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May 10, 2016 9:58 PM
BakeryBitch
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GinnyGinGin
I used to think that was just my grade school...
Rangrok
I didn't find the pacer that bad... You just run until you're tired and then sit for the rest of the day.
AssamLaksa
That sounds fun at first, until it gets faster and faster.
illegalacorn
I had no idea it was coming the first time, 7th grade. FUCK. I think i made 18 rounds... next year I was ready. 52.
theofficialseraphim
As a kid I made it to the maximum amount of laps, which was 80 for me. I can't comprehend the hell of doing more than that.
IPostRandomComments
Test your VO2, love that test
thecoffeeisabomb
I was the kid who either refused to do it or walked it and got eliminated immediately. I just really really hated PE.
MimzytheBun
We had a whole pack of kids who just walked it, and feinted sadness when they were illuminated on the 3rd beep.
MimzytheBun
"Oh no. How sad."
YorkRaccoon
I remember one year they actually gave us a grade for it and a minimum of 40 was required for 100%.
kalderag
This kills the student.
RoseyRose
You guys only had to do that part of the fitness gram? Chinups, crunches, dolphin pointing, and the bleep test. Marching band memories.
2020Gamer
At my high school it was tradition for the seniors to try and fail the pacer as hard as possible. It was amazing.
darearkin
WHY. WHY WOULD YOU REVIVE MEMORIES OF THIS. WE HAD THIS AT MY SCHOOL TOO AND IT WAS FUCKING HELL.
44no44
I don't understand all the hate over the beep test. Most of my classmates would just stop after round 1 without trying; I was alone by 10.
darearkin
... Somehow 'not trying' didn't enter into our minds. We just ran until we felt like we were gonna die.
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
I read this for the first time a year ago. It was like a flashback from THE VERY PITS OF TARTARUS.
joshyjosh
Fuck the pacer
BladeBraver83
At my school we called them suicide runs.
Yeee5
In high school soccer, we called these "suicides."
miraglo
Suicides had three lines you had to touch with increasing distance for soccer, whereas the beep test just had two lines for us.
Yeee5
Ah this is true. It's been a while for me. Both sound ridiculous.
Viper21GD
Lmao I have to do it every two months
awkwardmoment
https://youtu.be/n2-dkoJtRQA
ChimneyImps
Oh god. That voice.
IamFicklePickle
We always called them suicides when I was in school. Same for football, only you ran the full 100 yards instead of on basketball court
GinnyGinGin
I thought it was just my school. .
ATLgirl
I think my favorite thing about this post is about half the world just came together in the comments for a mutual hate for P.E running :P
Confu33ed
Wax I the only one that actually enjoyed the beep test? O.o
Cocobeware18
Simply called the beep test here. The "it's ok to vomit we don't judge" day
GETOFFIMGURANDDOYOURWORKRIGHTNOW
At uni camp we did the beep test with cups of beer on one side and milk on the other. Needless to say, the lawn was covered in vomit after..
BakeryBitch
We were literally told that by our instructors.
Rozilla
The test was stupid. A whole course where no endurance was taught, then taking a test on endurance? It always caused me to get a bad cold.
Postgradconfused
I was a chubby kid and I worked my ass off after being embarrassed doing this and haven't looked back. +1 For repressed memories
Squanch
Same boat, nice weather eh?
SteveCraft
There was a chubby kid in my class. Someone said a Twinkie had been set for the winner and I swear he ran a little faster.
Maracata
Ugh, that was always my favourite gym day. We did it at leat three times a year, sometimes more. I miss it
IAmNotASkeleton
There are ways to replicate it. You just need to plant a bamboo shoot in the ground and have someone restrain you over it.
BakeryBitch
What is wrong with you.
dougiefresha
I always found it fun too, wanted to keep pushing myself
UnDumb
Or there was the sit-ups. Up down up down up down, 72 of each no stopping
BakeryBitch
I could do 200 sit-ups no problem but these killed me
UnDumb
Yeah the problem with these was the really long pauses, and that fact she droned on and on.
BakeryBitch
and my boobs and the fact that I have asthma
TheRicM
I've never done this nor heard of this. It seems very cruel
SteveCraft
It's quite cruel. The out of shape/chubby filter quickly, average last a bit. Athletes run endlessly.
CopperWench
I was athletic enough as a kid, but I also had to learn to cope with asthma attacks in PE because nobody clued in that I can't breathe.
CopperWench
At 25 a doctor asked me how often I was using my puffer, and having one 20years earlier would have fucking helped!
CopperWench
And now that I finally have one, I forget to use it before sports. At least I got good at not dying! Thank you, school!
CopperWench
And not a healthy or safe thing to push. Why???! Why do it?!
TheRicM
Agreed, seems pretty negligent
CopperWench
At that point I feel like you should have to sign a consent form. Not cool.
TheRicM
Exactly. I played organized sports and on the school teams and this sort of thing never happened
RSKenshin
This is what made realize my potential as a cross country runner. I went for so long the kids didn't cheer my victory, they caused my defeat
TheOneWhoLikesRunning
Same here! My future steeple chase coach was my elementary gym teacher. "You thought I was gonna let you play anything else?" - gym teacher
Ronnystigs92
Rugby coach had us do this once at the start of the practice season... Once just before the season starts. Hated it as a child... Still do.
SteveCraft
You either sit down a hero, or run long enough to see yourself become a villain.
SkyeRise
We had a push up and sit up test like this..God it was horrible. I still hear her voice. Up. Down. Up. Down.
RSKenshin
As I crossed the line. The beep sounded, I turned and kept running as the other students yelled, "you didn't cross the line! Sit down!"
RSKenshin
Which I then got flustered, and didn't make the next beep as I was trying to argue while running.
ayoexo78
Just curious, is your username based off of rurouni kenshin?
RSKenshin
No. I actually knew nothing about rurouni kenshin when I came up with it back in 2006. 1/2
RSKenshin
Some friends and I started our own ronin samurai clan. Picked names for our selves, and practiced sword fighting, and following bushido. 2/2
ColonelColon
Y'all are crazy or jumping on the hatewagon. I remember that shit from 4 years ago, and yeah, it sucked, but it really wasn't that bad.
BakeryBitch
I have big boobs and they never warned us so I never had a sports bra. It was painful.
ColonelColon
That ain't really the pacer though, that's shitty teachers. But I can definitely see how that would suck.
BakeryBitch
Each bounce sucks the breath out of ya
BadLuckBryony
I assumed the the 'bleep test' was just an English hell, do other countries do it too?
beccsan
Yeah Sweden has it!!
myfoodisproblematic
I'm thinking of joining the fire-fighters in Oz. Part of selection criteria is making a certain level in the Beep test. I'm worried.
Jamcn
Yeah Germany has it too
Darian2Darian
Nope we also have that abomination in Germany
IncognitoPanda
My big sister had it in Norway. I didn't, hahaha. I was good at running, but still.
hvaskjerher
Norway has it too
Mackwop
Yeah we have it in Sweden.
IDonotEvenKowAnymore
Source: been a referee for 6 years now
HoWhite
Yup, we all had to do it in New Zealand too
HiThereImF
Netherlands here checking in, we do it.
NuVanDibe
We did this in the USA, at least in the early 90s. God, I forgot this crap. We did it often, too.
zamirovski
Sweden, yup
Ninkira
US did this when I was in school! (10 years ago)
AustraliansOpinion
Australia. used to do it 3X a semester then we had a relief teacher that made the line 10m short, a kid told the teacher had to do it again
AustraliansOpinion
I really hated that kid
HaniiPuppy
I'm in Scotland. I have no memory of this.
MelonOverdrive
I'm in Scotland. I have horrendous memories of this.
geiokami
Yep have it in America, my school did other parts of it like push ups with different challenges and shit like that
bamblebimble
It's awful ;-;
thatprickleypear
From experience, the US definitely does the beep test. And I'm gonna push those memories into a deep dark place
Thebuildingisonfireanditsnotmyfault
Done in US mid west.
bamblebimble
Very few hit the end
THCunt
We do it in Portugal. It was hell.
laboon
Yeah i have no idea what this about. This is nuts
Thisusernamewasrandomlygenerated
As a Belgian in can confirm we had to do this too. I get panic attacks everytime i hear the Bolero.
TheBigLebrowski
Was gonna confirm we had them in Belgium :p
CalahanWarwinger
Canada, weee!
IDonotEvenKowAnymore
Here in Italy it is a mandatory athletic test for soccer referees, and i'm talking about "Serie A". It'a called the " Yo-Yo test".
insongwhang
Finland.
SgtMajorAveryJohnson
Okay I'm really unathletic I have never played any sport for a considerable amount of time and have done the beep test, and I don't think it
SgtMajorAveryJohnson
Was bad a lil uncomfortable and shit but like not all that much and I made it to the last few in my class so it's not like it just dropped
SgtMajorAveryJohnson
Out immediately, unless we do some different version in my school
Longinus212
Have it in Aus. It was ok, but then again I was a competitive little shit.
spikytortoise
Definitely read that as "anus".
Longinus212
What what, in the butt?
spikytortoise
I read your comment as "Have it in anus".
spikytortoise
Hehe Butt...
JossWhedonsGhost
I did it in High School in the US
mrducker
Finland yes.
AwwwYisssMotherFuckinBreadCrumbs
Swiss here, yep, I had it
SamuraiChamploo
Norway has it as well
sausageseeker
Yes, we have it in New Zealand.
awkwardturtlesmakeweirdbabies
US...I didn't do it. My kids don't either.
lucyboo
It is a universal hell...
mirdreams
We never did this in the US, not even during the "President's Physical Fitness Test".
GinnyGinGin
Sounds like you just might have been lucky- I'm from the US, and did this
thatoneguy42
Dude we did this every year 1st grade through 8th
PamelaSplooshPoovey
Washington does. Or did, before kids started getting to be such wussies.
sphincterstretcher
I'm so glad we didn't do this when I was in school
Conmars
Greetings from Washington state, here to tell you that we have it here too!
Alozar
I did it every year of PE I had since first grade here in Oregon.
ATLgirl
I’m from Atlanta, Georgia and we did this hell test every year
doublekross
South Carolina AND Virginia. Did it.
princessamdahla
We dis it in South Dakota
delfin05
Hmm I guess I'm not actually living in the U.S. then, did this, it sucked. Running a mile every monday was easier then this stupid test.
delfin05
Oh and I'm from Utah
BlackBriarRose
My high school just introduced it this year. Its hell. I'd rather run the mile
reammeupscotty
Oregon does.
flippywizgig
Up north we just had the "mile run".
paininmynecrophilia
This is the first I'm hearing of this. I'm from Oklahoma. Sounds pretty damn brutal.
CharlieCocoaButter
Wisconsin does it, sucked ass.
illegalacorn
yes we do
thatprickleypear
We definitely did it in Arizona
GinafromVA
We do this in the south too. We called it suicide runs, because you felt like dying the whole time
kalderag
Can confirm. South Carolina public schools did this.
almostsomething182
Oh, this is just suicides? I did those a few times a week in 7th grade football...
almostsomething182
What was worse was the "Indian run" cause I had to wait on every slow ass person. I was a WR.
almostsomething182
It was pathetic at times. We practically had to stop the line for half the people.
Poobydooby
We do in the Netherlands. But we call it the Shuttle Run or the Cooper Test or something like that
MissCartman
I remember it as the piepjestest..
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodCthulhu
Shuttle run test is the name im Holland, god i used to hate that at my school
insongwhang
Cooper test is where you run for 12 minutes and see how far you got.
marvelboy
Australia does it. I got level 15!
Lulabel73
I don't remember this but I went to school in the 80s, is this a new thing?
BlackLux
Dude, I made it to a solid 4 once, was so proud. Now, I am broken.
Clicksandsticks
Are you ok? I made it to 7.3 and almost died..
marvelboy
In school I got only 6.5. When I got a personal trainer, he made me do it and progressed my way up.
Clicksandsticks
Good effort!!
marvelboy
Thankyou!
CheetahFart
France here, did it...but it was not that bad honestly
FormerNortherner
Something something because you surrendered?
CheetahFart
Ahahahahaah so original
kittykimmy9
Have it in Canada too.
MimzytheBun
Ontario, can confirm except, "beep" not "bleep".
Cakelesscake
Was scared of provincial hockey camps for the pure fact we had to do this ages 12-18
k0nt
Ontario here. We all did it.
VVhiteMage
British Columbia. Did it every year.
CanadianShitposter
Shit, you were lucky. We did it 6 times a year, at the beginning and end of each term.
quaggie
Did I just block this memory out?
SlicedPotat
I remember doing this in Holland. I was always the first one out cause I hated running (still do).
eCanada
I never did this. Born in Quebec though, 84.
kittykimmy9
I'm from Quebec, I guess not every area did it.
RagingPotatoe
Never did it in Alberta, just finished high school last year.
ChristopherKostyshyn
I did it in Saskatchewan, but I definitely finished high school in 2009.
TheViolenceInherentInTheSystem
Ontario, as well. Definitely a thing here.
IOnlyEverWantedToGoToHogwarts
Did it in Calgary for Jr high, and for athletic training for club volleyball. Not in high school, but that's cause it was a weird one, soo.