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It’s that time of year – thoughts turn to New Year’s resolutions

Okay, I hold my hands up: I didn’t keep last year’s New Year’s resolutions. It’s an occupational hazard for columnists that such things are recorded.

And 12 months ago, I made a public resolution to go to the gym more often.

This was my first mistake, of course. If there is one thing life has taught me, it’s that making plans to go to the gym never works as a strategy for getting ...