When you do something that requires courage they call it an heroic act or an act of courage. What about something that requires hard work?
Example:
In this digital age, getting your ass off the seat and walking
to a physical location of the place is considered a […].
Best Answer
Perhaps you can use arduous, onerous or strenous task. BBKing's laborious task or Josh61 toil are also good ones in my opinion (+1).
In line with you heroic, perhaps you can also use herculean task as in "requiring tremendous effort"