Know Your Body Type!
Body type (somatotype) theory was first developed by Dr. W.H. Sheldon back in the early 1940s, naming the three somatotypes endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph.
Deborah Chelangat 
Somatotypes describe how we have a genetic physical predisposition to certain physic, fat to muscle ratio, and stature. As a result, we require different training and nutritional demands. The three different body types are ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph.
The traits below will guide you on how you will get to know your somatotype;
- Endomorph
- Stockier bone structures with larger midsection and hips.
- Carries more fat throughout the body.
- Gains fat fast and lose it slowly.
- Naturally slow metabolism.
- Mesomorph
- Medium bone structure with shoulders wider than the hips.
- Developed athletic musculature.
- Efficient metabolism; mass gain and loss both happen with relative ease.
- Ectomorph
- More narrow shoulders and hips in respect to height.
- Relatively smaller muscles in respect to bone length.
- Naturally, fast metabolism makes it difficult for many to gain mass.
