The mesomorph body type falls between two other main somatotypes as described by sheldon. 1 in general mesomorph body types have a wedge shaped body cubical head broad shoulders muscular arms and legs narrow hips minimal fat and are narrow when viewing their side profile. 4 11 94 to 123 lbs. For example a person who is 5 feet 2 inches tall is considered healthy if she weighs between 104 and 135 pounds. 4 10 91 to 118 lbs. Ideal body weight is a target weight derived from your height and gender.
Currently there persist several popular formulas and our ideal weight calculator provides their results for side to side comparisons. I weight about 10 stone 140lbs and have a height of about 155 157 cm 51 52 i am a 19 year old female. I have a combination female body types of a pear and a spoon have a medium frame can gain or lose any type of weight easily but carry a bit of extra fat. Though there is some overlap weight is not necessarily a good indicator of body type as it relates to mens clothing. The following is a chart that you can use to estimate your ideal body weight range. Tall 511 or taller average around 56 510 short 55 or shorter frame.
119 to 142 lbs. The idea of finding the ibw using a formula has been sought after by many experts for a long time. Mesomorphs are athletic strong not underweight or overweight and can increase and decrease their bodyweight weight with minimal effort. An ectomorph is characterized by a small frame size and little body fat. 124 to 147 lbs. An ectomorph may fall into the lower end of this weight range while an endomorph might fall into the higher range.
I have about a 25 29 body fat but my shoulders and hips are almost the same size. 143 to 186 lbs. Slender ectomorph average mesomorph heavyset endomorph again we did not use weight by itself as a body type metric. 5 97 to 127 lbs. There are a variety of requirements to be eligible for bariatric surgery. Ideal height and weight charts usually present weights in a range to cover all the different types of bodies.
One requirement is you would need to be about 100 pounds overweight. This includes skin folds weight height circumferences femur breadth and more. 148 to 193 lbs. Recent somatotype research studies in a 2015 study of soccer players differences were identified in somatotypes between players playing position and within their divisions 3. If you eat enough and constantly progress in your workouts youll be packing on lean size and building strength on a daily basis. On average you should reasonably aim to build about 1 2 lbs of muscle per week if youre a mesomorph who is new to weight training or just coming back after a long time away from lifting.
The ideal weight calculator computes ideal bodyweight ibw ranges based on height gender and age.