The classification of body types can either be ectomorphs, mesomorphs or endomorphs. This are the only three criteria used to describe a person’s body type. These criteria are solely based on a person’s physical appearance.
If you are an ectomorph then your physical appearance is that of a skinny person. They are also referred to as the hard gainers because they have great difficulty when they want to gain weight.
There physique makes them appear young, and they are usually tall and not muscular. The peculiar thing about ectomorphs is that they are very bright naturally because they have very large brains.
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They normally stoop as they get older due to the way there shoulders are shaped toward there chest muscles. The people with such body structures usually quit very easily because it takes a lot of time before their muscles respond to the training. If you have such a body structure you have to exercise great patience for you to be able to succeed in bodybuilding.
The other body type is referred to as the mesomorphs. Such people with this type of body structure are naturally muscular and have great athletic abilities. People with such body structures usually appear older than they actually are.
This factor is however received with mixed reaction among people with such body, structures. There body physique is usually rectangular shaped.
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They usually age upright without stooping, couple this with the fact that they have a very thick skin, they age very gracefully. They are usually able to gain weight very easily and at the same time lose weight very easily.
The advantage of having such a body structure is that you do not need to spend a lot of time in the gym in order to gain muscles.
The other type of body structure is the endomorph. The distinguishing characteristic about people with this body structure is that they have a very soft skin. In fact they spend very little money trying to make their skin soft.
There digestive system is usually overdeveloped. They normally get very hungry even if they had just eaten. People who have this sort of body structure usually gain weight very fast and have a lot of difficulty when it comes to losing this weight.
