“If there’s something in the gym that I can’t do, I’ve learnt to try and adapt it which I find really helpful,” she explains. For example, she prefers using a hammer grip when lifting as the pressure through her wrists is otherwise too much. Using dumbbells instead of barbells is useful for this, she says.

“I wouldn’t be able to do any traditional lifts like cleans, because I just don’t have the mobility in my joints and again the pressure is too much. Instead of doing a hang clean, I would do a high pull instead, so I’m still getting the physical movement and just doing it without hurting myself.” Being vocal about flare-ups and bad days is also important. “If I can’t do it today, it might be that I’m able to do it tomorrow, or it might be that I can adapt it in a certain way that works for me, because there’s no point pushing myself to do something when it’s going to be detrimental rather than beneficial.”

Being vocal and unapologetic is something Bobbi now also strongly relates to. After graduating and landing a dream job in musical theatre, she found herself trying to hide her condition and apologising profusely when there were movements she couldn’t do. “I always had this massive feeling of guilt for it but now I would never apologise for not being well. I’m absolutely not sorry for it.”

Arthritis and exercise: four women on how they move with arthritis