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Three Body Types: Ectomorph, Mesomorph, Endomorph
In the 1940’s American psychologist William Sheldon, popularized three general body type categories. Please know that you may have traits of more than one body type and your body’s metabolism and shape has one dominant type. You should train for your dominant body type.
Your dominant body type is the part that you are challenged with the most. If releasing weight is a challenge, train and eat for the endomorph type body. If you’re challenged to gain muscle, train for the ectomorph type body.
Again, be sure to check your email to learn about your personal body type and how to train to get the BEST Results!
Below is a brief description of each body type:
ECTOMORPH PHYSICAL TRAITS:
Thin- Small joints/ boned
- Long arms and legs
- No hips – “ruler body shape”
- Small shoulders
- Small chest and buttocks
- Low body fat (without exercising or following low-calorie diets)
- Can eat anything they like without weight gain
- Fast and efficient metabolism
- Difficulty gaining weight and muscle
- Has lots of energy
- Think Audrey Hepburn
The biggest challenge with this body type is building muscle. Most super models are ectomorph body types. Sometimes this body type is confused with being fit because it is normally thin. Being thin doesn’t mean you’re fit. Still, if you know how to train for your body type, you can look firm and fit!
Your fitness guide will give you more details and here is how to train:
- Build muscle by strength training two muscle groups at a time like squats with bicep curls using medium weights (My Get Fit With Love program has these workout!)
- Keep cardio to low intensity
- Eat adequate protein about 1 gram per goal body weight a day
- Strength train 2-3 times per week
- Cardio can be 2 times a week
Building muscle may be challenging for you and you CAN do it! To stay consistent try out my Get Fit program and train with me! I have an ectomorph type body and I’d love to show you how to Get Fit With Love!
MESOMORPH PHYSICAL TRAITS:
- Naturally lean, muscular and strong
- Athletic physique
- Medium size joints and bones
- Broad-square shoulders
- Hourglass figure
- Efficient metabolism
- Tones up easily
- Releasing weight, not a big deal
- Think Halle Berry
This body type drew the long strong and can train either to build muscle or lean out. Yeah you!
Women with these body types build muscle easily and can release weight pretty quickly.
Your fitness guide will give you more details and here is how to train:
- To firm up, do cardio with light to medium free weights in the same routine (My Get Fit With Love program has these workout!)
- Lift heavier weight with low reps if you really want to build muscle
- Strength train 2 times a week
- Cardio can also be 2 times a week.
If you want to lean up even more, do low-intensity cardio for longer periods of time more often than strength training and that will get you there!
The workouts on my Get Fit With Love program would be GREAT for you if you want to do quick workouts that tone you up without bulking you out! Try two-weeks FREE and see for yourself!
ENDOMORPH PHYSICAL TRAITS:
Smooth, round body (can be solid or doughy)- Medium/ large joints/ bones
- Narrow or small shoulders
- Short limbs
- Struggles with excess body fat and weight loss
- Carries excess weight in lower regions of body, mainly lower abdomen, butt, hips, and thighs
- Can have Pear-shaped or hourglass physique
- Can gain muscle easily, but it doesn’t show up well
- Slow metabolic rate
- May get tired easily
- Fall asleep easily
- Think Marilyn Monroe
This body type normally struggles with weight. The challenge is you have the slowest metabolism of all body types so training and eating right for your body type is CRUCIAL!
Even though releasing weight will be a challenge for you, you can do it! With an example like Marilyn Monroe, you can look GREAT!
Your fitness guide will give you more details and here is how to train:
- Focus on getting sugar out of your diet! (Read your guide to learn why!)
- Build muscle so you can increase your metabolism
- 2-3 times a week strength train with medium weights and high reps (My Get Fit With Love program has these workouts!)
- 2-3 times a week do HIIT (high-intensity interval training) cardio workouts to burn the most calories (My Get Fit With Love program has these workouts!)
- Be kind to yourself (My Get Fit With Love program can help you with this!)
Endomorphs may be challenged more than the other body types to release inches and there is a gift in having this body. It’s the gift of learning self-love, acceptance and releasing shame, guilt, and frustration.
Are You Ready To Get Fit With Love?
If you are either the endomorph or ectomorph, I’ve created workouts especially for you in my 21-day workout program called…
This program includes…
- 7- Tone Your Body, Lift Your Mood strength training & Pilates workouts with positive affirmations based on the theme you choose
- 7- Burn Your Fat, Free Your Heart guided cardio practices to help you burn the most fat at your fitness level and free your heart of stress, worry, and frustration
- 6- Simple nutrition tips or recipes
- 6- Emotional Transformation Practices based on the theme you choose to help you see your life from a new perspective
If you have a Mesomorph body type and want to tone up, Get Fit With Love would be great for you too! Give it a try!
It’s not a mistake you found me! Nope!
Here’s to getting GREAT results for YOUR body type!
Your fitness friend,
Michelle Melendez-Founder/Fitness Expert Since 1996
P.S. What if this was the year you finally felt great in your body and had a new inner voice that was loving and kind to your body! It’s time! Oh Yeah!