"the body type myth?"

[bonacris]

I love being an ecto. Eat as much as possible and still have abs. Tiny joints creates the illusion of bigger muscles. I have prioritized shoulder and leg training and have created a good shape. Waist is small and lean and shoulders are my best feature now. Am I strong, fuck no, but I look better than every guy in my guy who is benching 315.

Ecto plus steroids= instant pantydropper IMO

 

[bulldog333]

I think what people forget is that there is no way to really assess one's bodytype or get an idea of one's genetic potential untill they have gone through adolescence and fully matured (physicaly). I was VERY skinny and boney when I was 14 years old. However, by the time I was 21 I had filled out and looked completely different. That is why I think it is so important for young kids to WAIT and not touch PEDS untill they are well into their 20's. (if at all)

Very valuable statement IMHO. I was late to fill out also and if I'd have jumped on AAS at 21 I would have missed out on 20 natural pounds...

 

[krazieone56]

Whether you chase down your dreams or not. One will always fit into one of these categories. The fact is guys who are mesomorphs have it easy. They eat a little food and lift some weights and blow up. While the other struggle to reach their goals. It is what it is. The best thing you can do is KNOW which one you are and design your cycle your diet and your training to overachieve.

KRAZIEONE

 

[stevesmi]

I think what people forget is that there is no way to really assess one's bodytype or get an idea of one's genetic potential untill they have gone through adolescence and fully matured (physicaly). I was VERY skinny and boney when I was 14 years old. However, by the time I was 21 I had filled out and looked completely different. That is why I think it is so important for young kids to WAIT and not touch PEDS untill they are well into their 20's. (if at all)

me too. was skinny as a rail my whole life. I honestly didn't eat much, never had an appetite growing up.. family would make me finish my plate.

I'm actually an ecto deep down.. but because I lift so much and use PED's it gives the impression I am a meso. I'm far from that, my genetics are absolute shit. I couldn't even do a pullup when I was in middle school

 

[Casca]

I don't know, I was ecto as all hell growing up! So very active in sports, didn't ever have an off season, rolled right into another as 1 was done.

Shit 8th grade wrestling season, I was 85lbs.

The weight training and eating to grow changed everything for me and I stand by that.

I say having a twin has given me the motto to keep this machine A GROWING. To this day he wishes he would have started listening to me LONG AGO.

U can change, nobody has to remain the same.


Casca

The Green Machine

 

[Mateo123]

me too. was skinny as a rail my whole life. I honestly didn't eat much, never had an appetite growing up.. family would make me finish my plate.

I'm actually an ecto deep down.. but because I lift so much and use PED's it gives the impression I am a meso. I'm far from that, my genetics are absolute shit. I couldn't even do a pullup when I was in middle school

So Steve, would you say that your physique is more steroid, genetic or hard work based?

 

[crazy_jay]

What's the "hand does/does not fit around wrist" comment mean? Is that supposed to place you in some specific category?

Just trying to get my point across of how small my bone structure is. Because of that, I'll never be able to get my arms the size of most the guys on here.

there's a website where you can punch in your height and wrist size and it will tell you your genetic potential for size of each body part.

 

[JackSteel]

Just trying to get my point across of how small my bone structure is. Because of that, I'll never be able to get my arms the size of most the guys on here.

there's a website where you can punch in your height and wrist size and it will tell you your genetic potential for size of each body part.

I wouldn't trust that website too much bro. And having thin bones is a blessing in BBing! The smaller your joints are the bigger your muscles look sitting on them! I have small joints too and people think I'm bigger than I am with my shirt off. If I put a baggy shirt on people say "oh you look much smaller with a shirt on!" Lol it's an illusion. In BBing it's not about how much you weigh, but how big you look on stage really. And if you don't compete then even better because you'll look bigger than you are to all the chicks . Consider small bones a blessing!


Need Venom?? I'll bite

 

[bigdog78]

Just a question from a guy fairly new to AAS, but doesn't AAS use change you genetically? In a way at least?

 

[MikePhillips]

Just a question from a guy fairly new to AAS, but doesn't AAS use change you genetically? In a way at least?

Nothing short of gene therapy or spontaneous mutation (for whatever reason) can change you genetically. And I don't see how bone structure can change once you're past a certain age, either. You can strengthen and harden your bones and connective tissue (by nothing more complicated than exercise), and increase your musculature (or decrease it), but that's about it, so far as I know. I'm not a doctor, or a scientist (despite being fairly well educated, and particularly intelligent) so I don't know everything and maybe there's some way to make it happen I haven't heard of. I do know that some rare diseases can cause bone structure to thicken, something to do with excess growth hormone excretion (almost always caused by a pituitary tumor), that can cause adults to grow wider, but that's not a genetic change, just physiological and almost without fail, problematic to the individual's health.

 

[ironlou]

Im 100% endo, i can put on a shit ton of muscle very easily but along with that comes a lot of bodyfat even easier...i look at a muffin and get a spare tire...at my biggest i was 230lbs at 5'8, and it was not muscle believe me...

however through proper diet and exercise i leaned up and was competing naturally in bodybuilding, my competition weight was anywhere from 166 to 169 always...

think about that next time you feel like youre stuck and your genetics will never "allow" you to be whatever you want to be...
sure genetics play a part, but you can always find a way around road blocks

 

[MikePhillips]

Im 100% endo, i can put on a shit ton of muscle very easily but along with that comes a lot of bodyfat even easier...i look at a muffin and get a spare tire...at my biggest i was 230lbs at 5'8, and it was not muscle believe me...

however through proper diet and exercise i leaned up and was competing naturally in bodybuilding, my competition weight was anywhere from 166 to 169 always...

think about that next time you feel like youre stuck and your genetics will never "allow" you to be whatever you want to be...
sure genetics play a part, but you can always find a way around road blocks

I'm not sure I'm on board with the whole "3 types", personally. I see a lot of descriptions and caricatures of the three types, and the endomorph type is always portrayed as pudgy, shoulders narrower than hips, almost androgynous. in appearance, yet by any standard I'm Endo myself, and that's the last thing that could describe me. I'm naturally extremely powerfully built, 6'3", and at anything less than 205 pounds I look like I'm sick. I have (or had, at least, until the last year, gained a couple sizes in my waistline) a 34" waist, a 47" chest, massive thighs, calves, forearms, etc. Wear a size 13 shoe and XXXL gloves...even 99% of the people I know who are my height aren't nearly my size, as far as skeletal frame.

I think maybe it's just that there are different skeletal frame sizes, ranging from small to big, and it's up to that person to decide how much muscle to put on those frames. I've always been active, and have never gained fat easily, but could pack on muscle mass with ease. On the other hand, I know a guy who's 6'6", weighs 180 pounds and can't gain muscle (or fat) to save his life. My hands and feet are at least a couple sizes bigger than his, too.

 

[bigdog78]

Nothing short of gene therapy or spontaneous mutation (for whatever reason) can change you genetically. And I don't see how bone structure can change once you're past a certain age, either. You can strengthen and harden your bones and connective tissue (by nothing more complicated than exercise), and increase your musculature (or decrease it), but that's about it, so far as I know. I'm not a doctor, or a scientist (despite being fairly well educated, and particularly intelligent) so I don't know everything and maybe there's some way to make it happen I haven't heard of. I do know that some rare diseases can cause bone structure to thicken, something to do with excess growth hormone excretion (almost always caused by a pituitary tumor), that can cause adults to grow wider, but that's not a genetic change, just physiological and almost without fail, problematic to the individual's health.

Ok I see the differences in body types now are skeletal as well as muscular. I was looking at it like more or less muscle was the only factor. Thanks

 

[dsullivan0813]

Great write up I totally agree and yes it's true that most of are greatest bodybuilding icons have great genetics but what is also true is that all of them have a campion attitude and that I believe is what make them who they are

 

[MarkTheNewbie]

I agree with what has been stated with you saying your events change you the most, because me for example me about a year ago was barely active rarely did sports(I am young), if I did it was running, but when I fully did sports again my friends were saying things like "Oh he's muscular" or he's "dench" I think that's what they say? I've started doing home work outs and exercises with a friend, I've seen results I always thought "I can't get strong...Why am I even going to try" But when I look at myself now I see I was stupid to think I couldn't achieve what I set for myself...For my case everything depended on what I really did I was able to make a change when I tried, now I play basketball often and I lost a lot of fat but kept the same weight, also I'm a child I've stayed 124.6 pounds with 5"ft4 in height for awhile now but I look much stronger. I hope you look at what I did and see what you can do.