While sticking to a workout routine and eating well is crucial for everyone, our genetics play a big role in how we respond. One way to understand these innate differences is through the concept of ...

The concept of somatotypes is based on the understanding that everyone is born with a body type. Body type, or somatotype, is inherited and expresses itself as skeletal structure and body composition.

To study the genetic and environmental determination of variation in Heath–Carter somatotype (ST) components (endomorphy, mesomorphy and ectomorphy). The results indicate the significance of sex ...

Introduction Studies on the somatotype and body mass index (BMI) of athletes with disabilities are very scarce. Those on Special Olympics athletes, particularly of African origin, are even almost ...

This is Your Quick Training Tip, a chance to learn how to work smarter in just a few moments so you can get right to your workout. In the 1940s, a professor at the University of Houston named William ...

The aims of the present study were: (1) to determine the anthropometric profile, body composition and somatotype of female basketball (B) and handball (H) players, (2) to compare the mean scores among ...