Can people with gout exercise? Don’t exercise in general during the acute phase. “Many gout patients struggle with the question of whether they can exercise. As we all know, the prevalence of gout contains gender, age, weight, occupation, diet, and alcohol consumption. And among these six factors, we are able to see that most of them are caused by life. Although this is the case, many gout patients are still eager to exercise, because the main symptom of gout patients is joint pain, which brings unimaginable impact on the life and work of gout patients. This is why many gout patients have a fear of fitness, fearing that exercise will lead to a serious gout condition. In fact, if gout patients can do some appropriate exercise to relieve the gout condition is still helpful.