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The illusion of superiority to one’s fellow man is hard to keep up at the best of times, so imagine how much worse it is when you’re at the gym. It’s all very well pretending that you are a superb physical specimen when you have got all your clothes on and you’re just walking past a home for the terminally obese (or Pizza Hut, as it’s generally known).

But trying to maintain your fantasy of fitness in a gym is beyond most of us. There you are, gamely lifting something heavy and being almost sure that you felt a muscle in there somewhere. Suddenly a younger man comes in and starts virtually throwing weights into the air and catching them with his earlobes. At this point, you catch sight of yourself in the mirror. A large pile of old compost appears to have disguised itself as you.