True Savior
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That feeling when you were the last 2-3 and girls were looking. Funny how prideful and show-off 10-13 years old can be. "She will like me cause I am the best at this stupid exercise. Just 10 more beeps".
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The multi-stage fitness test will start in five seconds AKA the beep test
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Killer Queen
Banned
No, this was for all schools in Ontario IIRC
That seems like overkill.
PoorChoices
Member
I posted this in an old 'pacer test' thread that died earlier than it should have. I think it's prevalent to this thread.
At the school I previously worked at ( currently on child rearing leave) the admins tried to have all the staff professional days have a specific theme for the year. One year it was "Fitness and Fun First!" where emphasis was put on activities and outside the box learning rather than book work. We were given old copies of the standardized tests so we could know what it was like. We read aloud as a group to remind us that reading aloud in front of people for long periods of time sucks.
We also ran The Pacer.
40 or so staff members of varying ages and health backgrounds were told one muggy August afternoon to bring clothes "that we felt okay moving around in" and a water bottle with us the next day. The innocuous message ended with a request to meet in the gym the next day at 8 a.m. We were all so young and innocent back then. Texts and emails were sent back and forth between excited staff members. Memories and ideas of "Hungry Hungry Hippos" or using the gym scooters in some type of fun relay.
As staff began to arrive in various stages of old school event shirts and summer-themed leggings, (Note: I abstained from the leggings. Not because it would have made my ass look majestic, but because I'm a guy and you are out of your mind if you think I'm going to pass up a chance to wear basketball shorts to work.) we realized what hell we have shown up to. After the principal explained what was about to happen, and the gym teacher mouthed "I'm sorry" to various staff members, we were off.
The next 20 minutes and change proceeded to ruin any previous happy staff day memory I had. I emerged a sweatier, exhausted man who had lost his faith in modern education.
At the school I previously worked at ( currently on child rearing leave) the admins tried to have all the staff professional days have a specific theme for the year. One year it was "Fitness and Fun First!" where emphasis was put on activities and outside the box learning rather than book work. We were given old copies of the standardized tests so we could know what it was like. We read aloud as a group to remind us that reading aloud in front of people for long periods of time sucks.
We also ran The Pacer.
40 or so staff members of varying ages and health backgrounds were told one muggy August afternoon to bring clothes "that we felt okay moving around in" and a water bottle with us the next day. The innocuous message ended with a request to meet in the gym the next day at 8 a.m. We were all so young and innocent back then. Texts and emails were sent back and forth between excited staff members. Memories and ideas of "Hungry Hungry Hippos" or using the gym scooters in some type of fun relay.
As staff began to arrive in various stages of old school event shirts and summer-themed leggings, (Note: I abstained from the leggings. Not because it would have made my ass look majestic, but because I'm a guy and you are out of your mind if you think I'm going to pass up a chance to wear basketball shorts to work.) we realized what hell we have shown up to. After the principal explained what was about to happen, and the gym teacher mouthed "I'm sorry" to various staff members, we were off.
The next 20 minutes and change proceeded to ruin any previous happy staff day memory I had. I emerged a sweatier, exhausted man who had lost his faith in modern education.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Beep test was so much fun. Everyone in my PE classes loved it. One dude loved it so much he sprinted outside into the hallway around the 16 mark to drink.
Highest scorer didn't have to run 5k that day and could choose what game we'd play.
Highest scorer didn't have to run 5k that day and could choose what game we'd play.
Killer Queen
Banned
I'm genuinely shocked hearing people only having to do it a few times a semester.
It's designed to do like 4-6 times a year to see where people stand in certain aspects of fitness and their progress. Doing it once a month, let alone once a week is kinda stupid imo.
TheGameshark
Member
It was called the pacer test for me but yeah it fucking sucked. Luckily I was in good shape in those days so I could go pretty far.
I think the last high school gym class I took (10th grade, we only had to take one quarter of PE to graduate) we did the timed mile run. I did a mile in 7mins and while I was overweight then, it was probably the fastest I had ever ran a mile. Still came in last.
Not sure if it's still a thing, but we had the Presidential Test (?) in late elementary and middle school to see how fit you were by a number of different metrics. Rope climb, chin-ups, running, sit-ups, push-ups, and a handful of other things. I never did well at those during school, but I was always a fat kid.
Not sure if it's still a thing, but we had the Presidential Test (?) in late elementary and middle school to see how fit you were by a number of different metrics. Rope climb, chin-ups, running, sit-ups, push-ups, and a handful of other things. I never did well at those during school, but I was always a fat kid.
PetriP-TNT
Member
It's like 35 years old.
Didn't remember the whole thing until OP reminded me. We also did some other beep tests, like sit ups and push ups.
Coinspinner
Member
I've never heard of this.
ClosingADoor
Member
We did this about once or twice a year I think. But not even every year. Don't think there was any logic behind it and just if the teacher of that year thought it would be fun.
Did it in school in the late 80s and early 90s, personally.
paradise_circus
Member
Yeah the 12 min run is called the cooper test. I still can't crack the 7.5 laps.
Earthbound64
Banned
No child should be bad at Mathematics if there is a course dedicated to having them become good at Mathematics.
My son and I are developing it as a ping-pong routine to annoy the wife. I ask questions and the answers are the lines from the spiel.
Yo me too. Though in middle school, a lot of us thought it was funny to stop at 69.
shira
Member
As a school test I don't think it's useful.
It's basically a VO2 max test and 99% of the kids can't breathe properly
The deck is stacked against almost the entire class before you even begin.
Unless you are training to be an athlete or lived in a Kenyan type atmosphere there is no way a regular kid can score well. There would be no reason for a regular kid to stress themselves this hard in any gym class.
It's a serious reality check for fitness when you get to the last few levels. That's like Olympic or professional athlete level breathing.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Never heard of this at all. Went to school in So Cal (and High School in Bakersfield, CA.)
Strange.
Reminds me of suicides, though, which I despise.
Strange.
Reminds me of suicides, though, which I despise.
ChubbyHuggs
Member
Whenever it came down to me and 3-4 other people I'd give up, because I don't like people looking at me. Never found out how long I could really go.
What really killed me during school was man-bar for weight training. You had to take the bar with no weight on it (it weighs 45 pounds itself) and work out the whole period with it. You weren't allowed to set it down.
What really killed me during school was man-bar for weight training. You had to take the bar with no weight on it (it weighs 45 pounds itself) and work out the whole period with it. You weren't allowed to set it down.