Maintenance is a thing -- getting better doesn't mean much if you don't keep yourself sharp. It helps when you actually enjoy the training in itself, though.

[ Because Wash does enjoy it. He likes putting himself into anything, into learning something, into watching himself get better and better at any skill at all, but there's something he finds especially gratifying about body-based disciplines, about honing himself physically. ]

Besides. There's always going to be room for improvement. [ A slight tilt of his head. ] If there's a peak, you aren't anywhere near it.

[ Heh. ]