Basic Body Shapes (and How to Get Them) By The-Greys Watch

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Before chronic illness kicked my ass, I was studying to be a personal trainer. There's a lot of info but I've never seen it organized in an accessible and simple way like this, so I did it myself.



Note that I am NOT a doctor and this is VERY basic, dumbed-down info. There are many variables which can affect your results so I strongly recommend speaking with your doctor first if you want to change your body shape. This is only a rough guide and I don't claim 100% accuracy.



I actually made this not only for people to apply to themselves, but for character design as well. Sometimes I see characters in fiction with body shapes that don't match their lifestyles...like, at all. It's one of my weird pet peeves, so hopefully this can give you an idea of what your OCs should actually look like depending on their lifestyles. Your lazy gamer dude character, for instance, isn't going to look like a shredded superhero if all he does is play games and eat carbs all day.



Anyway I hope this is at least somewhat helpful. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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