Miller 20m Run test of aerobic fitness

the 20m run aerobic fitness test

History of the Test

The 20m Run Aerobic Fitness Test was developed by Canberra (Australia) physical educator, John Miller. Being a run between two lines 20m apart it's loosely based on the 'beep test'.

After conducting hundreds of 'beep' tests and putting up with:

	lugging a cassette or CD player around

	cassette and CD players with flat batteries

	tapes that were stretched

	compact discs that 'jumped' a beat when someone ran too close to the recorder resting on a board floor

	hours wasted waiting for fit people to finish the test and

	recognizing that the test wasn't discriminating enough for people who failed to keep up with the beeps for 2 minutes,

... John decided there must be a better way.

The time of 5 minutes was selected after watching thousands of people go through the test and getting the feeling that completing 41 laps (level 6.1 on the 'beep' test) was a good standard of aerobic fitness for all comers, particularly 'regular folks'.

Rounded down and based on experience, 40 laps is a good score for men and 38 a good score for women.

The 20m run has a much better distribution curve of results than the 'beep' test. It has been modified so participants, from 'regular folks' and elite athletes of all levels of aerobic fitness can register how aerobically fit they are by the number of laps they can complete in 5 minutes.

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