How hard is the Beep Test? Attempting EVERY POLICE level - from Rookie to Counter Terrorism 

This was tougher than we thought 🤣 Although doughnuts as a prize kept us going 😆

I did this when joining the police and its absurd how easy response police 5.4 is to achieve and yet people still fail it...

I normally hate videos that cut to film scenes but yours are always spot on 🤣

Worked as a Prison Officer for many years. Always surprises me how many staff fail the basic level fitness test. The old staff (pre fresh start as they're called) didn't have to do it. About 10 years ago they was offered substantial new terms and conditions, on the proviso they had to start taking the fitness tests too. The union rejected it because they knew loads of old school staff would get sacked for being unfit!

Mark, you gave me motivation to go out and just do it, no thinking, just action. Thank you for that! All the best to you and your loved ones !!

Wouldn't have surprised me if you said you'd been a police officer before this, definitely got that vibe of authority about you!

Well done, both of you! This was hysterical, loved all the movie clips! Most police and fire departments in the US don't require regular fitness tests, once they pass the initial tough requirements. We have some pretty fluffy officers and firemen. 😂

Your videos always have such a great balance of humour and insight! Keep it up Mark + Co!

Fair play to you Mark, 10.5 is not a walk in the park, especially for a big geezer like you. I do the 10.5 for my role, I'm about your size and it does require a bit of graft. But, its not a test that is reflective of reality, it's just easy to administer. Its also worth noting that it doesn't, in any way, take into account age, which military fotness tests do (or did). We used to do Job Related Fitness Tests, basically obstacle courses with running and strength test carrying kit, but they were stopped for various reasons. Which is a shame as they were good tests. There are an awful lot of marathon runners in the Police and overall the workforce is a physically fit one, there are always outliers of course. Either way, great stuff, really enjoying the channel content 👍🏻

Thank you team Lewis, needed a smile today !

Loved it. How about doing the same for roles in the British military? You could even possibly do the infantry annual tests.

😂 loved this! The dry humour and film clips made my day. Well Done Mark & Jan💪🏾

Great stuff. As usual. And what a deceptively simple yet challenging test. Got to try this myself.

Fantastic video and great job both of you! As someone who is large and was required to perform the bleep test towards the upper levels you did I feel your pain. Great effort. I do think the larger you are the harder it is because of the constant starting and stopping. Every 15 metres you lose all your momentum and then have to regain it.

Long time channel lurker, 1st time channel poster. Have been following you for over a year and started after getting back into running woth parkrun. You also highlighted other interesting fitness events that ibwas barely aware of (OCR) and events i was unaware of (Hyrox) which is why i keep coming back. I did my first OCR last saturday and loved it and wont lie kept your tips and videos in mond while doing it. Keep up the good work. The videos are great and I especially like the honesty and humour.

Say what you like about footballers, Gary Neville confirmed that David Beckham and Ryan Giggs completed the beep test (21 levels) back in the day. That's some serious fitness.

Great video! Smashing it with the content right now

This was my favourite video of yours so far mark, dry humour at the start with the folks wearing numbered vests, you wearing the police hat and having a pack of donuts, seeing Johnny Vegas running through that fence was hilarious 😆

Well done Mark and Jen. Definitely above average performances and stellar content. Haha i did this on a Parachute regiment camp. Still do it today for “fun”. I got to 13. And needed 11.4 or something like that. Painful camp looking back but fun too. Mark hit up the military huge content opportunities and they are always keen to market. I did the all the drills the following day and the obstacle course for two hours no rest the following day.

Just change one thing to get to level 12, alternate the foot that crosses the line! You even up the burden of stopping between your legs rather than always using your right (or left ) leg. Good job, love the videos!

I used to do the 20m beep test as a teenager. Its much easier for the turns and to get up to speed. Believe my PB was 15.3, but that was full on sprinting whilst dying for levels 14+.

Great video and excellent editing, that looks like at the start it’s easy enough but then it ramps up to a whole different level, definitely worth a try, your endurance is amazing, both of you, oh and don’t tell me Jen didn’t make you keep the uniform on when you got home 😂 keep them coming great motivation…

Would be good to see a part 2 with the 20m distance. Love your videos mate 👌

Another great video even better with the top notch movie references! Sergeant Butterman, the little hand says it's time to rock and roll!

Great video as always! Would love to see you try the bronco test

Another great video Mark, really enjoyed it!

This is an incredible video. Just execelent content. Thanks Mark.

Great video as always!

Oh dudeeee, the BEEP TESSST. I use to do this back in elementary school. I had no idea it was actually a British Police test lol. I thought it was a Canadian thing, until I asked most of my friends if they did it in school and all of them looked completely puzzled. I loved this shit, mainly because I was very fit in elementary school, it also helped that my parents couldn't afford to feed us junk food lol. I always made it in the top 3 when I would run with my female classmates. I wish I could remember what level I got to... somewhere between 8-10... I *think*. I would love and try to compete against my old level and kick my 12 year selfs ass.

Great video, lots of fun. There are other uses of the bleep test if you"ve no room. Press ups, jumping jacks burpees or whatever exercise you chose. Choose a number dependent on fitness levels. It won't be many as you need a number you can do in a few seconds as intervals get shorter. Do that number on every bleep.

Hilarious! Nearly dropped a dumbbell on my head listening to / watching this while doing bench presses.

I laughed so hard again in this video. You are brilliant. 😂

Well done guys!👌🤩 heck, i think the South African Police should be using this Bleep test before qualifying...

My wife is a copper and breaks out in a sweat chasing the last doughnut in the office….

I went to join when I was 18 in 1998. Got thru the first day. Then they asked if I was colour blind, to which I am, and got promptly booted out. Lol… great vid as always Mark.

Fun video. But that block wall! My goodness that was rough!

Love it! 👏🏻

You should try the Bronco test, Mark. It’s a 1200m rugby shuttle test that is used by teams around the world. You’ll see pro player scores all over the internet. It’s absolutely brutal and was invented by the s and c of the Brisbane Broncos

Low-key was so scared for this, just started my application to join the police force lol. Thought it was going to be some rigorous test.. I’m happy now lol 😂

The problem with the police test is that a fail has no serious consequences, make it you loose your pay from the day you fail until the day you pass it again and you can only retake the test every 2 weeks and bet it would see failures drop from 1800 to 100 almost overnight.

Cheers for that Mark, the thumbnail alone brought back those horrible memories of having to do a bleep test during PE.

Juliet Bravo quote , Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Good work Mark

Good job Mark, really good job you did there! And yes, especially when you consider your size, weight and age, top you dit this! That says someone who is 45 years old, 192cm and currently almost 120kg, after I have reduced my weight by 50 kg in the last two years or less and still have the 20 kg in front of me to break down! And there is so far only one so far known "officially recorded" record in this test over 20 meters! It is much better known in the US, widely used in all schools as part of selection procedures, tests etc than here in Europe! A student named Dennis Mejia, I think a soccer player, holds the record with 247 rounds in this beep test or pacer test, which is at the upper limit of this test, i.e. level 21! He was probably "only" missing 3 laps, so up again, back and the very last sprint up over the line and he would have completed the highest level 21 and reached 250 laps! But only 247 is completely sick and incredibly fast and tormenting mental-physical endurance ala David Goggins style! 😉🤘🏼 greetings from 🇨🇭 🙃

Love the videos, should try the Royal marine pre joining fitness test need minimum of 11 on the bleep test. Then 60 press ups on the bleep, 85 sit ups to the bleep, and then pull ups to bleep which think you need a minimum of 5 but maxes out at 16. Not sure if it’s changed since but thjnk that’d be a good one for you to try

Fair play to where you got to! I won’t put it out as a spoiler alert! You right in what you said at the end though.

Brilliant !!

It’s interesting to see the UK police requirements…where I’m located in Canada the requirements are very different. Minimum 7 on the 20m beep test and that’s in conjunction with a obstacle circuit preformed right before. Tactical teams need a minimum of 1.5 miles in 9:30 min to apply. Thanks for the interesting video!

Mark, great!

LOL that last 'frisbee' throw!

A kid at my school easily getting 14 but stopped because he was bored

A very good video idea!

Can you do the 20m version next Mark. Its the one the military and Fire Service use.

Did mine last week @51 …9.4 which I always do …best I’ve done was 11.3 …a few years ago but a bit heavier …great video 👍

I conduct these tests as part of my job, my buddy came in the other day and was the only one doing it so I said I'd go with him, I was in my boots and work pants... Didn't know he'd just moved onto ARVS so was 10.4, loads of student cops were watching so I HAD to do it, was a rough run for my 45 year old knees but I did it....at 45 in magnum boots. It ain't that hard if folks put the effort in.. (plus have a 20 judgemental eyes on you wanting you to fail) fun video guys. 🤣👍🏻

“Bad Guy” level made me laugh out loud! 🤣

One of you best videos

Jaws & Airwolf comparison for Blue Thunder had me howling 😂

2 points off the pass for the parachute regiment!

Great humour in there Mark. More Jonny Vegas than Johnny Utah

In all my years as a fitness buff, I never got to do a bleep test. However aged 45 I ran a 55.65 400 metres, and a few years later age 48 a 2.12.00 800 metres. Although not world beating times as a masters athlete! Those times demonstrated decent fitness! I think Mark that we share the same reasoning on the bleep test, in that the constant deceleration, and quick turns don’t suit everyone. Christ, I don’t even like running around bends, or racing laps. I just wanted to race from A to B. Any distance between 100 metres to 42 kilometres😏

My kiddos did the beep test in school a few years back, so I ran it with them. I could still do about 11.2 on the 20 meter test. My best in high school was I think 156 (cross country and track guy), about 8 lengths short of the school record (set by a hockey guy, of course). I have actually been meaning to do this again!

I love your sense of humour :)

In America this test (the 20m one) is called the Pacer. Most Americans know is because its part of our physical education at school and we are tested on our performance. I agree with you, the turn around is the worst part, but I have a feeling the test is 15-20m because thats a small enough space to find anywhere. If it was 30m, then thats bigger than basketball courts, youd have to use a track, soccer field or road.

Great effort Mark. I recently saw a couple of young police officers in my hometown I would guess in their late 20's one of whom was just a bit overweight but his larger colleague looked like he'd indulged in a few too many doughnuts. I would have backed myself in a foot race against those two despite giving away more than 20 years.

I took the recruitment test in 1992 as well. Managed 14.5. Since then, the test has become easier, and many serving officers fail it!

Defo a bizzy who goes for a drink in The Blue Angel!!!

Jump street clip made my day

When I was 15 I got 12.5 on the 20m test. This video has inspired me to do it again, though I dread to think how much worse I've gotten lol

Did you ever get around to the 20m beep test? That's the one used in the armed forces so could be interesting. For the army they cap it at level 11.6 for the paras. In training they go further than that of course but this is just talking about the assessment centre to get your foot in the door. There's a table online somewhere with all the roles and the required levels.

This was interesting, i used to be in the RAF, i think we did the 20m version, i remember joining up as a fit 19 year old recruit in the early 90's and i think i got around level 12 as it was a max effort, run til you drop scenario. A guy on our course got way more than that and was up around athlete level at 14 or 15 ish. Then as we got older you went through different age brackets, and i think when i left the RAF at the ripe old age of 28 i had to get around 8.8 ish, which was easy, but you are right, its the stopping and turning thats hard, not the running. Apparently, back in the day, Seb Coe did the bleep test and got to level 17, not sure if that was 15m or 20m though.

I’m overweight and haven’t really exercised for over 4 years. I did a bleep test this week and scored 7. The police standards are surprisingly low!

Had me waiting for over half way for Miami Vice 🙌😎🇫🇮

I knew this would be a funny one

There's already talk of it being lowered from 5.4! 😮

Never done it. I'm a cross country runner and think I can score really high, but I am worried about not knowing how close the bleeps are together and go out too slow, thinking the bleeps were furhter apart.

Would love to see your take on other departments entry tests. In Canada we have a P.A.R.E which is 400M over different obstacles. This is followed by a push pull machine and a weight carry

Just retired at 59 having had to hit 9.4 for the last 20 years... those bloody bleeps I still hear in my nightmares !! My knees are so much happier now at a parkrun than those frikkin short turns :-D

This spoke to me so much I think I’m going to be rewatching it a few times. But also, anyone worried that hatch is in a load bearing wall??

Mark, I love you. I enjoy your stuff so much. Your knowledge, thinking, entertainment, grit and humor is so much on point e.g. regarding weight loss. Worth re-watching! By the way, I read in a book by Pavel Tastsouline that you should not go all-out in exercise and then drop to the floor. Your muscles do a lot of the blood-pumping when you move, especially the legs. If you max out your heart rate and then drop to the floor, the stress on your heart increases even more because now the muscles are not aiding the blood flow anymore. Not healthy. He suggests relaxed standing, walking on the spot, shaking the limbs, or my version: doing an awkward little dance of pain. Have fun doing that after all-out effort! Maybe you want to check and consider that info. I would LOVE to see you turn older than fifty. God, you are old.

Blue Thunder, oh boy that one scene.

NSW Australia police is 20m and you have to reach 7.1

I had to down my drink when you did the dying swan impression

I got to level 17 (completed level 16) when I was 24 and weighed 9 stone 4Ibs (I'm 5'6"). It was outside, on grass and I was wearing football boots (which may have helped with the turns). I broke our football club's record which was previously level 14. Pleased it was witnessed though otherwise I wouldn't have believed it myself! I slept well that night. I'm 56, 11 stone and I wouldn't want to go anywhere near that test now!

These tests are fun

6:34 it's nice to know air support who do the least amount of running have a higher fitness level than the beaters

Brillant made me laugh also made me less anxious abiut my upcoming beep test at level 5.4

The bleep test when I joined in the early naughties was level 8 or 9.....its now what I like to call "the making sure you are not about to die" test.

appreciate the hot fuzz reference. Brilliant movie.

There is a technique you use where you hop to the line an do a kind of turn in the air Helps hugely

Great effort, next time try the turning technique of facing the same wall on each turn. That way you use the opposite leg on each side. Helps reduce fatigue in the legs

Judging by the state of the police in my local station the bleep test involves running from the police canteen to greggs!

I did it once in my life: at 18yo in high school. I remember well. Got 12.5. I was average. The better guys and girls kept going. 2 girls went past 14. Both basketball players. The best girl finished at 16 dot smth (daughter of a police officer, lol), along one guy (soccer player) who finished at 19 dot something, beating the high school record on that day. We were all floored of course, PE teacher inc.

Not catching stuff straight-faced at the end 😂

Interesting: at one time tte RFU had a simlar test for referees, but what they forgot was that many of the 'applicants' - like me - are perhaps larger than normal. At 6'4" and nineteen stones my turning circle is way greater than somone who is half my size - and having to do the test on a slippery floor does not help either. Guess what? I failed at 12 reps, but then challenged the 'tester' to a series of races over 25, 50, and 100 metres - and won every one of them, the longest 'race' by a huge margin. Guess who was soon offered a 'Pass'. No thought of anticipation, reading the game, experience, or anything else - just jogging slowly back and forth, which you never actually have to do during a game. As a basic protocol the 'bleep' sorts out the (moderately fit) from the desk-bound, but that is all - apart from that, it is useless.

Mark you should look at the PCA the police service of northern Ireland do. No bleep test just a PCA, basically an obstacle course in 3.33. be great to see you try

“A cross between Jaws and Air Wolf.” 😂😂😂

Every time you said "Bleep" I kept thinking, "Beep" as we called it the Beep test haha

I had to get 8.6 for the fire service and I honestly think that’s too low as well, a very minimal amount of fitness and preparation can get you there

Take a look at the bronco test. Rugby players use it a lot.