The Muscle Kitchen: Discussing Body Types

IN GENERAL WE ALL FALL INTO THREE BASIC BODY CATEGORIES

Knowing their particulars and differing natures can be immensely helpful in planning and fine-tuning your nutrition and training schematic.

ECTOMORPH

= Lean and mean, often you're a hard gainer. Your metabolism is higher so you burn fuel fast and efficiently.

Train with moderate to heavy weights, but NEVER the same body part every day or do lengthy workouts. Eat more than you think you need to and frequently, but quality fuel ... always.

MESOMORPH

= Lucky guy in the middle of the other two. Average build, normal proportions. You need to monitor everything you fuel up with too. You're sitting on the muscle fence, as it were; it's possible for you to go either way (get thin or sloppy).

ENDOMORPH

= Tackle, guard or center, hulk or big-boned, lard-ass, couch potato.

You just look at a slice of pizza and it shows up on your waist or butt.

You need lots more physical, cardio-vascular sweating activity than the rest to burn the excess calories your body was born with and naturally gloms onto. Intake fewer calories throughout the day (munch on raw veggies!). Wean yourself off wheat, corn and dairy products. Simple carbs are your biggest enemy.

You need to seriously count calories eaten versus calories expended.