Banner Ad paid for by your EYI Corp Independent Business Associate. Somatype is another term for body type. Most people have a genetic predisposition toward one specific somatype and supportive traits from a second somatype. Your body type is something you 're born with and can 't necessarily change. Men retain the greatest level of body fat in their abdominal area.
Women retain the greatest level of body fat in their hips and thighs.
It 's considered unhealthy for men to have a body fat percentage below 3 percent and women to have a body fat percentage below 11 percent. Banish these from your mind if you want to set yourself on a course for greater fitness and health. Myth number 1 is that fat can be turned into muscle, or vice versa. Muscle is a tissue and fat is a substance. Therefore muscle and fat cannot create one another.