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What the hell is wrong with me???
- Thread starter Benzi
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I know what you're going through....I think just about everyone does.....I'm guessing since you're complainig about your right side being stronger and bigger that you're right handed....well.....to fix that I'd suggest just doing one or two more reps with your left side or arm every set for every exercises that you do. That's helped me out....try it out!!!
I had that problem too. Go to dumbell work where you can and use the weak side first. Do only the number of reps you can do to fail on the week side. Then on the strong side, don't go to fail with that same weight, just go to the number of reps you could go to fail on the weaker side. The weak side will eventually catch up, it did for me.
As for lats, thats a bit harder because you usually have to use some sort of compund movement, eg a chin, or whatever. What worked for me was to just concentrate in your mind on the weaker side while doing each rep, because the stronger side always takes over if you just go through the motions and don't pay 100% attention to making sure that weaker side is doing its share of the lift.
As for lats, thats a bit harder because you usually have to use some sort of compund movement, eg a chin, or whatever. What worked for me was to just concentrate in your mind on the weaker side while doing each rep, because the stronger side always takes over if you just go through the motions and don't pay 100% attention to making sure that weaker side is doing its share of the lift.
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maxmuscle66
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Have you ever injuried you back at all???
Have you ever injuried your back at one point in your career??? If so it might be caused by the pinching of nerves in you back. The reason I say this is because I am now in rehab for a back injury. It started off with a slight twing of pain that occured while attempting a deadlift of only 435 when I was 17 and weighing in at 173. I did the stupidest thing that a young lifter could ever do....rush it and forget about proper form. I paid a price for it later and I am to this day. My back was never treated by a sports medicine doctor but by a average MD who knew nothing about biomechanics and sports injury. I took about a year off from training.... because whenever I performed BB Rows the pain came back... I lived with for awhile and then made a switch over to bodybuilding. This is when I really noticed it....about ten years after the fact. After training with friend and making mention of the pain, my friend told me about a chiropractor that he went to see and suggested that I do the same. All I remember is those words he spoke...."What the hell did you do to you back!!!!" After he looked at the X-rays.
I told him the story and he went to work on me but then I needed to move and then locate another chiropractor. I eventually did but things had progressed passed the point of making an easy recovery.
I have been having it worked on from time to time with some moderate success but for you I would suggest getting it check out by a reputable sports injury professional ASAP, one that you can trust. Now, it might only be just as some of the lads have said above... a matter of adding a few extra reps or one extra set to the weaker side; it might also be genetics or it might have something to do with an old injury.... I am not sure of your situation and only you can make the descision in the end...... best of luck and happy lifting and good growing!!!!
Maxmuscle66
Have you ever injuried your back at one point in your career??? If so it might be caused by the pinching of nerves in you back. The reason I say this is because I am now in rehab for a back injury. It started off with a slight twing of pain that occured while attempting a deadlift of only 435 when I was 17 and weighing in at 173. I did the stupidest thing that a young lifter could ever do....rush it and forget about proper form. I paid a price for it later and I am to this day. My back was never treated by a sports medicine doctor but by a average MD who knew nothing about biomechanics and sports injury. I took about a year off from training.... because whenever I performed BB Rows the pain came back... I lived with for awhile and then made a switch over to bodybuilding. This is when I really noticed it....about ten years after the fact. After training with friend and making mention of the pain, my friend told me about a chiropractor that he went to see and suggested that I do the same. All I remember is those words he spoke...."What the hell did you do to you back!!!!" After he looked at the X-rays.
I told him the story and he went to work on me but then I needed to move and then locate another chiropractor. I eventually did but things had progressed passed the point of making an easy recovery.
I have been having it worked on from time to time with some moderate success but for you I would suggest getting it check out by a reputable sports injury professional ASAP, one that you can trust. Now, it might only be just as some of the lads have said above... a matter of adding a few extra reps or one extra set to the weaker side; it might also be genetics or it might have something to do with an old injury.... I am not sure of your situation and only you can make the descision in the end...... best of luck and happy lifting and good growing!!!!
Maxmuscle66
maxellyz
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u have to train the left body for a while and during that time just do light training on your right side, so you grow more on the left side and stay the same size on the right side. and as said almost everybody has this problem i myself have bigger left arm and im right handed 
absolute hardgainer
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Hmmmmmm, me thinks we should turn this into a specific thread that should be bumped repeatedly and frequently:
Ok, here are some of my experiences of right-side / left-side (usually for left handers) dominance:
I first noticed my right side dominance (I am right handed) many years ago when I started practicing Martial Arts. Unfortunately, contrary to what I was told, Martial Arts training did not help the problem, in fact it made it worse.
The Martial Arts that I practiced, Tae Kwon Do and later Karate all included patterns or Kata if you will, most of which did not have an even number of moves/techniques on each side, in fact most favoured the right side.
As a result my kicking ability on my right leg improved tremendously whilst my kicking ability on my left is to this day impaired compared to my right leg. I have for quite some time now been able to execute whipping round kicks to the head on my right whilst not being able to reach head height on my left side, with the same kick.
As for my upper body muscular development, my right arm, deltoids and laterals are all stronger and even slightly larger, again this was not helped by martial arts training as many of my former instructors were ignorant enough to favour attacking with the right side more often.
This is how I tackled the problem most effectively:
Do not start 'overtraining' your weaker side. That is do NOT train your weaker side more often than your stronger side.
DO use exercises that isolate each side: IE: Cut out the bb bench press and do a db bench press instead. In fact with just about any exercise that uses a bar you can substitute db's instead. This will force each side of your body to work independently of the other and will stop your stronger side from assisting your weaker side when lifting. Doing this is in my opinion preferable to working your weaker side more often.
hardgainer (pump)
Ok, here are some of my experiences of right-side / left-side (usually for left handers) dominance:
I first noticed my right side dominance (I am right handed) many years ago when I started practicing Martial Arts. Unfortunately, contrary to what I was told, Martial Arts training did not help the problem, in fact it made it worse.
The Martial Arts that I practiced, Tae Kwon Do and later Karate all included patterns or Kata if you will, most of which did not have an even number of moves/techniques on each side, in fact most favoured the right side.
As a result my kicking ability on my right leg improved tremendously whilst my kicking ability on my left is to this day impaired compared to my right leg. I have for quite some time now been able to execute whipping round kicks to the head on my right whilst not being able to reach head height on my left side, with the same kick.
As for my upper body muscular development, my right arm, deltoids and laterals are all stronger and even slightly larger, again this was not helped by martial arts training as many of my former instructors were ignorant enough to favour attacking with the right side more often.
This is how I tackled the problem most effectively:
Do not start 'overtraining' your weaker side. That is do NOT train your weaker side more often than your stronger side.
DO use exercises that isolate each side: IE: Cut out the bb bench press and do a db bench press instead. In fact with just about any exercise that uses a bar you can substitute db's instead. This will force each side of your body to work independently of the other and will stop your stronger side from assisting your weaker side when lifting. Doing this is in my opinion preferable to working your weaker side more often.
hardgainer (pump)
