We may be ‘the healthiest generation ever’, but as I work out I wonder ... would I be happier at the pub? | Isabel Brooks

A recent report shows that gym memberships for gen Zers have risen quickly over the past few years .

30% of this generation are regularly working out in fitness facilities, compared with 15-25% of the total adult population.

While exercise and alcohol abstinence do improve health and prevent disease, I worry that this new gym craze reflects an atomised society, not a health-aware one.

It doesn't necessarily add up that younger people spending less time in the pub and more in the gym is a better thing overall.

For most, it would be nice to save a space that isn’t reliant on this impulse to optimise.

A space that exists for its own sake, which combines the benefits of the gym with the social benefits of pub.