From the start of training in November, when Myers was one of 10 Bombers to travel to Colorado for a high-altitude camp, to last Saturday night's game against Richmond in Wangaratta, the 23-year-old has completed every session.
There has been no setback, no niggle, no interruption. The last time he managed to get through a summer in similar shape was when he was back in Western Australia as a teenager hoping to be on an AFL list. This time it's as an AFL player on the verge of his sixth season in the system.
The difference of a full pre-season, Myers hopes, will be significant.
"It just gives you a better ability to be able to play the game, and hopefully that will lead to me being able to stay out there as opposed to playing five or six games and then breaking down again," Myers told AFL.com.au. "That's the aim."
Myers has shown he will be an important member of Essendon's line-up with his strength over the ball, ability to extract it from packs and then kick it long.
The problem so far, though, has been his run with injuries. Last year a strong patch of form in the middle of the year was bookended by a hamstring injury in round two which kept him out of action for eight weeks, and then a calf tear which meant another six weeks on the sidelines at the end of the season.
His five seasons have yielded 45 games, but with each injury he has worked out a better way to deal with it, often snapping out of his own disappointment by looking across to a teammate with worse luck.
"It does get to a point where you do get pretty frustrated. But there's obviously always guys who are in a worse position than you," Myers said.
"You look at Scott Gumbleton, and we've had guys who've had knee reconstructions and then [battled] last year with injury in Licha (Jason Winderlich) and (former Bomber) Brent Prismall. It's just one of those things. It's a part of the game. It's a bad part of the game.
"It's not a good thing that I've been injured pretty much every year I've been at the club, but you just get better at dealing with it."
Myers' mid-season form last year was encouraging. It started against the Sydney Swans in round 10, when he ripped off the substitute's vest at half-time and had 19 second-half disposals to lead Essendon's stirring comeback.
He followed it with 28 disposals in a strong win over Fremantle at Patersons Stadium, and carried strong form for a few more weeks until the calf complaint. Things were good.
Increased time in the midfield meant a little more freedom to chase the ball and make it his, a slight change from his former role at half-back. "I was definitely enjoying my footy," Myers said. "I always enjoy it when I'm able to play."
He expects to start in the midfield and play there this year after doing all of his pre-season work with that group, and is keen to be a part of a fit, determined and bolstered onball unit.
"Everyone's just done a fair majority of the training and I think people underestimate how important that is. Not only from a physical point of view, but from a training and jelling point of view as well and getting used to playing together," he said.
A by-product of Myers spending more time out on the field has been a growth in confidence, too. He's vocal and instructive, and feels comfortable at the club and his place within it. A leadership role might come his way down the track, but for the moment his focus is elsewhere.
"It's probably something I don't put any real focus on. I think it's just something that happens pretty naturally. The more you play, the more your teammates will respect you," Myers said.
"I'm more interested in staying fit, staying healthy, and playing the role that's required of me on game day. That's all I'm really interested in doing."
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