"Oh! But then you can still work on your endurance in the same way without the threat! Just say that if you do not stand up on your hands long enough that you will have to do fifty push-ups! And then you will be more fit in other ways too!" That was Gai's approach, and he was rather proud of it.

Gai considered. "Have you tried perhaps not focusing so much on one thing? That is easier said than done, but if you keep falling into holes you will get hurt!"