Can an Aspie be athletic??

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Most definitely. I was MVP for my softball team AND the whole league and was written up in the paper for pitching the first shut out and so forth. Naturally I was oblivious. I would just come home from school and throw a tennis ball against the side of the house for HOURS. I got enough sense of myself that the ball goes where I want it to and when it comes down I catch it. That is what you are supposed to do and that was my goal so I did.

In retrospect, I may have been one of the few "jocks" ever that still managed to be unpopular! But I still love sports. They were fun and there was a goal and skills to focus on. I love sports especially baseball.

I'm definitely a late bloomer with sports, I'm only just getting into it at age 35, and outrunning a lot of people half my age! Being aspie actually gives you an edge mentally, it's helped with noticing patterns and coordinating breathing, which helps you go longer and faster. If I ever win my age group in Ironman, maybe I'll credit ASD.

Yeah. Me too!

I sucked at sports when I was younger---was usually picked last for teams.

However, I did run and finish three NYC Marathons in the 1990s. Two of them were done in under 4 hours.

I still wouldn't consider myself an "athlete," though. I am a Wolfman, instead.

I was never into competitive sports. I never had the co-ordination or situational awareness to be good at them, and I never had a sense of caring who won - I have no interest in being a spectator, either.

However, I was a very keen pot-holer/caver [USA: spelunker] when I was younger, to the point of being a leader/trainer for the last few years that I was doing it. I also love hiking and will always walk places unless time pressure forces me to use public transport - e.g. 5 miles a day including a 400ft climb, in all weathers, to commute to my last job.

If I lived three miles from my job, and didn't have to walk on a highway, I'd walk to work every day. It's a shorter commute than what I have now using buses and trains.

Posted in this thread before.. some sports as a kid/teen (bowling, swimming, softball) but the last few years I've been much more athletic. I've done ~200K pushups and now add in some squats daily, haven't run much the last year but I still can.. work a physical job (construction), and have done the Tough Mudder 4 times in Whistler. Currently 6'2" 193lbs ~13%bf but dip down to ~10%bf in the Summer when I'm more active at work and going to the beach nearly daily (about 500 stairs down a cliffside to get there) & kiteboarding when I can get up to Squamish. I've only gained a few lbs of fat because my activity level drops off in the Fall & I tend to eat a few extra carbs. Ah well, it's only a few lbs to burn off over the rest of the Winter before it's beach time again.

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Gavin Rose was diagnosed with autism three years ago. Now, he's competing for a world bull riding titl

I exercise pretty regularly myself (: Its great stress relief

When I was younger , Windsurfing was my passion . It's a solo sport that requires you to not think , just react , just be . When everything is dialed in and you're planing in perfect balance , it's effortless and feels like flying . It really helped me in many ways .

What a strange question! Sure they can - I am and so is my son.

Wells cross country runners don't let autism slow them down

Yep we sure can . I don't have any muscles but I do a lot of running from charity where I live. Last year and this year I'm participating in a fun run which is a run around my village where you get sponsored by family, friends and neighbours and raise money for mental health, I've done this four years in a row now. It keeps me fit and it's for a good cause.