ecto. meso & endo

someday · 09-13-2008, 04:55 AM

need a quick, easy description of each body type......know i haven't been on in ages & am being lazy, but need some help.

jackfast1 · 09-13-2008, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by someday

need a quick, easy description of each body type......know i haven't been on in ages & am being lazy, but need some help.

in a word; thin, athletic, husky

someday · 09-13-2008, 05:25 AM

ecto- long & lean is the easy one

meso- athletic is a good desription.....teacher just tried 2 tell us it was weight evenly distributed & only men were mesos....coming from a strong chubby italian woman wasn't gonna argue, but knew she was wrong.

endo- is more round, so husky is a nice way of saying it i guess

ty

Stevelegh · 09-13-2008, 05:38 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatotype

gbg · 09-13-2008, 05:43 AM

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mayner3.htm

Beachmaster · 09-13-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by someday

ecto- long & lean is the easy one

meso- athletic is a good desription.....teacher just tried 2 tell us it was weight evenly distributed & only men were mesos....coming from a strong chubby italian woman wasn't gonna argue, but knew she was wrong.

endo- is more round, so husky is a nice way of saying it i guess

ty

FYI, the terms meso, endo, ectomorph were actually developed by a Psychologist, William Sheldon, to describe the different "constitutional" personality temperments associated with these body types. Subsequently these types were extrapolated from their original intention, which was psychological, to one that was specifically physical.

gbg · 09-13-2008, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Beachmaster

FYI, the terms meso, endo, ectomorph were actually developed by a Psychologist, William Sheldon, to describe the different "constitutional" personality temperments associated with these body types. Subsequently these types were extrapolated from their original intention, which was psychological, to one that was specifically physical.

what was the psychological aspects of each?

Beachmaster · 09-13-2008, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by gbg

what was the psychological aspects of each?

The following is a very brief overview of Sheldon's constitution types and associated personality temperaments. As you will see the association between specific body types and personality temperaments was never proven.

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/c...ivation/6.html

gbg · 09-13-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Beachmaster

The following is a very brief overview of Sheldon's constitution types and associated personality temperaments. As you will see the association between specific body types and personality temperaments was never proven.

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/c...ivation/6.html

Interesting read! thanks for the link, wonder if they have done any other research on this.

ntrllftr · 09-13-2008, 07:07 AM

hmmm... sounds like a "test" in here.

Anywhey, I don't buy into all that crap.
Proper diet and hard training is what achieves a great body no matter what "style" you are.

Just wut methinks.

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gbg · 09-13-2008, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ntrllftr

hmmm... sounds like a "test" in here.

Anywhey, I don't buy into all that crap.
Proper diet and hard training is what achieves a great body no matter what "style" you are.

Just wut methinks.

.

SPELLING 101:.................????? after your finished watching the movies

ntrllftr · 09-13-2008, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by gbg

SPELLING 101:.................????? after your finished watching the movies

its teh internetz

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Hibiscus09 · 09-13-2008, 07:30 AM

I never could figure out which type I am, so the categories only served to confuse me more and I'm already a pretty confused individual.

ntrllftr · 09-13-2008, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hibiscus09

I never could figure out which type I am, so the categories only served to confuse me more and I'm already a pretty confused individual.

I'll save you the trouble...

Hibby = HOTTIE!!!!

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egoatdoor · 09-15-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ntrllftr

Anywhey, I don't buy into all that crap.
Proper diet and hard training is what achieves a great body no matter what "style" you are.

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Yes, but the "proper" diet and "proper" training will be different for each bodytype.

An endomorph who treats cardio like a 6 foot 130 pound ecto,trains low volume with long rest periods and eats lots of carbs like an ecto will not "achieve" a great body or even make minor improvements. Similarly, an ecto who does 5 days of cardio a week, does circuit training for weights and eats 50 gram of carbs a day will not gain any size or muscle in almost all cases.