endomorph

RESULT: Mark before and after; KEEP FIGHTING: Don't just concentrate on one area of your body; OUCH: Unstable base works more muscles; WEIGHT FOR IT: Henry puts Mark through his paces; Henry transformed himself from a podgy Endomorph to a superfit Mesomorph; MUSCLE IN: Mark after just 12 weeks

If your finger and thumb do not touch then you are most likely to be an endomorph.

Notwithstanding, significant variations are seen in the percentage of body mass, while similar data are obtained when contrasting the endomorph component of the somatotype against the percentage of the fat mass in terms of the body constitution.

Endomorphs are curvy and short and often have a genetic predisposition to obesity, diabetes and heart problems.

However, there are studies that verified different somatotypes in gymnasts: the mesomorph-ectomorph as well as the central somatotype (Vernetta et al.; Arriaza et al.), mesomorphic ectomorph (Irurtia Amigo et al.) and even the balanced endomorph Romero Quintero et al.

Everyone belongs to one of three somatotypes: ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph.

###- Endomorph: volume: large muscle groups: 30-60/training; small muscle groups: small and

Females showed a large dispersion, predominating the mesomorphic endomorph (15%), balanced mesomorph (15%) and ectomorphic endomorph (15%) categories, while in males, the ectomorphic mesomorph category was predominant (50%).

Mesomorph endomorph somatotype was found in 28 participants, central somatotype was found in 23 participants, balanced mesomorph somatotype was found in 18 participants, mesomorphic endomorph somatotype was found in 12 and balanced endomorph somatotype was found in nine participants.

Focusing on physical characteristics, Sheldon (1954)_ developed a type theory suggested that there were three types of body build: endomorph, ectomorph and mesomrph.

The fat rolls around Billie Endomorph's middle may cause more discomfort than cushioning, and slow his access to the pistol as well.

The sample of variables included: body mass, body height, and three somatotype characteristics (mesomorph, ectomorph, and endomorph) and data on injuries over the preceding year.

No significant differences were found between the age, training experience, body height, body mass, BMI, FFM, endomorph and ectomorph variables of Greco-Roman and Freestyle except "Mesomorphy".

The four categories are central (no dominance), endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph (Figure 1) (6).

Components Categories Endomorph Mesomorph Ectomorph Child (n = 4) 2.5 (0.9) 3.1 (0.6) 4.2(1.3) Juvenile (n = 11) 3.8(1.3) 3.9 (0.7) 3.5(1.3) Adult (n = 12) 4.3 (0.8) 3.9(1.2) 2.4 (0.9) Total (N = 27) 3.7(1.4) 3.8(1.3) 3.2(1.3) Values as median and interquartile range Table 4.