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The Baltimore Ravens, like nearly every other NFL team, happen to be using virtual “meetings” to get things done until everything opens back up. Unlike other teams around the league, however, John Harbaugh and company are using this time to pound grown men into the ground.
I kid!
Nonetheless, Baltimore's infamous conditioning test has reportedly been done virtually, leaving some former Ravens to speak on the ‘pure death' nature of the routine.
“It is pure death,” former Ravens running back Justin Forsett told ESPN. “It is the hardest conditioning test I had throughout my time in the NFL,” added Forsett, who played for seven teams.
My best guess is Forsett is speaking figuratively here. If it were literally pure death, ESPN would not be able to obtain the above quotes unless they were able to interview people who moved on to the afterlife. Given ESPN's resources, that is entirely possible.
According to the report, this nifty Baltimore conditioning test comprises of players running 900 yards in six sets, changing direction multiple times. To put that in perspective, I — a regular human — can't run 900 yards a single time, even if I were being chased by a horde of zombies. Anyway, each set consists of 150 yards, featuring players going back and forth three times.
Because this wouldn't be a “test” unless there were something attached, the time limit ranges from 32 seconds to 27 seconds, with 64 seconds of rest between each set. What an odd amount of seconds for rest. Why 64 and not 60? Was 66 not available? I have questions.
I'm broken just knowing this. Gross.
“My legs were gone by then,” former Ravens cornerback Fabian Washington told Hensley. “You can’t pick them up. It feels like you’re running in mud. It was definitely a shock. . . . It’s literally the hardest crap ever.”
Sure sounds like it. Go Ravens!
