How do you know if you have good genes for bodybuilding?
Or what im trying to say is that, how do you know if you got good genes for muscle if that makes sense. BEcause me and my brother use to workout in the gym for maybe 4 times a week for like 3 months without really a schedule just lifting some weights here and there without any knowledge of bodybuilding. And right now we are in pretty good shape.
A couple of factors can tip you off if you have good “muscle” genetics or not.
Before you began any kind of training, what were your builds like? Short and stocky? Medium height with narrow waist and broad shoulders? Tall and lean? Somewhere in between? I’m refering to what are called somatotypes. Usually those who center near the middle–or mesomorphs–tend to have the best genes for bodybuilding. They probably have naturally low body fat, plus have the ability to add quality muscle mass. Short and stocky put on muscle mass easily but have extra trouble shedding excess weight (endomorphs). Tall and skinny have low fat levels but find it difficult to add muscle mass (ectomorphs). The best bodybuilders in the world are mostly, or more likely have characteristics like, mesomorphs.
To check yourself, there are a couple of way to determine your build.
Muscle bellies–works most of the time: flex your bicep and place fingers in between your elbow joint and biceps muscle belly. More than two fingers means you have high origin/insertions and probably have to work a little harder for mass. Two fingers tightly probably means a medium muscle. One finger or less and you are pretty blessed with big, full muscle bellies–enjoy.
Joints–In bodybuliding, it’s always impressive when someone puts on a lot of mass with small joints. The bellies look huge. Unfortunatly, those with small joints tend to have a little more trouble building size. To test joint size, measure you wrist circumference. Grasp your wrist with your opposing thumb and middle finger. If your fingers overlap easily–small frame. If they barely touch–medium frame. If they don’t touch at all–large frame. Usually larger frames have the capasity to hold more mass.
Measure your “V” taper. Take a tape measure around your shoulders, then around your waist. The bigger the difference in numbers (shoulders should be bigger) the bigger the “V” taper and better genetics you probably have.
These are just a couple of tests. Are they difinitive…no. But they seem to be pretty close. Hope this answered your question!
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