A popular system of classifying body structure is the use of body types. Used by personal trainers, bodybuilders, and many fitness professionals, body types make it easy to transform your body into the best it can be. There are three different body types: endomorphs, mesomorphs, and ectomorphs. The mesomorph body type is athletic and muscular, while the ectomorph body type is lightly muscular and has relatively little body fat. That brings us to endomorphs who struggle to control their body fat percentage, as they have a natural propensity to gain weight, along with great difficulty losing weight.
The hardest part is finding out that you are an endomorph. Until you know it, you’re left frustrated and wondering why your friends, living on junk food and barely moving, manage to stay skinny while you gain a couple pounds just thinking about a cupcake. You are an endomorph. That means you need to stop comparing yourself to ectomorphs who have naturally fast metabolisms and seem incapable of gaining weight and mesomorphs who are naturally athletic and excel at almost any sport. Being an endomorph doesn’t mean you can’t look good, you can look amazing, it just means you have to push yourself harder, work longer, and be more determined than any other body type.
Endomorphs have different needs than ectomorph or mesomorph body types. Endomorphs must implement a weight loss strategy that employs both nutrition and exercise. While other body types can get away with dieting just to lose weight, endomorphs simply can’t. Endomorphs struggle to control their weight in part due to a slow metabolism, by restricting your calories you slow down your metabolism even more. However, exercise increases metabolism and it is imperative that endomorphs exercise almost daily. Without exercise, you’ll have a hard time losing weight, and without exercise, you’ll almost certainly pack the pounds back on as soon as you stop dieting. Endomorphs should aim to exercise 5-6 days a week for 40 minutes or more. If you’ve been inactive, start slowly and build up your stamina and strength, especially if you’re jogging or running, as this is a high-impact exercise. A great way to burn a lot of calories, especially for endomorphs, is the elliptical machine. The elliptical is very low-impact and means you can exercise as hard as if you were running or jogging, but without the stress that hitting the pavement or treadmill puts on your body.
Endomorphs are diet experts. You’ve probably tried every diet out there and found that nothing has worked. However, endomorphs should be careful when choosing a diet to lose weight. Endomorphs tend to be carbohydrate sensitive, which means you’ll do better if you reduce your carbohydrate intake and eliminate refined carbohydrates (eg, sugar, white flour, white bread, white pasta, white rice) entirely from your diet. diet. Building your diet around lean proteins and vegetables is ideal for endomorphs, as these foods are relatively low in calories, but provide essential nutrients and are very filling.
