Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up. My name is Ben Greenfield,

and I'm the Get Fit Guy. In the male and female ectomorph body-shaped chapters of my book, Get Fit

Guy's guide to achieving your ideal body. I describe exactly what happens when a

naturally skinny or lean person gets out of shape or doesn't exercise the right way. Generally,

what happens is they tend to accumulate fat on their stomach and their upper hips while still

maintaining skinny arms and legs,

and this is often referred to as the skinny fat look.

Today, you're going to learn how to tone your body the right way,

even if you are one of those skinny people who tends to be prone towards skinny fat.

You're going to learn how to get curves and lean muscle

and avoid that skinny fat look

with thin arms, low muscle tone, and excess weight on your waistline and hips. Let's learn how you

actually get skinny fat. As I describe in the episode, what body type are you? And I'll link to that in the show

notes. Everybody tends to store fat in different places.

People who are apple-shaped or endomorphs store fat on their bottom, belly, arms, and legs.

Pear shapes or endomisomorphs store fat on their hips. Hourglass shapes or mesomorphs tend to store

fat evenly throughout the whole body, and ruler shapes,

also known as ectomorphs, store fat on their belly, primarily if they're male, and both the

belly and the butt if they're female. Now, the skinny fat look doesn't just happen to people

who are maybe naturally skinny, but don't exercise and eat anything

they want. It's also a look that you can see in people like marathoners and endurance athletes

who are naturally skinny also, but never step into a gym for any kind of weight training

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