Race Thompson got off the VersaClimber machine and wasn’t able to hold in his exhaustion. It was early in Thompson’s career at IU, his first workout on the VersaClimber in front of Director of Athletic Performance Clif Marshall. The grueling cardio machine requires you to pump your arms and legs up and down. The workout wore Thompson out.
“I remember him just getting off the machine and saying ‘Oh my gosh, my legs are cramping, I can’t feel my legs,’” Marshall told Inside the Hall in 2020. “You know, and he was just really broke down and having a hard time.