Chapter 19: Different body types

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  • 19: Different body types
    • Somatotype: Classification of body type
      • Ectomorph
        • An individual with narrow shoulders and narrow hips, characterised by thiness
        • tend to excel at long distance events eg. marathon
      • Mesomorph
        • An individual with wide shoulder and narrow hips, characterised by muscularity
        • Tend to be  involved in sports which require strength and sudden bursts of energy. Their muscular build often means they are able to cope with anaerobic exercise
      • Endomorph
        • An individual with wide hips and narrow shoulders, characterised by fatness
        • Often grouped in sports that depend on power, eg.forwards in rugby. Their extra body fat means that they can get more weight behind themeselves or actions
    • Finding your somatotype
      • Height, weight, bone size and muscle girth measurement as well as fat content are used to find a persons somatotype. Once these measurement are taken, the somatotype can be found using a computer programe or chart
    • Mesomorphic ectomorph
      • Example: High jumpers who are predominantly mesomorphic ectomorphs would have the highest rating in ectomorphy (thiness) and their second highest in mesomorphy (muscle)
        • These examples show that the optimum body type is often a mixture of two somatotypes
          • Take throwers who are predominantly endomorphic mesomorphs. This means their highest rating is in mesomorphy (muscle) and their second highest in endomorphy (fat)
    • Endomorphic mesomorphs
      • Take throwers who are predominantly endomorphic mesomorphs. This means their highest rating is in mesomorphy (muscle) and their second highest in endomorphy (fat)

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