diff --git a/PROJECT.md b/PROJECT.md
index 878305c..0c31397 100644
--- a/PROJECT.md
+++ b/PROJECT.md
@@ -491,6 +491,18 @@ zombie (now an occasional opponent, `TUNE.racketEvery`, not the every-game fixtu
   `RETURNED`, `DOUBLE KILL`) is a footnote to something you already watched happen. Sharing the loud
   FACE with the milestone cards is right; sharing their SIZE made every footnote read as a milestone.
 
+## Session log: training pays a quarter, the bar wears its endpoints (2026-08-29, the batch's two discussions, both go)
+
+- **THE TRAINING COURT PAYS A QUARTER.** Zero pay made it feel pointless in a meta game (his
+  words) — but full pay would make the no-permadeath, pick-your-body grind the optimal one.
+  award() now quarters (rounds) training amounts instead of muting them; drill, bench and test
+  mode stay muted. The footer says "NO RUN, NO DEATH — REPS PAY ¼ XP", the mode's one-time modal
+  agrees, and training gained real practice value anyway since bodies train at their band's true
+  tempo. The "NOTHING IS BANKED" half is still true: no run, no board, no ladder.
+- **THE BAR WEARS ITS ENDPOINTS**: "20 ▓▓░░ 21" on the plaque and the card (MAX at the cap) —
+  he read the bare bar as total progress; the two numbers say "fill toward the next level"
+  without a word of explanation. The card keeps its words and the CAREER bar as the long form.
+
 ## Session log: the licence, the peer line, the steward's vest (2026-08-29, Oliver's small-finds batch)
 
 Three of five items from his post-merge test built (training xp and the level/xp display are
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 04e3451..d2b6574 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
             white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; }
   #plLv { grid-area: lv; align-self: start; font: 400 26px Bangers, cursive; color: var(--acid);
           letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5); }
-  #plRow { grid-area: bar; display: block; width: auto; margin-top: 15px; }
+  /* the bar wears its ENDPOINTS — "20 ▓▓░░ 21" says "fill toward the next level" without a
+     word of explanation (Oliver read the bare bar as total progress) */
+  #plRow { grid-area: bar; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; width: auto;
+           margin-top: 15px; }
+  #plRow u, #cdBar u { font: 700 9px Silkscreen, monospace; color: var(--cream);
+           text-decoration: none; text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5); }
   /* NO nowrap here: the longest goal line is ~380px and a nowrap child sets the CARD's
      min-content past the viewport — that was the phantom horizontal scrollbar Oliver spotted */
   /* LITERAL gold — there is no --warm in the page palette (UI.warm is a CANVAS colour), and an
@@ -377,6 +382,7 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
   #plRow s, #cdBar s, #cdCareer s { flex: 1; height: 6px; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.10);
              border: 1px solid var(--line); text-decoration: none; display: block; }
   #cdBar s { height: 8px; }
+  #cdBar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
   #cdCareer { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
   #cdCareer u { font: 700 8px Silkscreen, monospace; color: var(--dim); text-decoration: none;
                 letter-spacing: 1px; }
@@ -615,7 +621,7 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
           <img id="plBadge" alt="">
           <b id="plName"></b>
           <u id="plLv">LEVEL 1</u>
-          <span id="plRow"><s><i id="plFill"></i></s></span>
+          <span id="plRow"><u id="plFrom">1</u><s><i id="plFill"></i></s><u id="plTo">2</u></span>
           <i id="plGoal"></i>
           <em>&gt;</em>
         </button>
@@ -740,7 +746,8 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
           <img id="cdBadge" alt="">
           <u id="cdLeague"></u>
           <b id="cdLevel">LEVEL 1</b>
-          <div id="cdBar"><s><i id="cdFill"></i></s><u id="cdXp"></u></div>
+          <div id="cdBar"><u id="cdFrom">1</u><s><i id="cdFill"></i></s><u id="cdTo">2</u></div>
+          <u id="cdXp"></u>
           <div id="cdCareer"><u>CAREER</u><s><i id="cdCareerFill"></i></s></div>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -864,6 +871,6 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=334"></script>
+<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=335"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/beats.js b/src/beats.js
index f766986..cc075ba 100644
--- a/src/beats.js
+++ b/src/beats.js
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export function startMatch(cup = false, draw = null, train = 0) {
     G.seen.train = true;
     showModal({ title: 'THE TRAINING COURT', color: UI.hot,
       body: ['ONE BODY, ONE GAME AT A TIME',
-             'FELL IT — OR BLEED OUT — AND IT COMES BACK', 'NOTHING IS BANKED HERE'] });
+             'FELL IT — OR BLEED OUT — AND IT COMES BACK', 'NO RUN IS BANKED — REPS PAY QUARTER XP'] });
   } else if (cup && !G.seen.cup) {
     G.seen.cup = true;
     showModal({ title: 'THE TOURNAMENT', color: UI.hot,
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index e0528c8..f97cc3d 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ function buildCard() {
   el.style.color = lg.color;
   document.getElementById('cdLevel').textContent =
     'LEVEL ' + pr.level + ' OF ' + profile.LEVEL_CAP;
+  document.getElementById('cdFrom').textContent = pr.level;
+  document.getElementById('cdTo').textContent = pr.need ? pr.level + 1 : 'MAX';
   // both bars sweep from empty to their mark (the 0.7s eased transition in the CSS)
   for (const [id, w] of [['cdFill', Math.round(pr.frac * 100)],
                          ['cdCareerFill', Math.min(100, Math.round(profile.prof.xp / profile.xpFor(profile.LEVEL_CAP) * 100))]]) {
@@ -635,7 +637,7 @@ function summary() {
     `<span>${name} · ${t.name.replace(' SINGLES', '')} · ${c.name}${cupMode
       ? ' · LEAGUE ' + lg.id : ''}</span>`
     // training banks nothing, so there is no mark to beat and the footer must not invent one
-    + `<span>${m.id === 'train' ? 'NOTHING AT STAKE — JUST REPS'
+    + `<span>${m.id === 'train' ? 'NO RUN, NO DEATH — REPS PAY ¼ XP'
         : best ? best + unit + ' TO BEAT' : 'FIRST RUN'}</span>`;
 }
 
@@ -652,6 +654,8 @@ function refreshSplash() {
   document.getElementById('plBadge').src = `assets/badge_l${lg.id}.png?v=${SPRV}`;
   document.getElementById('plName').textContent = stats.savedName() || 'YOUR PLAYER';
   document.getElementById('plLv').textContent = 'LEVEL ' + pr.level + ' · LEAGUE ' + lg.id;
+  document.getElementById('plFrom').textContent = pr.level;
+  document.getElementById('plTo').textContent = pr.need ? pr.level + 1 : 'MAX';
   document.getElementById('plFill').style.width = Math.round(pr.frac * 100) + '%';
   document.getElementById('plGoal').textContent = profile.prof.ch
     ? 'CHAMPION OF THE DEAD CLUB — DEFEND THE NAME'
diff --git a/src/profile.js b/src/profile.js
index bf511b8..6f99785 100644
--- a/src/profile.js
+++ b/src/profile.js
@@ -72,11 +72,15 @@ export function beginRunXp() { runXp = 0; runFrom = levelAt(prof.xp); }
 export const runDelta = () => ({ xp: runXp, from: runFrom, to: levelAt(prof.xp) });
 
 // ONE guard for every no-stakes mode, in the shared function — a call site cannot forget it.
-const muted = () => G.drill || G.bench || G.testMode || (G.match && G.match.train);
+// The training court left this list 2026-08-29 (Oliver: zero pay made it feel pointless in a
+// meta game): it pays A QUARTER now — reps count, the real court stays strictly 4x better, and
+// the no-permadeath grind can never be the optimal one.
+const muted = () => G.drill || G.bench || G.testMode;
 
 export function award(kind, n = 1) {
   if (muted()) return 0;
-  const amt = (XP[kind] || 0) * n;
+  let amt = (XP[kind] || 0) * n;
+  if (G.match && G.match.train) amt = Math.round(amt / 4);
   if (!amt) return 0;
   const before = levelAt(prof.xp);
   prof.xp += amt; runXp += amt;
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index b7ef8a2..3d58b0b 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -2181,9 +2181,9 @@ test('PROFILE: award pays through the one point funnel, and mutes every no-stake
     G[flag] = false;
   }
   G.match = { train: true };
-  assert.equal(prof.award('kill'), 0, 'the training court pays nothing');
+  assert.equal(prof.award('point'), prof.XP.point / 4, 'the training court pays a QUARTER — reps count');
   G.match = null;
-  assert.ok(prof.award('kill') > 0, '...and a real kill pays again');
+  assert.equal(prof.award('point'), prof.XP.point, '...and the real court pays full');
 });
 
 test('PROFILE: the run delta survives the death screen and resets with the next run', () => {