In a world of running that is often obsessed with VMA, chronos and curves, a French researcher has shaken up the rules of the game: Véronique Billat, a world-renowned physiologist, created the RABIT® test (for Running Advisor Billat Training).

The objective? Understand your engine better, without breaking it. This test is designed to assess your abilities in a fine, natural and progressive way, relying not on suffering, but on the perception and intelligence of the body.

While most running tests require you to run to exhaustion (VAMEVAL type, Demi-Cooper, etc.), the RABIT® Test takes the total opposite approach. Here, No fixed timer, no fixed pace, but a series of efforts of varying intensity, regulated by your own sensations.

This test is reproduced The real conditions of a race, with fluctuating pace, relaunches, recoveries, easy moments and others harder. In short, it assesses your adaptability, your effort management, your running economy and your tolerance for intensity.

What makes the RABIT® Test unique is not only its intelligent sequence. It is also the ultra-complete energy analysis which results from it.

Thanks to your physiological responses (heart rate, speed, recovery, perceived effort), the test makes it possible to draw up a A true portrait of your runner profile. This profile is materialized by what Billat calls the Energy radar.

Once the test is over, you have access to a powerful visual: a 4-axis radar, representing the fundamental pillars of endurance performance:

• Muscle strength 💪: your ability to withstand an explosive or prolonged effort.
• Cardio ❤️: the efficiency of your heart in transporting oxygen.
• Acidosis tolerance ☠️: your ability to resist the accumulation of lactates.
• Perception 🧘: your ability to regulate the intensity thanks to your internal sensations.

This radar does not judge. It lights up. It shows where you are strong, and most importantly, where you can make smart progress.

• The RABIT® Test is open to all levels : beginners, experienced, competitors.
• It can be done on the track, on the carpet or on a flat circuit, with the BillaTraining team
• It is recommended to Repeat it every 6 to 8 weeks, to measure your progress and adapt your pace.

It's simple: we have never seen a test so complete, so well thought out, and so respectful of the runner. The RABIT® Test is not just a field test. It is a caring and accurate mirror of your state of health. It adapts to you, to your feelings, to your day. He does not judge you on a timer, he teaches you how to know yourself in order to perform better tomorrow.