Thread: missproportioned

Yes. I beleive most everyone has this.

No one is perfectly symmetrical. As long as its not a huge difference, dont worry about it.

Originally Posted by Curlingcadys

Is it common to have your "stong arm" (meaning whether you're left or right handed) to be slightly bigger than the other. Like for instance I'm right handed and everything from my right shoulder down is bigger than my left, very noticable in my tricepts and pretty noticable in my shoulders, not really visually noticable,but measurable, in my bicepts or forearms. Kinda scares me a little bit.

Use your left arm next time you curl a cady.

My arms are different by a little over 1/4" last I checked, its very normal. If it is by a large margin, then scoliosis could be an issue, but supposedly even mild scoliosis is more common than thought.

Yeah, Ive broken my left arm 3 times and surgery once. I have about a 3/4 inch difference in left and right. And the strength is still comprable.

Originally Posted by BigDyl

Use your left arm next time you curl a cady.

I'll have to remember that!!

Thanks for the feedback I was a little worried, but the strength is dead even though between my arms.

I actually had to do a paper on this when i was in school and did a lot of studying up on human physiology and biology. From what i had found, there are people who are solely right handed, people that are solely left handed, and people that are able to utilize both sides on equal but seperate levels. When we are born, and we establish which side (or both) is the stronger side then we begin to utilize that side more often. If you are right handed, then since you were an infant, you have been primarily using that side of your body and so that arm your entire life. This common utility builds muscle. Muscle built=more muscular fibers in that area. So if you didnt start working out routinely until you were 17yo... then for 17 years your right arm has built more muscular fibers than the left. when you begin working the arms together, the left side may perform the same weights, but doesnt have the same density as the right side. Coincidentaly, people that are right handed tend to store fat disproportionately also, storing more fat on their right side than left (not an obscene difference, but sometimes noticeable). This has to do with the body's natural inclination to provide efficient means for which it can consume energy. That also goes further into physiological study dealing with how right-handed people are more physicaly active than left-handed and naturally coordinated for motor skills, etc.... Long story.
Lastly, Left-handed people are said to live a 7% shorter life than right handed people... I am right-handed.

Muscle built=more muscular fibers in that area. So if you didnt start working out routinely until you were 17yo... then for 17 years your right arm has built more muscular fibers than the left.

I'm supposing that you have some evidence that supports your theory on hyperplasia?? As far as I'm aware, there is no evidence that such a thing occurs.

i could actually post my paper if i need to, that would have all of the resources listed within it... but i wasnt talkin about hyperplasia. Hyperplasia suggests a condition that results in an abnormal increase in the number of normal-appearing cells... I was talking more about natural hypertrophy is the process by which a muscle that is subjected to a certain amount of work will as a result adjust its growth to compensate/prepare for a similar work load next time... which is the basis for all muscular growth. this isnt a matter of arguement, but just the basic fact... if you only did bi curls with your right arm for 20years , it would be stronger than your left. And as was stated already throughout the post, some people are stronger with their right hand than their left and vice-versa.

Let me quote you once again:

Muscle built=more muscular fibers in that area

Muscle built does not equal more muscular fibers in that area (what you said is concurrent with the definition of hyperplasia), but an increase in the size of the muscle fibers.

Originally Posted by Pizzer

I actually had to do a paper on this when i was in school and did a lot of studying up on human physiology and biology. From what i had found, there are people who are solely right handed, people that are solely left handed, and people that are able to utilize both sides on equal but seperate levels. When we are born, and we establish which side (or both) is the stronger side then we begin to utilize that side more often. If you are right handed, then since you were an infant, you have been primarily using that side of your body and so that arm your entire life. This common utility builds muscle. Muscle built=more muscular fibers in that area. So if you didnt start working out routinely until you were 17yo... then for 17 years your right arm has built more muscular fibers than the left. when you begin working the arms together, the left side may perform the same weights, but doesnt have the same density as the right side. Coincidentaly, people that are right handed tend to store fat disproportionately also, storing more fat on their right side than left (not an obscene difference, but sometimes noticeable). This has to do with the body's natural inclination to provide efficient means for which it can consume energy. That also goes further into physiological study dealing with how right-handed people are more physicaly active than left-handed and naturally coordinated for motor skills, etc.... Long story.
Lastly, Left-handed people are said to live a 7% shorter life than right handed people... I am right-handed.

well we learn somthing everyday! Very informative and makes sense if you think about it...

Coincidentaly, people that are right handed tend to store fat disproportionately also, storing more fat on their right side than left (not an obscene difference, but sometimes noticeable).

I think this is fascinating. Do you have a reference to the studies that elaborate on what you say? I'm not disagreeing, just interested to know.

I write left-handed but play all sports with my right, so there isn't a noticeable or even measurable difference between my arms, except for my triceps which I neglected to do for my left at first. But for ex. my dad's right arm is more than 1" bigger than his left, and it's still not that obvious. So it shouldnt be a problem unless it affects balance or looks very odd.