Friday, May 14, 2010

The Different Body Types





Aanyone who has spent time at a beach, swimming pool, or gymlocker
room can attest to the fact that human beings are born with a variety of
different physical characteristics. Some are taller or shorter, lighter or
darker, wider or narrower in the shoulders, longer and shorter in the leg;
they have higher or lower natural levels of endurance, differing types of
muscle cells, more or fewer muscle and fat cells.
One popular method of categorizing all these various body types recognizes
three fundamentally different physical types, called somato types:

  1. The Ectomorph: Thin upper body, long arms and legs, long feet and palms, basically a thin structure of muscles.
  2. The Mesomorph:Large chest, long torso, solid muscle structure, and huge strength.
  3. The Endomorph:Soft muscles, round face, bulky body structure and fatty storage with wide hips.

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