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* In ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'', it's "Herbs in, herbs out." The Chevre Sisters have Kipo repeat this mantra while repetitively pouring herbs into a boiling soup pot [[spoiler:to help her control her jaguar transformation.]]

* The phrase "farm strength", where people from a farm who have never lifted weights are just as strong, if not stronger than people who regularly go to a weight room and work out. Turns out that loading 100-pound bales of hay for hours every single day for 9 months of the year makes for excellent strength training. In fact, the Russian girya is one farm tool that was originally used for weighing crops but got repurposed for weight training, eventually being redesigned into the kettlebell.

* Parodied on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', "The Clueless Kid". Johnny's martial arts instructor Master Hama (who didn't like Johnny) set up a series of menial chores that really were just menial chores. When Hama's rival came to town to challenge his dojo, what Johnny learned through the menial tasks led him to win the match anyway much to Master Hama's disappointment, as he'd bet against Johnny. The rival wasn't too upset about having lost his challenge, as he had actually put his bet ''on'' Johnny.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', where [[FishOutOfWater medieval]] [[IdenticalGrandfather Boss Delwapo]] has Billy do his chores for him as training for fighting a dragon. In a scene paralleling ''The Karate Kid'', Billy finds out that Boss just wanted his chores done. Turns out he's a FakeUltimateHero, though. And Billy ends up [[TakeAThirdOption not even fighting the dragon.]]

-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddhist Saying]]'''

** A related concept is that of 'Marginal Gains' (popularised as a term by Team Sky in Cycling). Spending time calculating and adopting a perfect pedalling motion, or doing yoga to improve flexibility, or adjusting the brake position to improve aerodynamics will not, on their own, produce drastically different results. But doing all of these, and more, in [[IncrediblyLamePun tandem]] with one another, and you will really notice the improvements.

* The ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "Sokka's Master" has Sokka seek sword training with Piandao. In addition to actual training with wooden practice swords, the training involves calligraphy, rock gardening, and landscape painting. Atypically, Piandao actually ''explains'' the purpose of these as he goes along (instead of afterwards), and Sokka performs them in very odd ways (for instance, when instructed to arrange a rock garden, he quickly makes a comfortable seat to lounge in). Piandao then teaches Sokka to use his eccentricities and [[TookALevelInBadass Take A Level In Badass]] -- by challenging him to a no-holds-barred duel in which Sokka's resourcefulness and creativity enable the beginner to keep stride with the master.