These body type classifications have their roots in discredited pseudoscience—but they're still common shorthand at the gym.

If you can relate, you're probably not a mesomorph. Never heard of a mesomorph? The term refers to one of three basic body somotypes or classifications. (The other two somotypes are endomorphs and ...

To help understand bodies, researchers and other healthcare experts classify bodies into three main types: ectomorph (long and lean), mesomorph (more muscular), and endomorph (more curves and ...