What Is My Morphology Type? Ectomorph, Endomorph or Mesomorph?

by Limitless Pharma June 19, 2016

Knowing what type of morphology we belong to can be very beneficial to adopt good practice when we want to change physically and improve ourselves. That's what we want for you.

After reading this article, you'll be able to understand what characterizes the ectomorph, endomorph, and mesomorph type and situate yourself. The development and the facility to gain lean mass, and also lose/gain fat, is not equal for each of us. This inequality can be explaining by the speed of our metabolism, which leads to burning calories at a different speed.

To determine the different types of morphology, the genetic and physic has been studied to finally evaluate which type of alimentation and training is better for the person. There are 3 big categories of body type: ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. There is not a big deal to identify our body type because there are a lot of psychological and physical characteristics that belong to each.

THE ECTOMORPH

We recognize the ectomorph by his physique generally skinny. People who belong to this type of body are kind of nervous, which leads to a faster metabolism and burns an important amount of calories in a day.

These are the most disadvantaged in terms of building lean muscle because they have difficulty gaining weight, even if they eat a lot.

Traits that characterize physically and psychologically an ectomorph

Body relatively thin
A thin frame (small purposes…)
Triangular face
Long members (arms, hands…)
Small amount of muscle mass
Narrow hips and shoulders
High pulse rate, even at rest
Very flexible
Sensitive and shy
The ectomorph women have small breasts and narrow hips
Once he builds muscle, the ectomorph is more aesthetic

Benefits of being an ectomorph

The ectomorph can eat a lot without gaining fat
He has great flexibility
Losing weight or fat is not a trouble for them
An adequate alimentation increases athletic performances

Disadvantage of being ectomorph

Fragile joints
Trouble gaining weight
Very limited recovery
Sensitivity to overtraining
His body is more suited to basic training

Advice in terms of training and nutrition for ectomorph

For this kind of metabolism, it’ better to practice strength training sessions that should be about 1 hour or a bit less.

The ectomorph needs to eat are more carb-dense foods and a high intake of calories. Nutritional supplements are essential to increase their chances of building muscle mass.

LimitlessPharma teams suggest to ectomorph to consume:

Advanced Whey

Advanced Creatine or advanced Creatine HCL

BCAA Power

THE ENDORMORPH

Unlike the ectomorph, endomorph is more subject to be plump, a little soft, and takes fat easily, especially in the belly. He is calm, sociable, and loves to eat, therefore it must seriously watch his diet.

Traits that characterize physically and psychologically an endomorph

Narrow-body
Fine bones
Drooping and narrow shoulders
Round face
Short limbs
Takes easily fat mass
Slow pulse rate and heartbeat
Great development of the digestive system
Sensitive and shy
Tends to love comfort
The endomorph women have large breasts, narrow shoulders and wide hips

Benefits of being endomorph

The nutrients are very well assimilated
Can have muscle and a massive physical
Capable of doing high-reps and high-weight workout

Disadvantage of being endomorph

More difficulties for cutting
easily becomes fatty and quickly takes belly
It is often forced to control all what he eats

Advice in terms of training and nutrition for endomorph

The endomorph should practice long series with high weight to burn more calories.

First, they can work with light loads and then move gradually with heavier loads to increase muscle mass. To reduce the fat overload, cardio sessions are essential. As they easily accumulate fat, they should avoid foods rich in simple carbohydrates (as cake, cookies and junk foods) and reduce their fat consumption (some are good, like eggs, olive oil, nuts, etc).

LimitlessPharma teams suggest to endomorph to consume:

Advanced Isolate

Advanced Thermogenic

Advanced Multivitamin

THE MESOMORPH

Between all of the three types, this one may be the luckiest since they can easily model their physique and weight. The mesomorph has the ideal physique to practice fitness. He has a muscle mass well distributed and well developed. His body is suitable for mass gain because it is naturally muscular and has more strength than the average. Even consuming a large amount of food it does not take a lot of fat.

Traits that characterize physically and psychologically a mesomorph

Muscled body
Large shoulders
Square face
Thick bone (ankles, wrists…)
Solid skeleton
Circulatory system well developed
Not really flexible
A temperament energetic, dynamic and courageous
Mesomorph women have average breasts and shoulders and large hips

Benefits of being mesomorph

Takes muscle mass easily
Naturally stronger and more muscular
Supports heavy charge
Not susceptible to overtraining and can absorb large volumes training
Can lose fat easily

Disadvantage of being mesomorph

Not very flexible

Advice in terms of training and nutrition for mesomorph

Due to his quality muscle mass, the mesomorph prevents muscle incidents so he is quite capable of doing the heavy workout. He can almost eat everything, but meals should be spaced to fit about 5 to 7 small meals a day to assimilate most of the nutrients.

LimitlessPharma teams suggest to mesomorph to consume:

As supplements, he can take protein powder or isolate, to control his weight gain, depending on his goals, as well as BCAA.