The frustration felt when conditioning can be reduced as the gymnast realizes that the effort has benefits and a payoff in their non-conditioning time on the events. Personal accomplishment journals, schedules with goals, self vs. self contests, and encouraging personal slogans are some examples. On the other hand, the frustration felt at a later point in the gymnast's career and training is much more difficult to cope with since it's unlikely that any amount of effort or repetition will be successful if the basic readiness has been skipped or neglected. There is little that can be done to make those frustrating experiences less painful because the unprepared gymnast is simply not ready to master what is required. In most cases it is necessary to go back and fill in the gaps.
Few gymnasts enjoy that kind of chore.
Keeping a personal log of failed attempts is surely a lot less rewarding in the long run than keeping a record of push-ups done, laps completed, or leg lifts finished. It takes real staying power to follow a tough daily conditioning program in gymnastics. Some gymnasts are tempted to slack off on the conditioning schedule and need to be helped to keep on target. The only exceptions to the rules are determined by coaches and would need to involve the limiting nature of injuries or the highly specialized work that is done prior to competitions by those gymnasts who are getting ready to compete. This type of training program can't be left to chance but needs to be planned in advance including all participants right down to tiny tots on very beginning teams.