So, if you haven't heard already, 25 members of the media are participating in the first annual "Survivor-Crean and Crimson Media Challenge" on Wednesday. That includes the IDS crew of Greg Rosenstein, Ryan Winn and myself.
New men's basketball strength and conditioning coach Je'Ney Jackson will be conducting the workout which will inevitably embarrass young and old media members alike.
(I'm pretty sure this is a ploy so that we'll never write negative stories. If we fail in the workout, how can we criticize players? Maybe next offseason we should have "Write Like a Journalist" day for the IU basketball players. No one would be at risk of a heart attack. I think.)
We will be spending our afternoons bench pressing, sprinting, sled pulling, stadium stair running, and yoga stetching. We're split up into five teams of five.
As of now, I've only seen blog posts and twitter updates from fellow media members saying that they are 1) dreading the workout or 2) wondering why they signed up for it in the first place.
I'll be the first person to say...I'm completely pumped for this. I have no upper body strength (blame the genes), but I figure as a college student, I should be able to hold my own.
Plus, the other media members probably peg the student reporters as ones that will bail them out in the tougher workouts (on second thought, that might be a bad assumption).
And by saying that, I'm sure I'll be the first to vomit breakfast and lunch.
I'm sure you'll see plenty of laughable photos and recaps following this crazy event.
It's time for me to buy some Muscle Milk.
