The greatest minds of psychology have long proved that there is a relationship between physique and the character of a person. This article will mainly consider asthenics (this is a type of character) and the corresponding physique.
Asthenic nature
The term asthenic comes from the Latin Asthenia - weakness. Still such people are called defensive (from lat. Defenso - to defend, or in our case, to defend). A person whose character is of this type will not go on the offensive in a difficult situation, preferring to take a defensive position. He will never enter into open confrontation, trying to avoid conflict. Often such people underestimate themselves and are afraid to actively participate in any enterprise. What can I say? Astenik! This is due to fear that others will not be delighted with the result of his activities or, even worse, ridicule his shortcomings and worthlessness. At this stage, a conflict arises between self-esteem and a sense of inferiority, a fear of being misunderstood and a desire to show oneself, one's abilities.
Most often, an asthenic, whose character manifests itself in periods of fatigue or failure in a hysterical form, quickly “deflates”, repents and apologizes. Especially often, this behavior is manifested in the family circle. Loud and stormy outbursts of emotions are in no way connected with the desire to express one’s position or “stand in a pose”. They are associated with the impossibility of independently experiencing upheavals and hardships. Asthenik is unbearable to restrain discomfort and negative emotions, especially those that have long accumulated.
So, an asthenic is a person who is more likely to have quiet irritability, excessively low self-esteem and an unwillingness to restrain discomfort and negative emotions within him.
Body typeEach type of figure has its inherent differences. Asthenik is a person with a special body constitution. As a rule, lean physique is adjacent to high growth and angular shapes. They say about such people: not feed the horse. Happy people! They can eat anything and not get fat at the same time. The metabolism of such people is fast enough, which helps them not get better and completely not limit themselves in food. But building muscle is not easy. For this, asthenics will have to load themselves with power sports.
Asthenik is not the only type of figure. There are also normostenics and hypersthenics. The former seem denser, but not due to body fat, but muscle mass. In order to maintain a normal figure, such people have to somewhat limit themselves in food, not exhausting, however, strict diets, but still paying a lot of attention to nutrition. Hypersthenics, as a rule, have a "wide bone" and rounded shapes. They quickly gain weight, despite measured nutrition and physical activity.
Astenik, normostenik, hypersthenic! How to determine what type a person is? The most common way is to reach your wrists. In women: up to 15 cm - asthenic, 15-18 cm - normostenik, more than 18 cm - hypersthenic. In men, the boundaries of the gaps are 17 and 20 cm.