Does autism come packaged with low muscle tone?

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Just wondering.

I have been working out since I was 12.

Somewhat inconsistently, but still.


But anyways, I'm skinny everywhere except for where I'm fat.

I look like a nerd.

Though I am not a nerd, I simply have issues with social interaction.

No not really you can always take thing's that are not steroids to help build muscle I don't see how autism would play a factor in not being able to increase muscle tone.

http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2010/11 ... ss-in.html

Google "aspergers low muscle tone" or in my case "NVLD low muscle tone." It apparently was part of the early diagnostic criteria, before Aspergers really got formulated. So there might be some correlation, it's really hard to say.

In my case, I was kinda lucky and had reasonably strong leg muscles, but had/have crappy arm and upper body strength, and in general just twig arms. Oddly, the way my body is, my wrists and hands are really small, but then I have thick ankles and huge calf muscles. It's like a weird mix of ectomorph on top, and then endomorph on bottom. As far as now, it's like, so odd, as that mix allows me to parallel squat and deadlift a ton without much effort, but then I struggle at like 135 on the benchpress. As far as lack of athletic prowess as a kid, it was just sorta being a "late bloomer" which as your other thread asked, there's lots of variance going on with that. One guy I suspect with ASD or similar kinda...thing, as I said in your other thread, was 5'2 and 120 pounds when he got out of high school, and then 5 year class reunion, was 6' and 240 pounds. Talk about late bloomer...


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As far as how it should affect you, well, there's lots of variables besides Aspergers in the athletic game. Genetics has a lot to do with it, different ethnicities do better at different things, and everyone has different body types they're just sorta stuck with whether they like them or not. My Indian friend is 130 pounds, and he wants to gain 20 pounds, whereas me I'm 195 at the same height and I wanna lose 20 pounds. He can do way more pullups than me (I can do none, woohoo), I can squat and deadlift way more than him. We just gotta work with what God gives us, and do the best we can.

What kind of working out are you doing?

maybe look at your diet. it is more important than working out if you want to build muscles or strength

I don't think so, you're only fifteen and you just need to allow yourself time to develop and go on a good training program, starting strength and a good diet will work well at your age as long as you keep aiming for maximum reps and pushing yourself, throw that in with some high intensity sprinting and you'll have good muscularity.

Starting Strength
http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_Starr_5x5

Teen Muscle building guide, it also has a guide for nutrition
http://www.bodybuilding.com/guides/male ... ding/intro

About 30%of autistics have low muscle tone. If you are concerned about it, a good occupational therapist will be able to evaluate you and help you build up muscle.

Nerd is a derogatory slang term for a person typically described as intellectual, socially-impaired, and obsessive who spends inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or highly technical pursuits, or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.[1][2][3] Nerds are considered to be awkward, shy, and unattractive.[4] Thus, a nerd is often excluded from physical activity and considered a loner by others, or will tend to associate with a small group of like-minded people. As with other pejoratives, nerd has been reappropriated by some as a term of pride and group identity.

Who here is not a nerd

Eat protein rich foods, and lift. Or swim. 3-4 times a week for at least 30 minutes each.

That's all there is to it. Your body can't refuse to make muscle.

Avoid refined sugars. They are poison.

I don't have a low-muscle tone, but then again I'm one of the few aspies who do not meet the criterias for NLD.