Bodybuilding for Your Body Type
No two human beings are alike, so it should make sense that no two human beings can train the same way either. The key to successful bodybuilding, as any professional will tell you, is to know your body-know your limits and know how your body will respond to certain conditions. That said, to help optimize you bodybuilding workout, evaluate your body type. Everyone in the world falls into one of three categories: ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. By determining your body category, you can help find the lifestyle that is perfect for you. As always, check with your doctor before changing your diet and workout schedule.
Ectomorphs are people who naturally have little or no fat. Usually, ectomorphs are tall and have longer limbs as well. Because of their build, most ectomorphs opt for endurance sports, like running, but if you fall into this category, you can also become a world-class bodybuilder. To start, ectomorphs need to up their calorie count and eat it more throughout the day in smaller meals. Try to increase your intake by at least 500 calories per day to help you put on the weight. Eating more does not necessarily mean eating anything, so ectomorphs need to have a high calorie but healthy diet to be successful at bodybuilding. Also, if you are an ectomorph, cut most of the cardiovascular activity from your workout and focus purely on intense weight training. Don’t overtrain, but get into the gym every 3 or 4 days for a hard full-body workout that targets all muscle groups. It is difficult for ectomorphs to gain muscle mass, but with lots of dedication, it can be done.
Mesomorphs are the people everyone envies. They’re the folks you see who eat lots of junk food, yet still have the “perfect” bodies. One trap mesomorphs easily fall into is the mindset that because they can skip workouts or eat pizza without any visible effect, it is having no effect on their bodies at all. This is not true-good genes gave you a good body, but things such as heart disease will effect you just as easily as the next person. Mesomorphs shouldn’t have to change the amount of food that they eat, but if you fall into this category, make an effort to eat healthy foods and lots of good carbohydrates. At the gym, you can choose to do a full-body training session, but it will probably be more beneficial to you to target and define muscles in specific areas.
Endomorphs also have no problem gaining muscle mass, but unlike mesomorphs, these people also have no problem gaining weight. Diet control is the key to successful bodybuilding for endomorphs-eat smaller meals spread out throughout the day and cut out the junk food. Also, drink a lot of water and try to stop eating for the day about 3 hours before your bedtime. Endomorphs shouldn’t have any problem becoming muscular, but they need to hit the gym for lots of cardiovascular workouts as well-every day if possible. This will help the fat melt from your body so that you can begin to see the muscles you are defining.
Whatever your body type, bodybuilding can be the perfect sport for you. Be sensible about your habits and be dedicated to the sport, and you will find that definition and muscle mass can be accomplished.
Tom Ambrozewicz
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What type of workout is better for bodybuilding, split body parts, or full body?
I need to know which type of workout produces better results. Split workout, dedicating whole workout sessions to one part of the body, eg arms. Or full body, doing the whole body in one workout. Also please give reasons to your answers. Thanks.
Actually the paladin 38, you’re wrong. I found out that the split body routine is much better for results, thanks anyway.
You need to try each for a 90 day period and determine which one your body responds better to. Everyone’s body is unique. My body responds very well to whole body routines and I favor them for that reason.
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i use a five day split . so i say split
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full body
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The best way to increase muscle size is to work the muscle out (push it to its max), allowing for a week of rest. The recovery period is the most important part of building muscle. It is the time the muscle actually grows.
Another problem in working out the entire body in one day is that fact that muscles that oppose one another are working out both phases–positively and negatively. This is not the ideal method. Check the research – there’s a ton.
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Certified Personal Trainer
the best is do some of upper body like by and chest. then some of lower cafs and thighs. body the next day do rest of upper body trys and abbs. the next day thin do the rest of lower body hams and back. rest a day or 2 than repeat. and you will see m growth. the best thing to do also is to take creatine and certien vitamins and this will help more than you think
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i was a trainer
Day 1 chest & back
Day 2 legs & abs
Day 3 arms & shoulders
Day 4 rest
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