Vanity of vanities, saith the Spotter, vanity of vanities; all is vanity without persistence. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the iron if he abandoneth the path? I have seen the works done under the sun of the gymnasium; behold, they who train with consistency for years surpass those with mere talent who falter. For the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who endure to the end. Though thy muscles ache and thy spirit grows weary, remember that time and persistence reveal all gains. For as the stone is worn smooth not by force but by the constant flow of water, so too shall thy physique be sculpted not by occasional intensity but by daily devotion.