Exercise

[Grayman]

any one become some what obsessive with this ? It becomes so much part of my routine I'll only go one day without it a week (the gym) because my mother encourages me to socialise I often miss going to see friends because of the obsessive manner and routine that soon follows.I honestly don't do a good job of balacing the two , the last time I stopped going to the gym I became very depressed then hypomanic followed by depressed again. Excersize helps me keep stable but it can be hard for people to understand.I hope I'm not just making excuses for my behaviour either.

 

[Grayman]

Thank you for the response I try socialise but I get a bit to much into diet stuff plus my friends all drink and I don't really , so it's hard to keep up at times

 

[Pocket86]

I think I am obsessed with exercise also. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I got to the gym 3 days and week and run 3 days. Exercise reduces my anxiety and I feel great while I'm doing it. I just started Pound class and I highly recommend it. It's a group class so you can get some socialization. The best thing about it is that you are keeping rhythm with "drum" sticks. The constant sound of the sticks is VERY calming to me. But no matter what you do, don't give up exercise. There are much worse things to be addicted to!

 

[abby normal]

being that I'm old, I can't exercise obsessively like I used to when young, but most days you can find me either walking [can't run any more, arthritis in spine] or biking up and down the hills of my hilly neighborhood and working up a good sweat. I feel better afterwards, like the clouds have cleared away, more energy and less pain/stiffness, more alive. also helps to keep me fitting in my clothes relatively gracefully.

 

[rache86]

Definitely something I obsess over, I find exercise massively therapeutic, not only because of endorphins etc., but also because it gives me the space I need away from others when I am on my bike or running. I become very upset when I can't do it though, it is very stressful.

 

[abby normal]

wish I could say I definitely got endorphins from exercise, but I've never had that "runner's high." I guess my benefit is in that the blood is circulating better and the cobwebs were swept away by the forced intake of fresh outdoor oxygenated pine-imbued [live out in the woods] air, and the psychological relief of having gotten it done.

 

[justin_havu]

I'm a HUGE fan of exercise! I try to go to the gym at least twice a week, in addition to running and/or bicycling as often as I can. The hard part about going to the gym for me, though is my extreme case of social anxiety. I can't have anyone right next to me when working out, otherwise I start to panic, (I've had to leave a couple of times because the anxiety became too much for me to even get anything done.)

 

[abby normal]

gym memberships cost me more than I can comfortably spare, so I've long used just what was around me - room boundaries, the ground, gravity - with which to exercise.

 

[justin_havu]

They can get expensive, but I found one in Dover, NH (Not far from me) that has a 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month plan, and you only pay for which plan you want, and nothing else. I think it's $50, $80, and $150. It works like a pay-as-you-go kind of plan.

 

[abby normal]

the only ones I could find with an actual lap-sized pool large enough for more than one adult, cost $70 a month [YMCA]

 

[justin_havu]

Yeah, not only can I NOT afford anywhere near that, but for what my visit would be worth, it's just too expensive. There's a gym in Somersworth that has two pools, a lap pool, a huge fitness center, indoor track, and several other amenities, but I wouldn't use anywhere NEAR what they offer, so the cost just doesn't justify my needs. The other reason I go to the one I go to is because I teach a music class in the same building as the gym, so I can get there early in the morning, work out, then go upstairs, freshen up, then set up the room for class.

 

[abby normal]

I [nicely] envy you your musical gifts. would that I had some. anyways, swimming is the only real whole-body exercise I can still do [arthritis] so I certainly miss that. biking up and down hills just isn't the same.

 

[OkRad]

Totally obsessed. Hours a day because I cannot stop moving. it's like a stim, like rocking. If I am home, I pace.

 

[toothless]

i used to love exercise,i had a gym member ship and went every day if i had a driving support staff on [i cant use public transport because of my behavior and i have a motability car] but i didnt lose any weight and it got me feeling bad because i weighed over 18 stone at the time,so my gym obsession stopped.

i used to be a special olympics athlete in swimming but that had to stop when my nerve damage pain became to much with the training,when not training with the team id go swimming several times a week but the pain afterwards was to much to bear,i can barely walk with it.

anything i do regulary becomes an obsession,i have OCD to though so i dont know how much of it is autism and how much is OCD,you guys should consider that also.

 

[OkRad]

anything i do regulary becomes an obsession,i have OCD to though so i dont know how much of it is autism and how much is OCD,you guys should consider that also.

Wow! That is me. My brother used to say to me : "Anything you do, you do in bulk!" And he is right. I am better than I was. My obsessions are now curtailed to a few. But I do them about 14 hours a day.