Body Type Exercise

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I always thought the "Escape Your Shape" & "6 Week Body Makeover" theories were hooey, UNTIL I tried spinning, and it worked for me, a "spoon," just like the EYS guy said it would. I would have NEVER thought light resistance on an exercise bike would work, but spinning has been just amazing for me and my stubborn legs. Believe me, "sprinting" with low resistance is not easy! I'd rather do a "standing climb" than a "standing sprint!"

Have any of you used the advice given through either of those programs? I really think there is something to exercise geared to body types. I won't buy the complete 6WBMO program, but I'll get Michael Thurmond's book.
 
Hello,i was just reading about the escape your shape on the internet and i was trying to determine my body type? I took a test and it said that i was a ruler,which is odd to me because it said that courtney cox/cameran diaz were also rulers but im short and stout?

How did you determine your body type to be a spoon?:) My problem areas are my stomach and LB. I thought i was a hourglass but they seem to have smaller waist?

This sounds interesting,ive been struggling with my stubby legs for quite sometime and my stomach. If what the author says is true about a rulers workouts,then ive been doing the wrong workouts:eek:


Thanks:)
 
I went to Amazon.com and read the customer reviews of Escape Your Shape. Most give the book 4 stars and most reviews are very positive. Recently, a personal trainer advised me to cut out the heavy weight lower body workouts, explaining that, since I've been carrying a lot of extra lower body weight for so long adding more weight is overkill. I'm sort of a spoon but could be an hourglass by re-tooling my workouts and eating cleaner. The trainer told me my lower body is actually loaded with strong muscle but my diet is causing the fat to cover it up. I think he's right. One reviewer said the treadmill (with incline) is not recommended for spoons but, since it's the only lower body work I get, while working my upper body hard, I think I'll be okay (and it's doing great things for MY calves). Just the other day I posted here about my fitness journey and this fits well with what I've recently learned (that I have to design my own workouts for my body type and the results I want). Yea, I want to read this book for another viewoint.
 
Tneah,this is the test i took

http://quiz.ivillage.com/diet/tests/bodytype.htm

Sirensongwomen,Ive got the same problem! I can see the muscle's in my lower body but there all covered up with fat(but i also have some loose skin from when i use to weigh so much).

ive placed the book on hold through my library, i think its worth taking a look at....
 
Thanks! I think I was an hourglass, I tend to gain all over but my waist is small in comparison to my chest and hips. Well, sorta small. I think I actually had this book a along time ago!Have to pick it up again.
 
I had it too, and got rid of it because I dismissed it as bunk. I've learned a lot since then - don't dismiss anything till you've tried it!
 
Hmmm. According to the info I found, I'm a spoon. No big surprise there. But it tells me that I'm supposed to avoid all heavy weights and resistance on the lower body, even including high-impact cardio.

I go as heavy as I can with my home weights (free weights), and the harder I work, the better results I see in my legs. If I followed what they suggest, I'd have icky, flabby legs with no muscle tone at all. And I wouldn't be able to do much cardio at all, except walking. So I'd probably wind up gaining weight.

I think this is just another example of how you just can't conform to any one particular workout style. No matter what your body shape may look like, everyone is different.
 
I used to think the way you did, that my legs would turn to total flab if I ditched weights - I'm here to tell you that it WON'T happen! Body weight exercises, and using tubing, bands, gliders, med balls, etc., will work wonders, as will spinning with little resistance. I used to walk & do step aerobics, and now I do neither. I do 3 days of spinning & 2 days of circuit type workouts (lots of kickboxing moves). Think about ballet dancers & gymnists - they don't do heavy weights for lower body & they have legs to die for!
 
I am also across between a spoon or hourglass
I wonder what the book recommends for us? I do if thats the case all the wrong things, spin, step, stepmill
 
Interesting premise. But I was just reading excerpts of the book on Amazon and it seems a bit oversimplified. Are there really just 4 types? I find that hard to believe. For example, I just read that I'm an hourglass, and that seems reasonable. However, I'm an hourglass because of my torso, not my legs. My legs tend to stay lean no matter what I do, yet the book said that I should walk fast on the treadmill but "never use the incline". That may work for someone with heavy legs, but in my opinion, my legs look better when they are a bit developed. I think the author needs to develop 10-12 body types and then prescribe from there. Four just isn't enough, IMHO.
 
>I used to think the way you did, that my legs would turn to
>total flab if I ditched weights - I'm here to tell you that it
>WON'T happen! Body weight exercises, and using tubing, bands,
>gliders, med balls, etc., will work wonders, as will spinning
>with little resistance. I used to walk & do step aerobics,
>and now I do neither. I do 3 days of spinning & 2 days of
>circuit type workouts (lots of kickboxing moves). Think about
>ballet dancers & gymnists - they don't do heavy weights for
>lower body & they have legs to die for!


I'm a spoon and I have made leaps and bounds by using low weights(mostly bodyweight), high reps, with many sets, and at least 3 leg focussed workouts a week. That is in addition to CC.
I'm finally getting my quads to make an appearance!
 
>Interesting premise. But I was just reading excerpts of the
>book on Amazon and it seems a bit oversimplified. Are there
>really just 4 types? I find that hard to believe. For
>example, I just read that I'm an hourglass, and that seems
>reasonable. However, I'm an hourglass because of my torso,
>not my legs. My legs tend to stay lean no matter what I do,
>yet the book said that I should walk fast on the treadmill but
>"never use the incline". That may work for someone with heavy
>legs, but in my opinion, my legs look better when they are a
>bit developed. I think the author needs to develop 10-12 body
>types and then prescribe from there. Four just isn't enough,
>IMHO.



Perhaps you are more of a cone?

I think you just have to fiddle with this if it doesn't fit your type exactly. A am an hourglass to a tee and I'm going to give this a try. I have become so disheartened lately. I dropped the weight with Cathe pretty quick. Nice definition etc., but now I'm just getting big. My boyfriends asks, how is it that a do such hard workout every day without any results? It's mind boggling. So I'm going to buy a treadmill this weekend, and skipping rope, and keep track of my progress as per this book. At this point I'm desperate to try anything.
 
I am a spoon. No surprise there. The first celebrity with my body type is J. Lo. Again, no surprise. But then Jennifer Aniston is there too. She must be a baby spoon while I am a big ole soup spoon!
 
The What Not to Wear British babes have this interesting tidbit about women's body types - there are 12 according to them! - but they tell us how to dress & not how to work out:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...usannah-reveal-12-womens-body-types--you.html

Miss Nancy - from my experience, if you go only with body weight exercises for your lower body plus low tension on an exercise bike, your legs will be plenty developed!

Michael Thurmond uses the Ecto, Meso, Endo body types and combinations of all of them.
 
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