Identifying Your Body Type

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Hand a friend a tape measure and record the circumference of the following:

CHEST. Place the tape measure across the middle of your breasts or chest and around the circumference of your back; exhale before the measurement is recorded.

WAIST. Place the tape measure around your midsection, 1 inch above your belly button.

HIPS. Place the tape measure just below your hips, at the widest spot but still above your buttocks.

THIGHS. Measure the circumference of your upper thigh at the widest point, just barely under your buttocks.

KNEES. Measure 1 inch above the top of your kneecap.

CALVES. Measure in the middle of the calf, at the widest point.

ARMS. Measure on the upper arm just under the armpit, at the widest part.

1. HOURGLASSES will find that there is at least a 6-inch difference between their chest and waist and between their hips and waist. The girths of their chest and hips are within a couple of inches of one another. Common Hourglass measurements for chest, waist and hips respectively are 33-26-33, 36-30-38, 34-28-35, 39-32-38, or 42-35-44.

2. SPOONS will find that there is not a significant difference between the girths of their chest and waist but a significant difference between the girths of their hips and chest. For example, 34-30-38, 36-30-44, or 32-28-39.

3. RULERS will find that their chest, waist and hips are relatively close in measurement. Rulers are similar to Hourglasses but are less curvy and not as slender through the waist. For example, 34-30-35, 36-33-37, or 40-36-42.

4. Lastly, CONES will find that their chest and waist are relatively close in measurement and that their hips and thighs are significantly smaller than their chest. For example, 36-32-30, 40-36-33, or 34-30-29.

Remember, if you're overweight, you could be "caught" between body types. If you are, please follow the Hourglass workout until you trim down and your true body type is revealed.

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Wow. I'm not a pig. XDDD lol..

i belong to number 1 surprisingly

thats really useful, thanks

im #1 too! ^_^

I'm almost a #1 hahahahaha. If only my boobs were bigger :rolleyes:

wow I'm a number 1. awesome :D

lol, i'm number #1 as well. wooot.

I'm an hourglass

wtf I'm so not lol

I'm not that curvy

I'm a spoon. Whoo #2. -____________-

I'm a no. 1 o__o...

Except shrunken an inch or two off the lowest set of measurements given XD

That surprised me. I never knew what meh body shape was.

I'm either a spoon or a ruler, but there's barely even a difference between the two ... -_-

lol what?

i thought the shapes were hourglass, pear, apple, and ruler.

i'm a pear though.. no boobs but plenty of hips <_<

My friends all say I'm an hourglass shape. I have "small" waist and I've got a chest and hips haha -.-"

COOL! I'll have to go look for something to measure^^

*saved*

i don't get the hips part. where am I supposed to measure?

Is it the place where the lowest of your low waist jeans hang?

Oh, I'm an hourglass! XD Hahahaha. I never knew what my body type was. lol, I'm happy that I'm an hourglass.

I don't look like an hourglass though when I lose a lot of weight. .__.

I don't have a measuring tape, but I'm probably a spoon/pear. But the worst thing is that it's not even hips, it's just richard simmons : /

hmmm i seem to be nothing. but im closer to being an hourglass shape.

i need bigger breasts lol

yup yup... i've always known that i was an hourglass but at least this really confirms it for me now x)

i've never heard about the other body types though... is that really what they're called? ahaha well anyways this is cool~

HOURGLASS LOL

what?! i didnt know mine is like that x]

i think i'm in-between hourglass and ruler:

24-20-27 (inches)

I'm an hourglass but I already knew that. I hate my big butt T__T