The Beep Test (cue: shivers). It was rolled out in high school PE classes as away to monitor your physical progress through the school term.

Spare a thought for its most recent victims: the contestants on Tuesday night’s episode ofThe Biggest Loser Transformed.

One small, tape-recorded beep was enough to bring themallundone, and we were right there alongside them. Every. Goddamn. Beep. Of. The. Way.

STOP LOOKING SO SMUG. Image via Channel 10.

See... it's tricky. You start off slow, not caring. Promising yourself you'll go easy on the first one, so you'll be better at the end of term.

Next minute: The beeps are going like crazy; all the adrenaline is in your head; your legs are burning and you are dying inside but you are determined to make it to that stupid yellow line. It's not far. You can do it. But the goddamn beep is sofastnow and that high-pitched sound is reverberating through your verybones.

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It takes under 15 minutes to leave you dead, depleted and thoroughly defeated.

Tonight, we saw the orange team red-faced and doubled over. Heaving with breathlessness. Legs shaking. And all the while, that relentless way-too-cheerful beep continued in the background.

And boy, did we feel their pain...

I conveniently forgot my PE uniform everytime I had to do the beep test during high school .... #biggestloserau

— Andrew (@AndrewPatrick_) March 15, 2017

The beep test really bringing back bad primary/high school memories of PE #TBLAU

— Charlene (@WhatTheShaz) March 15, 2017

OMG THE BEEP TEST #highschoolnightmares #TBLAU pic.twitter.com/9wucGs0SQ6

— Scoopla (@Scoopla) March 15, 2017

The Beep Test. An actual torture method. #usedtoskipschoolonthosedays #fuckrightoff #TBLAU

— Ray (@raqueltheking) March 15, 2017

Beep test is bring back some scary high school flashbacks #TBLAU

— DragonPhlegm (@DragonPhlegm) March 15, 2017

@shannanponton what's your best on the beep test??? I got 14 when I was in school and used to vomit afterwards without fail... #TBLAU

— Kate Allman (@KateAllman1) March 15, 2017

Really Channel 10? Was that really necessary?

What's your worst memory of the beep test?

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