OTOTs

Back in the days 'OTOT' referred solely to the runs, where we all had to clock our personal best timings and make that mad dash to the finish line. The term 'OTOT' was redefined by Serene and formalised by Mong-na, when it came to mean the process of doing the extra training outside training, on your own and then writing it down in black and white and handing it in to the caps. Typically OTOT sheets are drawn up in calander style formats with boxes for you to fill in whatever workouts you have clocked on your own.

OTOT in the long form means 'Own Time Own Target'. The only thing own-time-own-target about OTOTs is that you can do it whenever you want, in the dead of the night or at the break of dawn. By that, it does not mean you have the liberty to do as little as you wish or wear yourself thin working out 10 times a week. Everyone knows that there's always a kinda unsaid minimum, be it x gym session or x extra runs. Maximum wise, you just gotta listen to your body. In fact, the very act of needing to hand in your OTOT sheets means that you better get your ass moving coz the caps are gonna know how much effort you have been putting in when you make your weekly submissions. And there's no way in hell of even thinking to cheat, coz in the end, it's gonna show up in trainings.

The concept of OTOT has come to be a crucial aspect of training, coz there's only so much training you can do during the formal training timeslots and so the rest has gotta be made up on your own. It's a good way to keep a personal track record of how you are doing, or a really stressful form of social surveillance. Whichever way you see it, OTOTs in the long run ultimately not only makes you stronger both physically and mentally, but more importantly serves to benefit the whole team.