AN OVERWEIGHT policewoman was forced to resign following pressure on her to pass a "bleep test" fitness exam, an employment tribunal was told today. Detective constable Rebecca Tiffin said that ...

Just like the fitness entry test for the FBI, police forces around the world have their own physical entry tests and requirements for new recruits. Recently, Garda, otherwise known as the Irish ...

Chelsea have started preparations for new season after returning for pre-season The Blues' players were put through their paces with dreaded annual bleep test LISTEN to It's All Kicking Off! EUROS ...

British Transport Police axes compulsory fitness test - because 'bleep test' is unfair on women The force said female officers said the test was causing 'indirect discrimination' ...

Rio Ferdinand claims David Beckham and Dwight Yorke were the only two players who completed the dreaded bleep test at Manchester United. 'I rang my mates after and said, ...

Unfit police officers could be allowed to take a graded stroll on a treadmill instead of a gruelling bleep test under news plans being considered. Just months after the shuttle run bleep fitness ...

The Bleep Test was a big improvement and I was pretty pleased with my score – although I didn’t realise I was only 0.1 from a ‘very good’ – maybe I could have done one more length, oh well.

The bleep test works by monitoring someone's cardiorespiratory or 'aerobic' fitness as they run between two cones 20 metres apart. They must get to the opposite cone before the bleep.

The bleep test involves running between cones that are around 20m apart within a time limit signified by a bleep, hence the name. The bleeps come at increasingly shorter intervals and there are 21 ...

Hundreds of police officers in England and Wales failed a fitness test due to become mandatory later this year. Interim results given to the College of Policing, external from 38 forces show that ...

This is the simple alternative to the Bleep test which you can do in your own back garden. Tim Henman often does this shuttle test to improve his fitness on court. All you need is a stop watch and two ...