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Background: The 12 min run test is also known as the Cooper test. It was developed in the sixties as an easy tool to estimate VO2max in soldiers. The validity of this test is quite good if you are accustomed to running. For people not used to running it can be difficult to administer the speed from start to end and also peripheral discomfort in the legs can limit performance rather than circulatory capacity. Reference:
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Warren P
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I like this test just completed the 12 run and received a "very good". Now if I can only do better on the weight chart that shows me to be obese at 50lbs above the "ideal" weight. I routinely do a 3-5 mile run at a 9 min/mile clip. Just shows that these one size fits all tests and charts are guidelines at best. |
Greg
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These calculators are hilarious. I'm a 40 year old guy who just ran 5 miles this weekend at a 9 minute mile pace. Not great but better than most 40 year olds. It gives me "average" when I run this test. Lance Armstrong would struggle to get excellent. On the pushup test I nearly tripled the "excellent" mark with 63 pushups. I'm assuming they want all of us to be on the Tour de France. Very weak with incredible lungs! You can keep these tests, I'll just compare myself to others. |
Morten Z
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MakeMe -> The two sites share ownership, so thats why you see similar calculators ;-) |
MakeMe
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Is this not your calc? Copy? http://www.motion-online.dk/konditionstraening/testning/coopers_12_minutters_loebetest/ |
Morten Z
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You can just switch the "Units" button to "Metric". That goes for all our calculators. |
aniruddh bhatt
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this is a good calculation and its very good information to help us for our health |




