you are running has to incrementally increase.

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How is the Police Bleep Test Assessed?

Police Officer have to reach level 5.4 on the bleep test.

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What beep test score do you need for the  police ?

​In order to achieve level 5.4 on the bleep test, you will have to complete 35 shuttle runs. The runs are 15 meters each. This means you are running a total of 525 meters, just over half a mile.

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How many shuttles are there in the police bleep test?

​In order to complete the 35 shuttles to achieve level 5.4, you will need to run for a total of 3 minutes and 35 seconds.

Police 15m Bleep Test
			Required Level: 5.4
Total Running Time	Total Running Distance	Total Shuttles	Fastest Speed
3 mins 35 sec	524 Meters	35	10.1kph
Levels	Shuttles Per level	Sec per Shuttle	Speed Per Shuttle
1	7	6.9	7.8
2	8	6.4	8.5
3	8	6.1	8.7
4	8	5.6	9.3
5	4	5.4	10.1