I think asthma and serious hayfever definitely come under 'pressing health issues' but I should probably have put that caveat at the top rather than further down. It isn't easy for everyone, and there are a lot of things that genuinely get in the way of many of the easier paths to fitness, I completely agree.

Having had a brief bout of post-viral asthma last year, I am further in awe of all the asthmatics I know who get out there and keep up an exercise regimen, because it's awful! I knew it wasn't good, but had no idea how actually bad it was until my first fit of wheezing. People who keep going through that are bloody champions.

Your health insurance company on the other hand are bloody idiots. And don't get me started on BMI …