1.5 Mile Run Test Alternatives: Cooper, Balke, Beep, Yoyo Ranked
This guide compares the top 1.5-mile (2.4 km) run alternatives so you can choose the right test for your needs.
Cooper Test Alternatives: Beep, Balke, Yoyo, 1.5mi Ranked
This guide compares the top Cooper test alternatives so you can choose the right test for your needs.
Balke Test Alternatives: Cooper, Beep, Yoyo, 1.5mi Ranked
This guide compares the top Balke test alternatives so you can choose the right test for your needs.
Yo-Yo Test Alternatives: Cooper, Balke, Beep, 1.5mi Ranked
This guide compares the top Yo-Yo IR1 and IR2 alternatives so you can choose the right test for your needs.
What Your Balke Test VO2 Max Score Actually Means
What does your Balke 15-minute distance actually tell you about your VO2 max, your percentile rank, and your cardiovascular health?
Is the Balke Test Outdated? The Case For and Against
The Balke 15-minute field test and the 1959 treadmill protocol both still earn their slots: paced VO2 max for adult runners and a cardiology graded test that has outlasted six decades of competing protocols.
How to Run a Balke Test (Step-by-Step Guide)
TL;DR. The Balke test has two versions and people constantly mix them up. The original 1959 Balke protocol is an incremental treadmill test at fixed speed with a rising grade, designed by Bruno Balke at the US Civil Aeromedical Research Institute for Air Force pilots. The modern field adaptation is a 15-minute maximum-distance run on…
Balke Test World Records: Top 15-Minute Distances and VO2 Max
TL;DR. The Balke 15-minute run has no ratified world record, the same way the Cooper 12-minute run has none. The credible ceiling comes from extrapolating world-class 5,000m runners over the full 15-minute window: roughly 5,950 to 6,000 meters for a Cheptegei-pace male athlete and roughly 5,350 meters for the women’s 5,000m world-record pace. Inside fitness-test…
Beep Test Alternatives: Cooper, Balke, Yoyo, 1.5mi Ranked
This guide compares the top beep test alternatives so you can choose the right test for your needs.
Apple Watch Balke Test: Hands-Free VO2 Max
Testing your VO2 max with an iPhone in your hand, or in a pocket, this is quite cumbersome and even outdated now. The Apple Watch has changed how you can do a Balke test. What you get is hands free experience that could be as accurate as laboratory testing, right there on your wrist.
