There are no "perfect" bodies here, just people with the right attitude about their body.
MESOMORPHS UNITE! EMBRACE YOUR WIDE-BODY!
About Me That’s when it occurred to me; I am a Wide-Body! Do you guys remember “tough skin” jeans? Mine came is size “husky”. In high school, I lifted a lot of weights (football!), could squat 500lbs, and had 27inch thighs. My Wrangler “Cowboy Cut” jeans, made with more room in the thighs and butt, were two sizes too big in the waist just to get them over my thighs. I have always been active in many sports, but I never have been thin. Today, I’m 5’11”, 205lbs. In runner’s lingo, I’m referred as a “Clydesdale”, a moniker I wear with pride. To runners, men over 190lbs are Clydesdales and women over 160lbs are Athena’s. As you can see, I have always been a Wide-Body, and I suspect many of you are also just like me. Why this site? As Mesomorphs age, I believe our needs are unique when compared to other body types. I ran two marathons over the last year, yet the Body Mass Index says I’m obese. Look at any exercise magazine, and they are geared toward "how to be thin" without consideration to "how are you built?". The wide-body can still age and put on muscle. The challenge is how do we keep it just muscle and avoid the fat. I note these items and realize that I can not be unique in this experience. That is why this site is dedicated to the everyday athlete, the Mesomorph who lives in the real world yet still burns with a competitive fire. This site is designed so that all Mesomorphs can come together and share experiences that enrich our lives. Bringing us together unites us. And so I say, MESOMORPHS, UNITE! David Ortiz: Wide-Body David Eckstein: NOT Charles Barkley: Wide-Body Rick Hamilton: NOT Jennie Finch: At 6’ 1”, I’m betting she is in the Athena category. I say she is a Wide-Body, and a darn pretty one. Cat Osterman; NOT
I came around to calling myself a “wide-body” about 20 years ago. I was watching an NBA game and the commentators, whom I have since forgotten, were commenting on how Charles Barkley was quick and agile enough to move the ball up the court and yet he could still bang with the big guys in the paint. The reason he win under the bucket? It was because he is a wide-body. His wide-body was his strength and a force few could stop.
Do you remember studying body types in school? The terms used were endomorph (pear shaped), ectomorph (thin), and mesomorph (athletic build). I am a mesomorph, though over time my athletic build has thickened. It happens when we age and unless you are able to dedicate hours each day in a gym, it will be very hard to stop the aging. 
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