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What do you percieve your body type to be? |
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 07:31 AM
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The Mike is offline
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What do you percieve your body type to be?
Where would you say you fit in relation to the three main body types: Mesomorph, Endomorph and Ectomorph?
It's extremely unlikely you'll only be, one most people area mixture of he threee to some extent, this link below sums the body types up quite nicely (don't read into the name of the site too much, I just came across it on Google  )
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/Dumm...le/id-488.html
I personally think I'm some place between mesomorph and and ectomorph, though more towards mesomorph; I say this because I only gained singificant quantities of weight when I stopped playing all sport (the mesomorph quality of gaining fat throguh too much inactivty, but not totally balooning in size), but was able to stay pretty trim while playing sport even though I ate a lot of crap food (the ectomorph side meant I didn't gain much fat even though I ate lots of chips and sweets/candy).
That's my opinion anyway, maybe I should post a picture some time for you guys to judge
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 07:48 AM
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I am definitely an ectomorph
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 08:45 AM
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I am between meso and endo (but closer to meso) called mesendomorph
Article on this is here:
Rethinking Body Types
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 12:11 PM
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John Stone is offline
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Meso.
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 12:43 PM
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Duckman is offline
Join Date: Feb 18th, 2004
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Definitely meso
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 12:57 PM
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Ecto by nature, slowly added fat over the years, turned into I-don't-know-what.
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Endo? |
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 22nd, 2004
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Stats: Height: 6'; Weight: 190lbs; Body Fat: < 20%
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Endo?
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Originally Posted by welsh_mike
Where would you say you fit in relation to the three main body types: Mesomorph, Endomorph and Ectomorph?
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Endomorph?
I dunno. My middle finger and thumb overlap if I put my hand around my wrist, that's an ectomorph thing 
Right now I'm a flabby-morph, soon I'll be a ripped-o-morph 
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Fri, February 27th, 2004, 04:54 PM
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Definately Meso. I just hide it well under the 10 years of insulation I packed on.
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Mon, March 1st, 2004, 02:13 PM
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Combo of Ecto-Meso I'd say.
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Mon, March 1st, 2004, 05:06 PM
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I'm also an ecto-meso. I think I'm more on the meso side, and hope theres enough in me to get adequatly ripped in 6 months time
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Mon, March 1st, 2004, 06:24 PM
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I'd say I'm a endo. Tall, thick, and easily put on the poundage down below.
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Mon, March 1st, 2004, 06:27 PM
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Rock, if you check out the article Hobbes linked to, I think you'll find that, like him, you're more of a mesendo then an endo. Sure you can gain fat easily, but youre still a big guy without that fat..
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Fluke's Odyssey: Pursuing Fitness Excellence since Feb 17th, 2004 at 200lbs, 28%bf
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