Maxim Magazine and Body Fortress fitness company have teamed up to encourage students across the nation to exercise.
A total of 10 schools are participating in the fitness challenge, including Auburn.
"At each school we set up obstacles like monkey bars, pullups, situps and there's a vertical jump," said Kelsey Laport, media manager for Body Fortress.
Everyone is invited to give it a try, Laport said.
"You just, of course, have to assure us that you are in a physical condition that you are able to do it," Laport said.
There will be a total of 20 winners, a male and female student from each school, by the end of the tour.
"In order to be the 'top dog' - there's a male and a female 'top dog' - you just have to be able to get the most points by completing those fitness challenges," Laport said.
The public will then vote on its favorite 20 'top dogs' from each school to win the prize, she said.
"Each winner will win an all-expense-paid trip to Maxim Spring Break 2013 at Panama City Beach," Laport said.
Although the original plan was to test students physically, the rainy weather Oct. 1 forced the challenge to resort to a plan B, Laport said.
"This was one of the few instances where we were unable to secure an indoor location, so trivia was our backup plan," Laport said. "We wanted to make sure the students here could still participate and we didn't want to penalize anyone for the fact that it's raining."
Throughout the day, the table in the Student Center attracted a couple hundred people, although not all filled out the trivia sheet, Laport said.
"About 30 to 40 people have filled out the trivia," Laport said. "It is more of an intensive process because you have to sign up and fill out the questions."
Some questions were general, such as 'what does BMI stand for?,' Laport said.
"The University of Central Florida has the highest score so far," Laport said. "The second school is Florida State."
The schools were first picked by votes of the general public.
"We put a list of top 100 football schools online and people were able to vote on which ones we should go to," Laport said. "Then we logistically went through the 100 schools that were picked and reached out to the campuses to see if they would allow us to have the event, if there was enough room for it and stuff like that."
Maxim and Body Fortress hope to enlighten their key demographic of 18-34-year-olds while visiting Auburn.
"Body Fortress sells premium workout products, like weight protein, vitamins," Laport said. "All things that will help you during your workout and recovery."
Although everything did not go as planned, Maxim and Body Fortress enjoyed their time at Auburn, Laport said.
"We're really excited to be at Auburn," she said. "It was a really beautiful campus, and everyone was very receptive and nice to talk to."
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