When fitness testing first reared its head I was on exchange with a foreign Air Force and had to do my test at my parent unit 3 hours drive away. I phoned up the PEd staff to book the test and got chatting to the Cpl who asked what fitness training I did. I told him I played rugby for a local team. He played too and it turned out that we had faced each other in the quarter finals of the RAF cup the previous year. "No need to do the test," says he, "you're obviously fit enough. I'll just update your records". Good lad!