Somatotype each class member and record your findings.

SOMATOTYPE (BODY TYPE) - a system of classifying body build or physique

ENDOMORPHY-relative predominance of roundness & softness of the body. Tendency to be fat, heavy torso with protruding abdomen & slightly smaller thorax. Smooth contours caused by fat accumulation under the skin hide muscle definition. Extreme 711-neck is short, head is large & spherical, limbs are short with tapering & rounding of the thighs & upper arms. Some breast development in male (fat deposits). Buttocks are full & found (no lateral dimpling).

MESOMORPHY-171-relative display of muscle, bone & connective tissue. Heavy muscled & have large prominent bones. The distal arms & legs are prominent & massive. The shoulders project laterally from the torso. The thoracic segment of the trunk is larger than the abdominal segment. Waist is low.

ECTOMORPHY-117-linearity (height) over fat or muscle. Usually tall & thin. Typically a relatively short trunk, long limbs, & poorly developed musculature. Shoulder droop is common. Distal arms & legs tend to be long & thin. The neck is long & slender, face is small with sharp, fragile features.

RATING-is done by a point scale in order of endomorphy, mesomorphy, ectomorphy. 1 is for minimal characterization of a body type while 7 is for maximal characteristics. Read as 3 separate digits not as 1-three digit number (1-1-7).

Descriptive & numerical classification of selective somatotype categories

Somatotyping is done by studying a properly posed person in an anterior, lateral, & posterior position.

Compare 3-digit estimate with the Ponderal Index (height/weight)

Calculated by dividing the height in inches by the cube root of the weight in pounds.