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FireFox
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 Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: Muscle developmentm in aspies. |
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| Is it slower for aspies? I'm an aspie and I'm not very strong. |
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ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo
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I was very weak. My arms were the weakest. It didn't matter much because I was female and we aren't judged on muscles like boys/men are.
Yeah, I guess I was weaker than other kids my age, thinner too. |
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Bradleigh
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: |
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My NT younger brother is my strong to my weak, to put it another way I am muscularly not very strong, while my brother is the opposite. But I can still beat him by hitting him in the right spot.
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FireFox
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| I'm male. I feel like some muscle is developing in my arms now, but it is a slow process. |
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AnnaLemma
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When I did triathlons, I was very motivated to work on certain muscles (mostly upper body, since I was a runner). I didn't have the strength/endurance for the swim particularly. After a year or so I was able to improve a lot (looking at pictures of that time, I look like one semi-buffed middle-aged lady). However, it was not really dramatic, it took a lot of time, and I lost it as soon as I stopped putting in the extra effort. Some of the liability, I'm sure, was being female and being middle-aged, but most of it is having a runty body type that is as they say a "hard-gainer". Both my parents were/are pretty thin so there is probably some genetic component.
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UndercoverAlien
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| ow great really fair whats next aspies live shorter? |
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Ishmael
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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I doubt it, everybody is just as weak nowadays. I've never heard that aspies are predisposed to be weak - don't know where you're getting it from. Myself, I am exceedingly strong. So much so, I accidentally destroy things.
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donkey
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: |
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there is empirical evidence to suggest that a lot of AS have weakness in connective tissue and tendon and particularly ligament attatchments.
so hyportonia is an AS observation that can be explained by more than probability....and this is weakness in the ligaments, which can lead to going to the toilet more and voiding small amonts of urine as your bladder tone is reduced.
dislocating joints when playing sport ( mine was knee 9 times).
increased flexibilty.
and generalised weakness.
so it is an AS feature?
it can be seen at a higher level in AS individuals in my experience.
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Fogman
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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I'm fairly strong, and have above average stamina, though I have never had good muscle tone.
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DW_a_mom
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Hypotonia and disgraphia are relatively frequent among AS, I guess it's a cormid. Not part of, but more frequent with.
My son is super flexible and has very loose joints. Not athletic, although he has learned to run fairly well, enjoys hiking, and has pretty good stamina. It's his hands that suffer the brunt of the problems, as he really cannot write.
It was the cutest thing when he was an infant. He learned to sit up by stretching his legs out to the sides while on his tummy, center-splits style, and then just walked his hands backwards and pushed his body up.
Yep, he was totally born exactly as he is. Those were cool days, when we could enjoy all the gifts and be blissfully unaware of the burdens he would face.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| donkey wrote: | there is empirical evidence to suggest that a lot of AS have weakness in connective tissue and tendon and particularly ligament attatchments.
so hyportonia is an AS observation that can be explained by more than probability....and this is weakness in the ligaments, which can lead to going to the toilet more and voiding small amonts of urine as your bladder tone is reduced.
dislocating joints when playing sport ( mine was knee 9 times).
increased flexibilty.
and generalised weakness.
so it is an AS feature?
it can be seen at a higher level in AS individuals in my experience. |
Personally: repeated joint injuries at the knees and shoulders, as well as back issues. Ligament and tendon damage. Have always been extremely flexible for my size, and while I have strength... it's more from knowing how to use leverage than raw muscle. When I work out, I do gain muscle tone and mass, but at inconsistent rates.
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venuseagle
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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| My ASD son has ligamentous laxity. His Consultant agreed that this is often seen in children on the spectrum and said he thought it was to do with a closely related gene or something like that. |
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LePetitPrince
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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they are weaker because they don't play much sport.
Isn't the typical geek in movies either skinny or fat?
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Sora
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'm quite strong. For a girl.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| LePetitPrince wrote: | they are weaker because they don't play much sport.
Isn't the typical geek in movies either skinny or fat? |
Um... care to explain where that "factoid" comes from? It appears that you are confusing stereotypes with possibly comorbid conditions.
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