What is my body type?
Am I eating right for my body type?
What is the best training for my body type?
These are three questions I've had countless people ask me, and three things I've seen countless PT's base their sales pitch on.
If ever someone says they've designed a program around your body type, walk away. It's the first thing they say before they give you something they don't want.
But what do we mean when we talk about body types?
There are three body types, or somatotypes, that people reference,
Mesomorph,
Endomorph
and Ectomorph
These three are the basic labels that can be loosely attached to any individual walking down the street. Are you tall and thin? Ectomorph! Are you short and stocky? Mesomorph! or are you somewhere in the middle, and carry a bit more body fat? well you're an endomorph!
In truth, you're probably a mixture of at least two, probably all three.
Well that makes sense right?
Three different body types, three different approaches to training?
Yes and no.
Yes, there are going to be different 'ideal' ways to train, and different 'ideal' ways to eat. But to base a program on these, solely on These, is so wrong it hurts.
Programs are based on goals, not body types.
if you're stocky and muscular, your body type favors weight training, but you want to run a marathon in the summer. Do you stick with the weights because its what your body wants?
No! you run, and keep running until you can run a marathon.
Body types exist, of course they do, they just don't matter. The only thing that matters is your goal, and the training you enjoy.
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