In 38 years as aircrew the only time I was unfit to fly for any length of time was thanks to a rugby injury. Like Beagle I've stood in for many a jock strapper and as a planner had to listen to the moans of the good old squadron shags standing in for the sports injured. I've also suffered under the influence of the fitness freak survival fanatics whose muscles are considerably bigger than there brains and can't see a dangerous situation for the trees or come to that the waves. I could say I've seen some sportsmen that look a lot scruffier in uniform than the average. Keeping oneself in fair trim is a lot different from being forced into the gym to satisfy the questionable dictates of those for whom fitness can become an obsession.