How Body Type Can Affect Your Body Building Program
When starting out on a body building regime, a lot of people have found it useful to know their body type in order to maximize results from the weight training. Knowing it will help determine how well you are going to respond to exercise and make any changes necessary to increase your chances of success. Just looking in the mirror can give you a lot of information about your body type.
If you are tall and skinny then this would often mean you would be classified in the group known as endomorphs. These are classically hard gainers and if you fall into this group and have already started a training program you will know that no matter what you do, it is difficult to put on any weight or muscle.
The major advantage of being in this group is that although you may find it difficult to put on muscle it will also be difficult to put on fat. What this means to you is that when you do put on muscle mass it will be without a gain in fat tissue which will leave you looking very ripped. In fact you would not have to put on as much muscle to look bigger and toned as you will have superb definition.
The mesomorphs are the next group of people. Often they are naturally more muscular, short, squat and heavier. I have come across a lot of these people who say they only have to look at a weight and put on muscle.
For those with a mesomorphic physique then usually a less intense workout program is required. The biggest hurdle to face though is the issue of fat gain. As well as muscle, these types can also easily put on fat. It is vital to increase the proportion of protein intake in the daily calories to try and overcome this.
Ideally, endomorphs should consume about 2g of protein per kilogram of body weight per day and also increase the overall calorie intake to stimulate an anabolic or muscle building state.
Great gains can be had by both body types but those with an ectomorphic body will be required to work harder in the gym to stimulate increased muscle growth and increase their calorie intake. Those with a mesomorphic body type should be careful about increasing fat tissue and may find they cycle between bulking up by increasing muscle and fat and then cutting down calories to lose that fat. - 17268
If you are tall and skinny then this would often mean you would be classified in the group known as endomorphs. These are classically hard gainers and if you fall into this group and have already started a training program you will know that no matter what you do, it is difficult to put on any weight or muscle.
The major advantage of being in this group is that although you may find it difficult to put on muscle it will also be difficult to put on fat. What this means to you is that when you do put on muscle mass it will be without a gain in fat tissue which will leave you looking very ripped. In fact you would not have to put on as much muscle to look bigger and toned as you will have superb definition.
The mesomorphs are the next group of people. Often they are naturally more muscular, short, squat and heavier. I have come across a lot of these people who say they only have to look at a weight and put on muscle.
For those with a mesomorphic physique then usually a less intense workout program is required. The biggest hurdle to face though is the issue of fat gain. As well as muscle, these types can also easily put on fat. It is vital to increase the proportion of protein intake in the daily calories to try and overcome this.
Ideally, endomorphs should consume about 2g of protein per kilogram of body weight per day and also increase the overall calorie intake to stimulate an anabolic or muscle building state.
Great gains can be had by both body types but those with an ectomorphic body will be required to work harder in the gym to stimulate increased muscle growth and increase their calorie intake. Those with a mesomorphic body type should be careful about increasing fat tissue and may find they cycle between bulking up by increasing muscle and fat and then cutting down calories to lose that fat. - 17268
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