Gary Cahill is confident that Wanderers' players will return from their training camp fitter and stronger.
The players departed for Bad Aussee in Austria on Saturday where they will embark on a week of intense training in the rural, picturesque setting.
It is the second pre-season in succession that Gary Megson has taken his squad to the region, and the 23-year-old is anticipating a similar schedule from 12 months ago.
Ahead of the departure, Gary Cahill spoke exclusively to the official website to offer a brief insight into what lies in wait over the course of the next week.
Cahill said: "There is nothing to in terms of any social activities - it's just a field and a hotel.
"When we went last year, people were saying that there isn't much to do, but I was actually surprised myself. It's purely a facility to train.
"We are going there to get fit, and to be honest, it wouldn't matter if there were things to do because most lads go to sleep after they have finished training - it's that intense.
"Reading between the lines, it will be very similar to last year so I imagine we will get back playing with the footballs and working in small sided games. It was really demanding and your whole week basically relies on eating, training and resting.
"The backroom staff will be keeping tabs on our condition and making sure that we are all getting fitter."
Cahill reported back to the club last Wednesday with the vast majority of his team mates. The only absentees were Ricardo Gardner who was away captaining Jamaica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Fabrice Muamba who has been given an extended break following his impressive exploits at the U21 European Championships.
While it was a shorter close-season break than normal for Cahill after his involvement in the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra, he admitted that it was nice to return to work.
He added: "Most of the lads have had a good blow-out in the summer and gone on holiday with their friends and family to get their mind off football. Everyone has come back hungry, fresh and ready to go.
"I had a week off after the final game of the season then I was called up for England. I went away with my girlfriend for two weeks and had a short golfing break with a friend.
"The close-season was cut short because last season went on a little bit longer anyhow and then I was away with England, but I'm not going to complain about that because obviously I wanted to be in that squad.
"Now I feel like I've had a good break. You switch off a little bit because there isn't much going on in terms of the Premier League, but if you ask most of the lads then they would be lying if they said that they weren't looking at which players are heading where or keeping up-to-date with football, and obviously there was the U21s tournament as well.
"But to a certain extent, players will lose concentration from football because like with anyone in a profession, you don't want to be thinking about your job 24/7.
"Now it's going to be a big season for us as a team and a big season for me individually. We need to carry on where we left off and see where that takes us."
