BLEEP/BEEP test every day?????

stamina9008

Hi, im a 29 year old male thats going on a fitness binge, but consistency is gonna be what i employ this time. My body is changing and ive been working hard for about a year now. I lift and only do cycling for cardio.
Today, i did the beep test for the first time in 14 years!
I got 9.5 today, back when i was at school i got 15.5, i did that on a school trip to Lanzarote (Club La Santa) and beat everybody there...lol. But im surprised that i still got 9.5 today to be honest, i thought id do really really bad. Now, predictably, i wanna get back to 15.5. Should i do the beep test every day, or every other day? Its also like HIIT and i can really feel the burn, i love it. Also, i have a basketball court about 10 seconds from my flat which i can use for the tests.
But every day? Bit extreme?
Advice guys and gals, please...
ps - The beep test is a test of maximum fitness measuring vo2, thats why im asking if everyday is OTT.

Fire_Fox

For most people the very highest intensity stuff should be done once to twice a week, depending on your fitness level. Even professional athletes don't go out hard day in day out, they do harder days and easier days (including rest and active recovery), harder weeks and easier weeks.

If you have not been running or doing other high impact activity for a while you are at risk of injuring your joints by going out too hard initially, maybe consider downloading a 0-2.5k or 0-5k running programme and following that. Heart and skeletal muscle are actually the fastest to adapt to a new regime, ligaments and tendons take time.

IME most people can't do more than about four one hour sessions a week at the right intensity to keep building fitness. Anything more and quality/ intensity tends to drop, including form which again puts you at risk of injury. Have you recently had a gait analysis in a proper running/ sports shop and been fitted for running shoes?

TheFactory

First of all the thought of the Bleep test haunts me, we used to do it in the RAF all the time and I hate it.

From an exercise point of view its not very good as its a test, to get to level 9.5 takes what? 10 mins tops? its about the equivalent of running 1.5 miles. I would say do your cardio workouts and test yourself once a month using the bleep test

Dogger69

stamina9008 wrote: »

Hi, im a 29 year old male thats going on a fitness binge, but consistency is gonna be what i employ this time.

Gosh, this fitness stuff must be good, you've lost five years in two days!

stamina9008 wrote: »

Pick them.

Lol, i know but, im only 24 and have just moved into my first flat after finishing Uni and i dont know anything pertinent to horticulture.
Literally, i know nothing.