His "Bergeron Beep Test" workout challenges both mental and physical endurance at once. Try it by scaling to the right level for your experience to build strength, stamina, and grit.

The MSFT Beep Test "starts out like a lamb and ends like a lion," with typically a much higher heart rate than the 1.5-mile run. If you never liked suicide drills on a basketball court, you will ...

Beep test scores vary by age, sex and fitness level. You might have heard reaching level 21 is a “perfect score”, but this is a myth. Ultimately, a “good” score depends on who is being tested.

Valentin, 31, was among the final group of the beep test on Jan. 9, along with young and fast attackers Tani Oluwaseyi and Bongi Hlongwane. “I was next to two stallions,” he said.

The last man still going wins. In September 2024, that man was Sheppard, who fared well as a rookie in 2023 but bowed out of the beep test before scrappy point guard T.J. McConnell eventually won it.