BODY TYPES - TYPES OF BODY MESOMORPH, ENDOMORPH, ECTOMORPH
BODY TYPES Everyone is born with a specific body type and body shape. Depending upon one's genetics, as well as one's exercise routine and diet, one's body shape may be quite different from others. HIPPOCRATES ( BEFORE 400 B.C ) the Greek physician was perhaps the first to classify people on the basis of certain body characteristics. He designed two fundamental physical types are following:- Phthisic Habitus :- Long, thin body and Dominated by the vertical Dimensions. Apoplectic Habitus :- Short, thin individual, strong in Horizontal Dimensions. HALL (1779) recognized four body types :- ABDOMINAL MUSCULAR THORACIC (long slender) NERVOUS (cephalic) ERNST KRETSCHMER his technique of body classification received with eminence in 1925, revived the Greek terms :- Pyknic :- Stocky, fat, compact and round body. Asthenic :- Thin, small, weak, slender build without strength. Athletic :- Robust and heavy musculat
