Day 63 - Ectomorph, Mesomorph or Endomorph

Today is a day to take rest and also a day to learn more. I came across three important words in fitness, "Ectomorph, Mesomorph, and Endomorph". It's like any other car racer, when you start the race, you must know where is the ending. Again I asked myself, what would I like to be? These three words also explain the question I always keep in mind, "Will I look good in a suit or tuxedo?"

Ectomorph, Mesomorph, and Endomorph

Image is by Dr. John Berardi.

Now first talk about Ectomorph, I think I am Ectomorph. It is the small-size body type, small bone structure, fast metabolism, long and thin limbs, or in traditional words, skinny. According to muscleandstrength.com, "Ecto’s need a huge amount of calories in order to gain weight. Workouts should be short and intense focusing on big muscle groups. Supplements are definitely recommended. Ectomorphs should eat before bed to prevent muscle catabolism during the night. Generally, ectomorphs can lose fat very easily which makes cutting back to lean muscle easier for them." In these 63 days, I find these sentence is pretty true. However, I believe Ectomorph is able to gain high definition muscle but the muscle is gonna look small. Take the Malaysian number 1 badminton player Lee Chong Wei for example, here is how his body look like. Small muscle, high definition, and also what a number 1 badminton player need, flexibility.

 

However, you don't see all his strength when he put his shirt on.

Ok, about image, that is up to how you wear the cloths. Now the most important is, how I want the body to be? To be like Lee Chong Wei? or to be like another Ectomorph and also King of Kung Fu, Bruce Lee? There are many great athelete on the planet is actually ectomorph, which they emphasize on flexibility and strength.

Mesomorph

Well, Mesomorph is born for body building, they have great bone structure and easily to gain or lose weight. Arnold is one of the Mesomorph.

Endomorph

Typically fat people.

These are good lesson. Now here is how I look today. Picture was taken yesterday in gym room.

It took me 63 days to reach only this, that is Ectomorph, a body type that hard to gain muscle weight but it doesn't means can't gain. I did not take any supplements (yet). When you don't give up, you can't fail.