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What is the difference between busywork and training exercise? Often there is some kind of strawman goal to make the training exercise more interesting, but those who see through the strawman might be better off with a honest "you need to go through these stupid repeats because more interesting challenges later will be overwhelming of you can't do these in your sleep".

Rocky Balboa prepares for the showdown at the end of the movie with a series of boring morning runs, not with a series of exciting bar fights. Similar patterns apply to writing, music and even maths.