Bleep Test Score Calculator

Bleep Test Score Calculator for VO₂ Max

To calculate your predicted VO₂ max from your 20 metre shuttle run test result, enter your level and number of shuttles for that level in the boxes below, and then click the "calculate" button.

For example, if you scored 8-5 on the beep test, you would enter 8 in the first box, and 5 in the second.

But what does this mean?

You can get a rating from your VO₂ max score. Go to the Results for VO₂ max norms for different ages.
Oxygen (VO₂) utilisation/uptake at rest.
The VO₂ at rest is often referred to as a MET.
One MET is equivalent to 3.5 ml/kg/min ie. mls of oxygen per kilogram of bodyweight per minute.
This expresses VO₂ relative to the bodyweight of the person. We all use approximately 3.5ml/kg/min (1 MET) at rest
The total volume of oxygen we use per minute at rest however depends on our bodyweight.
This regression calculation was determined from the published tables in Ramsbottom et al. (1988) "A progressive shuttle run test to estimate maximal oxygen uptake." British Journal of Sports Medicine 22: 141-5.
The calculator appears to be accurate to within 0.1 ml/kg/min of the published values.

VO₂ Max Norms

This table categorizes VO₂ max scores for adult men and women of various ages. These are relative VO₂ max scores, in the units of mls of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute.

MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE NORMS FOR MEN (ml/kg/min)

	16-25 years old	26-35 years old	36-45 years old	46-55 years old	56-65 years old	65+ years old
excellent	>60	>56	>51	>45	>41	>37
good	52-60	49-56	43-51	39-45	36-41	33-37
above average	47-51	43-48	39-42	35-38	32-35	29-32
average	42-46	40-42	35-38	32-35	30-31	26-28
below average	37-41	35-39	31-34	29-31	26-29	22-25
poor	30-36	30-34	26-30	25-28	22-25	20-21
very poor	<30	<30	<26	<25	<22	<20

MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE NORMS FOR WOMEN (ml/kg/min)

16-25
years old

26-35
years old

36-45
years old

46-55
years old

56-65
years old

65+
years old

excellent

>56

>52

>45

>40

>37

>32

good

47-56

45-52

38-45

34-40

32-37

28-32

above average

42-46

39-44

34-37

31-33

28-31

25-27

average

38-41

35-38

31-33

28-30

25-27

22-24

below average

33-37

31-34

27-30

25-27

22-24

19-22

poor

28-32

26-30

22-26

20-24

18-21

17-18

very poor

<28

<26

<22

<20

<18

<17

Enter your level (e.g., 8)
Enter your number of shuttles (e.g., 5):
Press the button to see your predicted VO₂ max score:
Your VO₂ result (ml/kg/min):
METs: