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Paying in sweat now so the real moment doesn't charge you interest.
means Systematic practice done in advance so skill and reflex are already in place when the real test arrives.
from Traces to 'train,' from Old French 'trainer' (to drag or draw along), rooted in Latin 'trahere' meaning 'to pull.' The sense evolved through drawing out a process, then to disciplined drilling toward a shape or state — much as a gardener 'trains' a vine along a frame, pulling it steadily into the form it needs to bear fruit.
- neural rewiring
- Repetition thickens myelin, making signals fire faster
- overtraining exists
- More reps can quietly make performance worse
- animal origin
- First used for shaping horses before humans
- specificity rule
- Training transfers best to movements nearly identical