Reply With QuoteStill no excuse for not working the legs, if you want to improve your sprints then work them.
No idea why you have a 3" difference, thats huge. I am right handed also and the difference is 1/2", 3 inches is almost like you have no use of your left arm or something, hard for me to understand that other than strange genetics.
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10-27-2003, 05:17 PM #1Registered User
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Help with asymetry in arms
have a some huge asymetry in my biceps
my right arm measures 15"(I know this is pathetic compaired to some of the huge guys on this board), and my left arm measures a mere 12". The difference in peak is probably about a 1 and a half inch height.
I always do left arm first when doing single arm exercise(always have), and always do the same reps on the same weight(so if I get off six reps on my left arm I do the same on my right even though I could do more). My left arm is also the exact same strength, some times I can do more on my left.
I believe the difference might be because of the lack of neuromuscular development in my left arm(I was supremely right arm dominated til I started lifting a year ago). I sware the difference has gotten larger since I started working out. I was wondering what I could do to correct this besides spot injects.
I was thinking maybe one day a week I would do an extra left arm training day, probably higher reps to avoid neuromuscular OTing(you know when you go sub 4 reps a couple weeks in a row).
My normal routine is this
I am using undulating periodization because the effectiveness I read it had on medscape.
So I change my exercise, and my rep range weekly.
Sunday Biceps/Triceps
2x(4-6 )(8-10 reps )barell curls/dumbell curls
2x(4-6)(8-10 reps)hammer/preacher
2x(4-6)(8-10 reps)cable/concentration
Tuesday
Pecs/Delts
Sat
Back
I don't work out legs because I do wind sprints, and they are alot bigger then my upper body. 15" arms and 26" legs.
I was wondering how I could fix this, should I throw in an eextra arm day after pec/delt day?
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10-27-2003, 05:21 PM #2Super Moderator SUPER MODERATOR
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damn
so there is nothing I can really do except site injections?
Any suggestions onto whats a good substance thats active locally that I could site inject, I hear IGF-1 is just awsome for spot injections.
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I dont have any evidence that site injections work at all. I dont know how old you are, but I had 15" arms towards the end of my freshman year in high school.
Some people claim winny and suspension work localized, I dont know. Other option is facia stretching, but that requires volume, which can be dangerous.
Or there is a legal product, Site-enhance I believe?Motivation Bench form Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu
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My left arm has kept my right arm from growing I hit 15 inches after about 3-4 months after working out.
I didn't want the difference to be even more freakish so I stopped working out my right arm that hard, and continued to work my left. I am 19, so a freshman in college.
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here is left
here is left arm
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Is there a strength difference between the two that is obvious? Just curious.
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10-28-2003, 05:10 PM #8Registered User
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no, not really, it used to be huge, but my left has almost caught up, maybe a 2 rep difference at a 6-8 rep range, oh yeah and after working out biceps my right one is always sore(and my left one isn't), even though I do the act same amount of weight and reps.
The past two weeks I have paid extra special attention to my form because I think maybe that was a problem I don't think I had bad form, but just in case that might make a difference, like a slightly change in angle resulting in more use of the brachioradialis.
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Are your left and right trapezius equal in size? Growth in the biceps will be inhibited by a weak upper trapezius.
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10-30-2003, 09:02 AM #10jersey's here
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i have the same type of problem.. im right handed... and my right bicep is a little stronger then my left.. but my LEFT is bigger .. noticably bigger...its weird... ive been told to just keep lifting.. go with more dumbells than barbells...
somehow trying to get the abs but bulk at the same time.......
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