[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by eaco
Dan_Ref, depending on your level of fitness, age, ability, etc., some people start to get up to sprint speed at around the 8-10 minute mark. Like I said, it depends on numerous factors.

At one stage it was scaled depending on your age. e.g. 35-44 yr old males had to get to 9 minutes. 45-54 yr old males had to get to 8 minutes. Females followed a similar protocol but they were only required to get to a level 1 minutes less than their male counterparts.

The test follows an up and back pattern, exactly like suicides. However, having said that, there is no reason why you can't do a loop. The only drawback to this is that is burns up some of your lap time and as you can imagine that makes it harder the further you get into the test.

The second part of the fitness test we do in Australia requires that we run 3 half suicides in 20", 21", and 22" with an equivalent rest time between each attempt. These, in my opinion are easy. There was a time we had to do full suicides in 30", 31" and 32" respectively.

Hope I answered your questions
Cheers

I see, thanks. In the US we have both a physical test & an intelligence test. If you're smart enough to find the gym and fit enough to walk all the way out onto the floor to start the game you're in. Or sometimes it seems that way...