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Autism and the gym

Billy87

I am currently training to be a personal trainer and it has really occured to me that when I start up I want to work with other autistic people like me, some of whom might by reluctant or overwhelmed about going to the gym and other similar places. 
Personally, I have always struggled with the gym, I can find it an intimidating place, loud music (usually painfully bad RnB, not like it's anything decent like a bit of punk rock), posers, guys with way better bodies than mine etc. It's often put me off getting fit. 
Fortunatley, now I have found a gym I am comfortable in and really enjoy going to but its taken me many years. 

I just wanted to know other people's experiences of gyms and fitness in general so I can have an idea how I can help other autistic people like me when I'm qualified 

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  • I like independent gyms rather than leisure centres. Mine is pay as you go so there's no obligation to join and attend. I go during the day time when it's quieter rather than busy evenings, but I also have a treadmill at home for times when I really don't fancy it. I am quite into keeping fit, I am also a swimmer and prefer lane swims which are structured, no one is there to socialise or muck around in the pool. I actually like the loud music, especially trance, it helps motivate me, but then I used to be a raver back in my younger days! In fact, turn a gym into a nightclub and I'm there! (I'm also hypersensitive to sound, would you believe it?! But dancing, exercising, running to loud, repetitive music, blocks everything out and it's like a stim to me). I don't know if that helps you at all, just my experience.

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  • I like independent gyms rather than leisure centres. Mine is pay as you go so there's no obligation to join and attend. I go during the day time when it's quieter rather than busy evenings, but I also have a treadmill at home for times when I really don't fancy it. I am quite into keeping fit, I am also a swimmer and prefer lane swims which are structured, no one is there to socialise or muck around in the pool. I actually like the loud music, especially trance, it helps motivate me, but then I used to be a raver back in my younger days! In fact, turn a gym into a nightclub and I'm there! (I'm also hypersensitive to sound, would you believe it?! But dancing, exercising, running to loud, repetitive music, blocks everything out and it's like a stim to me). I don't know if that helps you at all, just my experience.

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