chocchillimango
Well-known member
all the evidence points towards ecto
as in "who stole my muscles?"
as in "who stole my muscles?"
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candyflip
Fatty
All - my experience with the types scenario is you cannot ask yourself this question while you are training (or starting to train) as an adult. The older you get also skews the answer terribly.
This should be asked of your body type BEFORE you began weightlifting. So in other words, when you were 16 or post puberty (assuming you weren't seriously weight training at 16 or younger), what body type were you then? Skinny, fat, or known as muscular and big for your age? There's your 3 types.
When we are still somewhat 'children' is when these types are most applicable, in my experience. To simplify it completely, Ectos are the 'dweebs' and 'nerds', Endos are the 'fat' kids, and Mesos are the 'jocks' and 'sportos'.
After that, as mature adults, the lines are too blurred to be useful as just 3 types. Our metabolisms and ability to change up or down our training/eating etc are too much for such a simple 'types' system to cope with.
This should be asked of your body type BEFORE you began weightlifting. So in other words, when you were 16 or post puberty (assuming you weren't seriously weight training at 16 or younger), what body type were you then? Skinny, fat, or known as muscular and big for your age? There's your 3 types.
When we are still somewhat 'children' is when these types are most applicable, in my experience. To simplify it completely, Ectos are the 'dweebs' and 'nerds', Endos are the 'fat' kids, and Mesos are the 'jocks' and 'sportos'.
After that, as mature adults, the lines are too blurred to be useful as just 3 types. Our metabolisms and ability to change up or down our training/eating etc are too much for such a simple 'types' system to cope with.
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kaz
iLift
Based on this i think I am Meso. Definately not a jock type in high school but always excelled in sports. Gain muscle easy, lose and gain weight easy.
chocchillimango
Well-known member
this would have made me a "sort of" endo when I was a kid but an ecto from mid 20s ... omg just like my dad....
is that even possible...to change like that?
Figjam Brah
Srs feels brah
Ecto lol, but short, so I'm not really that 'lanky'. But I agree with Candyflip. Now that I'm a bit older, its a lot better and easier to put on a little mass.
Mickey Goldmill
New member
meso/endo
Lfs2shrt2bsml
New member
mesoendoectomorph....
Gingerbread
New member
ecto but hey I have a large brain apparently 
hmm interesting. lol
I think most of us are a combo D1cko
You're doing so well, you should be really proud of the strides your making and the numbers you're hitting! Am deeply impressed, I can't wait to see what the next few months bring for you 
Ectomorph
and I read a book that talked about this and often bodybuilders
or even just people in general fall between categories one
week an Ectomorph the next week not etc.
Some exmaple of bodybuilding body types
Frank Zane: Ecto-mesomprorh
Dave Draper endomorphic mesomporph
What ends up is a hybrid of different types.
just my two bob
and I read a book that talked about this and often bodybuilders
or even just people in general fall between categories one
week an Ectomorph the next week not etc.
Some exmaple of bodybuilding body types
Frank Zane: Ecto-mesomprorh
Dave Draper endomorphic mesomporph
What ends up is a hybrid of different types.
just my two bob
They bulk in the off season then cut for comps. It's not one week to the next, more like bulk for months then cut for months.
RyanF
Member
I'm the biggest (ie smallest) ectomorph on the planet. Right now I'm sitting at around 67-68kg and not worrying much about my bodyweight. 12 months ago I weighed this much, and it was the heaviest I'd ever been (although now my highest weight to date was 77kg about 6 months ago). This time 4 years ago, I was about 52-54kg, and the heaviest I'd been was 58kg at the very most. Growing up people often thought I was sick because of how skinny I am.
Of course, right now I only know that I'm an ectomorph because I have the OP to reference. The day I decided to forget about body types is the day I started growing, because on that day I removed the mental limitations of being such-and-such a body type.
Of course, right now I only know that I'm an ectomorph because I have the OP to reference. The day I decided to forget about body types is the day I started growing, because on that day I removed the mental limitations of being such-and-such a body type.