The G8 Test has been developed in 1995 by R. Grueninger, a professional medic and dancer.
Based on the principals of existing tests, the findings of new studies and his own experience during his career as a professional dancer, he designed a standardized and comparable fitness test tailor-made for dancers.
It uses a standardized 8 minute piece of music that increases in tempo to assure the surpassing of the metabolic thresholds of the body.
A monitor strap around the chest transmits the heart rate continuously to a recording polar wrist watch.
Once the data is transferred to a computer an optimized algorithm manages to determine the aerobic / anaerobic thresholds by analyzing the resulting graph. Therefore a blood analysis is dispensable.
The thresholds are later used to calculate a two level individualized training program.
It is of benefit to repeat the test later to measure improvements relative to the established baseline and alter the plan accordingly.