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FITNESS TIPS FOR 9/1/2001
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Weight Training and Balanced Body Symmetry
In bodybuilding, symmetry is probably one of the most
critical elements.
Take a good, long look at your body in a full length mirror.
Size up both sides of your body, compair your shoulders
and pectoral muscles, and size up your arms and legs.
You can also use a measuring tape to check your legs
and arms. But don't get too worried if your right arm or
thigh is 1/4 inch bigger, It's natural to have one side just
a little bigger.
Remeber, muscle shape from one side to the other is a
matter of genetics. Take Arnold for example. Compare
his left peak on his bicep with his right. One was flat
and one had a big peak.
But if you have one side is so much bigger that you can
see it in the mirror, this is a situation that you will want
to work on.
Whether your right or left handed your dominant side is
almost always bigger and stronger than the other. But
what happens if the imbalance is too much? You see it
someime in the gym. Somebody is benching and the bar
looks like it's going to tip over because one arm is
stronger than the other.
The surest cure for the asymmetrical body is in using
dumbbells or a bilateral weight machine to be sure that
each limb is doing its equal share of work.
Most two handed barbell or machine movements allow for
one limb to work harder than the other. Cut these exercises
out for a couple weeks or keep them to a minimum.
Pecs Uneven?
For example let's say you have uneven pecs, stop doing
barbell bench press and do dumbbell bench and dumbbell
flys. Go all the way down for a deep stretch and concentrate
on feeling both sides work evenly.
Dumbbell presses will work your pecs individually so the
stronger one can't pick up the slack. Do your normal set
(8-10 reps for example), then rest for a few seconds holding
the dumb bells in the down position, then do two - three more
reps on the smaller side.
Anther idea is to spend some time working only your weak
side, or at least concentrating on it. Treat a muscle imbalance
like a lagging body part. That means exercise it first in your
workout. For example, if my right bidep were weaker than my
left, I would perform all the dumbbell curls for my right side
before I would switch over to the left. And after my workout I
might do 1 - 2 extra sets for my rignt arm.
But strength is only part of the asymmetry solution.
To even out your motor skills, when doing any exercise,
always concentrate on your left side if you are right handed,
try to think left handed. This improves the mind to muscle
pathway.
It may take some time to even out though, and remeber
people generally aren't 100 % perfectly symmetrical.
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