Fitness Tests using a Treadmill

There is a range of fitness tests using a treadmill as the primary exercise mode. Here is a list of aerobic and anaerobic tests using the treadmill exercise mode.

Aerobic Treadmill Tests

Sub-maximal tests

• Chester Treadmill Police Walk Test — walking at 6km/hr on a treadmill, increasing gradient by 3% every 2 minutes.
• Chester Treadmill Police Run Test — run at 10.4 km/hr on a treadmill, increasing the gradient every 2 minutes.
• Chester Treadmill Test — walking at 6.2km/hr on a treadmill, increasing the gradient by 3% every 2 minutes.

Maximal tests

• Maximal Oxygen Consumption Test (VO_2max) — a maximal exercise test to measure VO2max on a treadmill.
• Vmax — simplified version of the VO_2max test, just running on a treadmill until exhaustion.
• Bruce Protocol Test — treadmill stress test
• Balke Treadmill Test — another treadmill stress test.
• Astrand Treadmill Test — set speed, with gradual increases in gradient.

Treadmill testing

Anaerobic Treadmill Tests

• MART (Maximal Anaerobic Running Test) — 20 sec sprint/100 sec recovery, on a treadmill
• Cunningham-Faulkner test — maximal treadmill test at 20% gradient