Multi-stage fitness test
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- Date
- 1982 · confidence medium
- Place
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Credited to
- Luc Léger
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Progressive 20-meter shuttle-run test paced by increasingly frequent beeps, designed by Luc Léger to estimate maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max).
What it led to
- Adoption as a standard fitness test in schools, armies and sports clubs
- Standardization of aerobic endurance assessment protocols
- Test variants (PACER, bleep test) used in different countries
- Development of similar tests for other physical capacities