Which Male Body Type Do I Have?

Take this quiz to find your build!

Everybody has a body type, and depending on your type, you look best in different styles and aesthetics. Have you ever wondered what body type you have?

Take this quiz, and we’ll give you your official body type (endomorph, mesomorph, or ectomorph), we’ll tell you what that means, and we’ll give you styling tips too.

An illustration showing three men of different body types, including ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph.

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Questions Overview

1. How would you describe your overall strength?
  1. I'm pretty muscled and strong!
  2. I'm kinda average in the muscle department.
  3. I don't really have super-defined muscles.
2. How tall are you, generally?
  1. Pretty tall
  2. Pretty average
  3. Pretty short
3. Choose the option that best describes your shoulder-to-hip ratio:
  1. My shoulders are wider than my hips.
  2. My shoulders are about as wide as my hips.
  3. My hips are wider than my shoulders.
4. What kind of physical activity do you prefer?
  1. Aerobic exercises like running, sprinting, or playing sports where I get moving.
  2. Strength exercises like lifting weights or bodyweight drills.
  3. I'm not super physically active.
5. How would you describe your arms and legs?
  1. Pretty long
  2. Sorta average
  3. Sorta short
6. Which of these sports do you think you'd be best at? (Whether or not you're good at them right now.)
  1. Basketball
  2. American Football
  3. Wrestling
7. Do you think it's easy for you to build muscle?
  1. Yes, it's pretty easy!
  2. Not really. It's a long, slow process.
  3. I think it's somewhere in between, or I'm not sure.
8. Do you think it's easy for you to lose body fat?
  1. Yes, it's super easy!
  2. Not really. I struggle to lose weight when I want to.
  3. I think it's somewhere in between, or I'm not sure.

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About the Male Body Types

What are the male body types?

Endomorphs are stocky with wide hips, broad shoulders, and carry more fat on the body than other types. They have naturally slow metabolisms, which makes losing fat a slow process. This makes them stable, balanced, and powerful.

Mesomorphs have wide shoulders, broad chests, and slim hips, making an inverted triangle shape. They often build muscle fairly easily, making them powerful in the upper body, but typically have lower stamina and speed, with an efficient metabolism.

Ectomorphs have narrow shoulders and hips, making them lean and long. They typically build muscle and put on fat more slowly, making them relatively slim thanks to their quick metabolism. They also have longer limbs and higher stamina, speed, and agility.

Where did the male body types come from?
These categories were developed by Dr. W.H. Sheldon in the 1940s, who called them “somatypes.” Dr. Sheldon believed each person has 1 of these 3 types at birth, and that they’re unchangeable. He also believed these body types influenced a person’s personality and behavior, as well as their intelligence and potential to commit crimes. These last parts carry a huge asterisk.

Are the three body types real?
Yes and no. It’s true that you can generally sort people into 1 of the 3 types, but of course, there’s a huge amount of variance in the human body, and not everyone fits neatly into the categories. Also, Dr. Sheldon’s reasoning, that your body type determines your personality and potential to be a criminal, is plain untrue and rejected by today’s scientific community. Instead, it might be said that someone’s personality—how active they are, their lifestyle, etc—shapes their body type, though it can also be true that your body in return shapes your habits. Shorter people are less likely to be pro basketball players, for example. What we know for sure is that your body type doesn’t make you kinder, smarter, more prone to criminal activity, or anything like that.

What’s the point of body types, then?
Great question! In general, knowing your body type can help you better understand your natural strengths and weaknesses. Stockier people may have lower stamina, for example, and so probably aren’t best-suited to run track, like someone who’s slim and has long limbs, but stocky people might be great at strength-oriented activities. That said, your body type should never limit your goals and aspirations or hold you back from working toward the body you want. They’re just categories, not laws of nature.

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