Symmetry

[Naudo11]

How do you adjust your excersises for symmetrys problems? My problem deals with my leftside of my body being thicker. Chest is thicker and tri and bi's. Any suggestions for corrective excersises.

Thanks,
Naudo11

 

[Girth]

I've never had this problem.....or maybe I do but don't really care. So my advice is just common sense talking and not experience. It would make sense to me to train with dumbbells such that you are always training to the limit of your smaller/weaker side. Thus the larger side won't be fully taxed until the other one catches up. If doing one limb at a time, then simply do your right side first, and only do as many reps/sets for the left, regardless of how many you can fully do.

 

[jasthace]

Synthol

 

[Archie]

As Girth has said. Train with DB's.

Also, do you have any vision problems, one side more dominant than the other? Muscle imbalance, scapula winging, Scoliosis (a lateral curvature of the spine) ect? many things can ofset symmetry. Weakness in body parts is not always local and can be refered via compensation.

Archie

 

[The Animal]

If I could remember, I was 15 and was only just starting to think about bodybuilding. I was obsessed with my biceps. Problem was the only bicep I ever looked at was my right one-being right handed and all. The continuous flexing of my right bicep all the time led me to developing a great right arm. What I did was develop a routine which would maintain or slightly improve my right arm while rapidly add bulk to my left. My bicep workout went like this:

Barbell Curl - 3 sets x 8
Alternating dumbell curls - 2 stes x8 each side
Dumbbell Curl 2 sets x 8 left only
One Arm Preacher Curl 3 sets x 8 left arm only

This routine also works well with other body parts.