Find your body type here

AllMyUsernamesRTaken

I'm a female and Mesomorph.
Take this quiz to find out your body type, it makes all the difference with your workouts.
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MurallyAnn

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SLLRunner

I'm a female and Mesomorph.
Take this quiz to find out your body type, it makes all the difference with your workouts.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/becker3.htm

I'm sure it's fun but. otherwise, why?

42 pounds sure made a difference in my workouts, but I doubt body type has anything to do with the quality of your workouts.

snazzyjazzy21

"You have a naturally fit body but"

:laugh: Yep, naturally fit, that's why I'm here!

SugaryLynx

I'mma banana

manicautumn

"Your body is between an endomorph and a mesomorph.

Endomorph: Your biggest concern should be losing fat and adopting a lifestyle that keeps it off.

Mesomorph: You have a naturally fit body but, to maintain or improve it, you should adopt an exercise and diet regimen that compliments your build."

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... how does that make any difference to me.

ninerbuff

I'm a female and Mesomorph.
Take this quiz to find out your body type, it makes all the difference with your workouts.
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Somatotyping was developed by a psychologist based on behaviors and pictures of people. There are no "true" ecto, meso, endo morphs according the rating scale, but a mixture of all 3 in about everyone.

As my friend DavPul would say: "Just work out!"

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

uconnwinsnc

wtf is this. I call BS on the whole thing. I am an awesomebossmorph.

TRAITS
ENDOMORPH: 50%
MESOMORPH: 25%
ECTOMORPH: 25%
AWESOMEBOSSMORPH: 1000000000%

neandermagnon

I'm a female and Mesomorph.
Take this quiz to find out your body type, it makes all the difference with your workouts.
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for initial their descriptions read:

ectomorph = Homo sapiens (or tropical adapted body proportions)

mesomorph = Homo erectus (or average frame size)

endomorph = Homo neanderthalensis (or cold-adapted body proportions)

It's interesting that there are some grains of truth in this, while on the whole it's BS. There are differences in frame size that make people look different, but in this method you get people with cold-adapted body proportions (short, large framed, large torso, short limbs) lumped into the same group as everyone who, regardless of frame size, is overweight or obese. Then, when these differences become apparent (e.g. observing that some "endomorphs" have quite small joint size because they're small framed obese peopel, or that some "endomorphs" are more muscular and less fat and don't have difficulty losing fat because they're large framed and have a healthy body fat percentage) you have the get-out clause of "well some people are a mix of two body types" - no. you have several different body types lumped into one category, and the fact that they don't all fit the overall pattern is because the overall pattern is way too simplistic.

It's not scientific and human variation is far far far far far far more complex than this system makes it out to be. You can't simply categorise humans into 3 groups based on body type..........



so anyway, the following is a general summary of some of the trends in skeletal differences in human populations - but it's only a general trend and not representative of discrete categories... all these things show continuous variation and most people probably fall somewhere between the two:

robust (postcranial i.e. below the neck):
- wide shoulders
- wide pelvis
- larger rib cage
- larger joints
- thicker bone shafts
- wider hands and feet
- greater lean body mass (not including mass added through training etc)
- finds it easier to gain mass as a result of training

gracile: the opposite of the above

cold adapted:
- shorter
- robust build
- short limbs/long torso
- barrel chested

tropical adapted:
- taller
- gracile build
- long, slender limbs,
- narrow torso/small rib cage/not barrel chested

hot and humid adapted
- small body size, i.e. short and small framed

And not everyone falls perfectly in the above body types.... these are general trends but there is a huge amount of variation, between populations and within populations, because humans lived in a huge range of different climates and environments and natural selection favoured different traits in each one.... then we moved around and interbred so most people are not purely from one specific environment, but a mosaic of traits that evolved in different environments. So basically human variation is extremely complex.......

..........but in terms of how to train, if you're robust and cold-adapted you'll be better at powerlifting than running, and if you're gracile and tropical adapted you'll be better at running than powerlifting. And limb proportions can affect what's ideal form for weight lifting, and some adjustment of form is necessary for certain body types/limb proportions. But how you actually train isn't going to be any different. And if you find it hard to lose fat, or find it hard to gain muscle, you don't really need some bodybuilding website to tell you that. Rather than have some complex method of classifying body types, it's probably better to just give specific advice for people who find it hard to lose fat, and people who find it hard to gain muscle.

AllMyUsernamesRTaken

I am a Mesomorph. I've never been straight up and down like an Ectomorph and I'm not shaped like an apple when overweight as an Endomorph.
When I was fit: running track (sprinting) and I can beat quite a few guys (well I use to lol), hiking and swimming. I was always the one whose body responded FAST when I hit the weights. I don't bulk up, but I love my muscle mass because as most people muscle has memory, and any and all fat was melted by the muscles once I built them up. I'm back in the gym and I have shocked ALL PEOPLE when they see my body afterwards. You could never tell I had cellulite or was overweight.

strengthandhonour4eva

im an endomorph mixed with a little necromorph

AllMyUsernamesRTaken

WTH is a necromorph? LOL I don't even want to know dude! LOL

strengthandhonour4eva

of course you want to know lol google it lol

Strokingdiction

I'm an expert in phrenology. I can tell if you're overweight just from feeling the bumps on your head. I am pretty amazing.

AllMyUsernamesRTaken

LOL you know it!

I Googled it: Necromorphs
Necromorphs are the main antagonists of the entire Dead Space franchise. The sole purpose of almost all Necromorphs is to acquire more bodies to convert and spread the infection.

Awww fantasy man ;-)

AllMyUsernamesRTaken

LOL sound like Ray Charles in the movie Ray. You're a feeler utilizing pseudoscience, interesting LOL

strengthandhonour4eva

I think I would have to create a seperate mfp for necromorphs haha

neandermagnon

I'm an expert in phrenology. I can tell if you're overweight just from feeling the bumps on your head. I am pretty amazing.

I can tell what species of human a skull comes from by the various lumps and bumps on it..... :bigsmile: