_{holmes is physically fit.}

_{he doesn’t like to exercise for excercise’s sake, but he does enjoy boxing, swimming and singlestick/fencing.}

_{despite his smoking habit, his constant abstinence from food, and lack of proper sleep schedule, he does live, by the victorians’ standards, a long time.}

_{life expectency back then ranged from 30-50, with 50 being on the v. rare side. holmes, assuming he was born in 1857 ( for reasons that is too long to explain in between these brackets ) and retired in 1903-4, he would have been around 46-ish.}

_{he’s ancient.}

_{he must have been at least very physically fit and healthy in order to survive that long. he’s surprisingly strong ( SPEC: unbending an iron poker pretzel ) and his running pace is at least twice that of watson’s.}

_{he’s a rather healthy man ovo}

#[ words from acd; ]  #he only looks sickly  #[ canon thoughts; ]  

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