It doesn’t matter if you are trying to burn fat to loss weight or you are training to build muscles, the first step that you really need to know is to know what your body type is. Although the extend of success of your fat burning program or your muscle building regime is not predominantly determined by it, it makes a difference knowing your body so that you can eat and train more efficiently!

Back in the 1930s and 1940s, Dr. William H. Sheldon, a professor from Harvard created a body classification after having conducted extensive research which include viewing of thousands of photographs and interviewing of hundred of people. There are generally three body types in his system: endomorphs, mesomorphs and ectomorphs. In a nutshell Endomorphs are the “fat retainers.” Mesomorphs are the “genetically gifted.” Ectomorphs are the lean and skinny types. . Not everyone fits exactly into one of these categories but contains characteristics of each, usually with one that is predominant.

The Ectomorph

Ectomorph tends to be tall and skinny with small joints and a small waist. They are naturally lean and usually never have trouble with excess body fat. They have a metabolism rate that is too effective that excess calories are wasted as body heat. Therefore they can almost always eat whatever they want without even getting fat. On the other hand it is always challenging for them to gain muscle.

Nutrition And Training For Ectomorph

Ectomorphs are people with fast metabolisms. So the first and most obvious solution is less activity. The fact that they can burn calories even while not physically active, brings up the next point on having undisturbed quality sleep every night. Taking naps is also helpful. The best type of training for them is short and intensive training programs, daily workouts and excessive cardio are especially counter productive as they need to have plenty of recuperation time between work outs. Never ever miss a single meal! At least 50% of daily calories should be derived from carbohydrates.

The Mesomorph

Mesomorph are characterized by lean and muscular waists, broad shoulders, medium-sized joints and large, round muscle bellies. They are those genetically gifted people who can get their body in shape without much effort.

Nutrition And Training For Mesomorph

There isn’t much to say for mesomorph in this section as it usually doesn’t matter what they eat and how they train, they still burn fat and develop muscle anyway. Mesomorph should strive to consistently eat a healthy and well rounded diet and never take their genetics for granted.

The Endomorph

Endomorphs generally exhibit slow metabolism and are genetically prone to store fat easily. They are generally large framed. Generally endomorphs will find it challenging to loss fat with diet alone. Because diet alone is unable to provide the boost in their metabolism rate that exercising provide.

Nutrition And Training For Endomorph

Best diet for endomorphs are high protein, low to moderate carb diets. Avoid sugar at all cost! In addition to dieting, they need to combine their diet with regular exercise so as to boost their metabolism rate. A larger quantity of cardio is almost always necessary for the endomorph to lose burn fat. Start by adding your favorite aerobic activity on a regular basis such as cycling. Build up to at least 30 minutes per day five 5 to seven 7 days a week. Then the next phase should be incorporated by weight training routine 2 to 3 times per week.

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