Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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weaker than the other half...

hckygoalie
hckygoalie
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2004/08/25, 11:03 PM
My left side of my body is slightly weaker than my right side in virtually all the muscle groups. What shoud I do? Is this a problem. By slightly I mean when doing...let's just say curls... I can always do one or two more reps using the same amout of weight.
hckygoalie
hckygoalie
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United States
2004/08/26, 03:33 PM
Very funny cbas1
Pritchard
Pritchard
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United Kingdom
2004/08/26, 03:35 PM
its the same with everyone (and i dont mean the porn) you use one side more than the other, so its stronger.

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hckygoalie
hckygoalie
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2004/08/26, 03:45 PM
So...It's normal and I shouldn't have to worry about it?
deadheadted
deadheadted
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2004/08/26, 04:10 PM
It's fairly common and definetely not something to "worry" about, but it can cause some problems if you lift or if you're going for perfect symetry.

The last thing you want to do is use lighter weights for your weak side so you can do an even number of reps, or work the strong side more. That'll just cause a bigger gap. Your best bets are to either use a weight that challenges your weak side, but not so much your other side, which should slowly even them out as your strong side is challenged less. Or you could just take a day here and there and focus on your weak side instead of both sides.