The Best Exercises For Your Body Type

The best exercise for Endomorphs

The best exercise for the endomorphic body type is cardio workout . They should start out with every other day routine and build up to six times a week. This type of exercise allows them to burn fat reserves stored on the body while toning muscles.

The best cardio exercise for the endomorph is long-term endurance training. Cardio exercises should be done on a regular schedule for these folks to maintain fitness.
 

• Cycling – This can be indoor or outdoor. Start doing 15 minutes and slowly build up to 30 minute intervals.
• Treadmill - Start with an easy pace for 15 minutes and gradually increase the time on the treadmill. As you get fitter increase time and intensity. You can fast pace walk, jog, or run.
• Walking - Start with an easy pace on flat ground for 15 minutes. As you get fitter increase time and intensity. You can do this on trails or tracks.
• Swimming – It is best to start with 15 minutes and increase in line with fitness.
• Strength Training – You don’t want your legs to get bigger but the large muscles of the glutes, legs, and back burn the most calories per day. Working these muscles give you an overall slimmer appearance.
• Stretching – Pilates and yoga are great choices to allow your body to be well-balanced. These exercises are great ways to give you better tone and an overall slimmer appearing physique.

The best exercise for Mesomorphs

This body type is shaped like an upside down A.  These people have an athletic appearance and many women with this body type want to have rounder appearing bottoms and shapelier legs. Mesopmorhic body types benefit from a combination of light weight training to tone muscles and cardio to maintain their weight.

• Treadmill – Since mesomorphs are built for lifting, they often struggle with cardio. It is important for overall heart health, however. Use the treadmill for short burst of speed with cool-down walks in between. Aim for twenty minutes of cardio at a time and maintain it.
• Cycling – Start at 15 minutes and work up to 20 minutes. Do interval periods alternating fast cycling with slow-paced cycling.
• Strength training – Work your whole body to create balance. Focus on exercises that increase muscle mass to your glutes and legs. Choose a weight with some resistance.
• Squats – These are good for the buttocks and legs. To balance out the mesomorph shape, work on incorporating these into your routine.
• Stretching – You will appear taller and leaner through the use of yoga and pilates. These exercises help the mesomorph to appear toned and balanced.

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The best exercise for Ectomorphs

The best exercises for the Ectomorph is weight training. This helps build muscle mass and develop a more visual appealing body form. The best way to determine the right amount of weight training is to use light to medium weights, to avoid injury and to do sets of repetitions. Since the Ectomorph is built for cardio, long distant running is easy for these people.

• Weights – For shoulders, do dumbbell raises. For biceps, do curls. For triceps, do tricep extensions and pushups. For legs, do squats. Choosing heavier weights for the first two sets and then follow that with lighter weights is a ‘drop set’ which helps in strength training.
• Cardio – Cross country or long distance running is good but so is spinning, the treadmill, or other machines at the gym.
• Stretching – Since strength training can tighten muscles, pilates and yoga is great stretching maneuvers. These exercises make the body look toned and help loosen tightened muscles.