It’s common to have a mix of body types, but usually one or two are dominant, such as endo-mesomorph or ecto-mesomorph. A pure ectomorph – someone who is tall, extremely skinny (not much muscle), and doesn’t have an ounce of fat – might rate endomorph: 1, mesomorph: 1, ectomorph: 7 (1-1-7). Pure body types (a 7 on the Sheldon scale), are rare, but do exist. Using the numerical scale, you could get even more specific by assigning a score of 1 to 7 for how strongly you fit into each category. Mesomorph – average frame, medium joints, muscular, leanĮctomorph – small frame, small joints, skinny, very lean If you approach body type analysis from a more modern point of view, it can be useful in many ways.Īccording to Sheldon’s system, there are three major body types:Įndomorph – large frame, large joints, round, high body fat
They may be partly right, but I don’t think you should throw out the baby with the bathwater. Today, some fitness authorities claim that body typing is outdated and not helpful.
Most of the authors and experts believed that knowing your body type was a useful tool for adjusting your training and nutrition. Rating your body type using the classic system invented by William Sheldon is called “somatotyping.” Most people just use the term body type instead of somatotype, but whatever you call it, people have been intrigued by this concept for years…īack in the 1980’s and 1990’s when I first started lifting, almost every book I read about bodybuilding had a section explaining the three major body types.
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