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Hello. You know I often feel like an H.M. Bateman cartoon when I'm at my local gym, not the

man who lit his cigar before the royal toast or the man who threw a snowball at San

Merit, but the man who went to the gym with a flabby stomach, puny muscles and a serious stamina deficit,

the brutal truth is, I've never yet encountered any single person at my gym who looks as though they need to be there.

I mean when I set up on my half mile run on the indoor track I'm routinely overtaken.

And when I sit down at the fixed weight machine I always have to move the peg higher and higher up the stack of weights.

And when I squat on the rowing machine,

report any dizziness to a member of staff,

says the notice which went up the week after Andrew Mars

unfortunate stroke but I squat there I not only reduce the tension on the pool

but I also stopped rowing what seems like several hours before my nearest fellow

...