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Posted by: Av8tor

How do you know if you are an Endomorph, Ectomorph or Mesomorph? I thinking about starting TP's Carb Cycling and he has different suggestions for diff. body types. I guess I don't know what I am.

7 Mos. Ago

6'2"
204lbs

Today

6'2"
178lbs

I feel I react quickly to lifting and dieting, although I've hit a hard plateau lately (Hence the diet change). I've also recently changed my workout program pretty drastically.

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Posted by: Prince

you appear to be "ecto", but most poeple are a combo of two, do you tend to have a hard time gaining weight? have you always been relatively lean? can you gain muscle fairly easily, or is it difficult? can you gain fat easily?

Posted by: Av8tor

Hey Prince. I have always been somewhat lean, although much softer due to not working out. I've never been much above 200lbs. 205-210 at the greatest. I think I gain weight pretty easily, fat too. Muscle gains come pretty quickly. Now this is all pretty new to me, I don't think I've ever eaten so well and worked out so consistently, so my body might not react the same way it used to. Thanks for the reply.

Posted by: Prince

you have always been lean, yet soft, you gain fat and muscle easily?

maybe a meso-endo

Posted by: squanto

could you elaborate a little more as to which is which? i understand he is meso-endo, what are the individual meanings of endo, ecto and meso?

Posted by: P-funk

ectomorph-has trouble gaining weight, very skinny and lean...ie
the really skinny kid

mesomorph-the ideal bodybuilder type. large bone structure.
has no problem gaining muscle and adding size.
lean and muscular.

endomorph-slow metabolism. large bone structure. adds fat easily.

Posted by: Rixmon

I did this quiz on this site,

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/becker3.htm

and i got a 1.67 which means I am between endo and meso it said hehe.

Posted by: P-funk

I got a 2.25. Mesomorph

Posted by: X Ring

i got a 1.58 so i guess I am with trailrix, endo meso. but I dont know if that is really accurate, maybe I should have answered some differently. But still that isnt too much of a help for me b/c I am not sure where to go from there and I could have told myself the same thing they told me

Posted by: Ahsan

hi guyz
i got 2.33 i m ecto meso
age 15 6'0" 150lbs
so watz ur answer

Posted by: Ahsan

sorry i got
my score 2.20

Posted by: Prince

Your score is 1.92.

Your body is closest to a Mesomorph.

Posted by: Stickboy

I got 2.42 ecto meso.

Posted by: donescobar2000

Meso endo here.

Posted by: Premo55

Meso endo...

Peace.

Posted by: sentricyphen

the test says meso, but i feel i am more ecto meso....

Posted by: Av8tor

2.17 Mesomorph

Posted by: Tha Don

Av8tor from you pictures you look definatly Mesomorph

Posted by: Cardinal

1.42 Endo/meso here.

Posted by: atherjen

2.08 here. meso

Posted by: HoldDaMayo

1.88 Meso...

Posted by: squanto

is says im mesomorph.... but i have a lot of trouble gaining weight. weird.....

Posted by: JerseyDevil

Endo meso... and I would agree with that.

Posted by: tomas101

Your score is 2.5...ecto meso...

..lol

Posted by: IronSlingah

I think this whole Meso/Endo/Ecto thing is BS and is purley arbitrary. I was a fat at 14 before Highschool introduced me to weights now im at 13% bodyfat and play college football (Linebacker) so to me this theory makes no sense.

Posted by: tomas101

i've been skinny my whole life and am finally starting to put on mass so i would say it is accurate

Posted by: Prince

Quote:

Originally posted by IronSlingah
I think this whole Meso/Endo/Ecto thing is BS and is purley arbitrary. I was a fat at 14 before Highschool introduced me to weights now im at 13% bodyfat and play college football (Linebacker) so to me this theory makes no sense.

It is just a general classification of bodytypes, it can actually be very usefeul especially to a fitness trainer.

Just becuase you now lift weights and play sports and maintain a low bf does not mean that you changed your genetic makeup.

If you stopped lifting weights and playing sports would you maintain 13% bf? Probably not, your body would return to it's "natural state", whatever that is.

It's best to answer the questions and maybe think at a younger age before you lifted weights of how your body was.

Posted by: Tha Don

mine says ectomorph! no suprise there!

do you guys ever wonder what you would look like if you had slightly better genetics...?

I wonder how HUGE i'd look if I'd had 3 years of lifting on a meso bodytype rather than a skinny ecto body!

Being an Ecto bodybuilder sucks! Period!

peace

Posted by: IronSlingah

Quote:

Originally posted by Prince
It is just a general classification of bodytypes, it can actually be very usefeul especially to a fitness trainer.

Just becuase you now lift weights and play sports and maintain a low bf does not mean that you changed your genetic makeup.

If you stopped lifting weights and playing sports would you maintain 13% bf? Probably not, your body would return to it's "natural state", whatever that is.

It's best to answer the questions and maybe think at a younger age before you lifted weights of how your body was.

As a child all the way through my mid teens i did no physical activity and easilly ate upwards of 4k calories a day (mostly pizza and soda) so how could i ever know if i was naturally an endo or a fat ass meso? The Theory dosnt explain that so i cant see how beneficial it could be to anyone.

Posted by: tomas101

Quote:

Originally posted by young d
mine says ectomorph! no suprise there!

Being an Ecto bodybuilder sucks! Period!

peace

ya it fuking sucks!!

Posted by: Petercooper7

Im very ecto..Hard to gain weight and pretty lean only 155Pounds.Do u have any advice for gaining weight and what sort of training best suits me?

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