guys strange question here..

[jc1908]

has anyone ever had a problem one shoulder being a bit bigger that the other? my left delt is bigger and it makes my shoulders look out of balance, my wife noticed too..WTF,never had this before
any advise?

 

[blut wump]

Push press and Military Press. If they're each getting the same load they should end up at roughly the same size. Drop the DB work for a while.

 

[jc1908]

i have been doing alot of db work, thanks did not think about that. i'll up my bb moves.

 

[JumpBallWinner]

I'm right handed and my left arm is a tad bit bigger than my left. Not enough to be noticed by anyone, but I can tell the difference looking down at them closely. Plus the definition in the muscles is different in each a slight bit. I always use BB movements as the foundation for all my workouts, and then switch to DB or single arm movements as finishers. I've found that when I get to my finishers on things like side delt extensions with a cable, my left arm can actually do a few more reps than my right. This is also the case with forearms. When I finish my back and bi workout with some DB forearm work... the right forearm can't do as many reps and starts burning alot faster than the left does, although the right is bigger and stronger to begin with. I think this is because during the BB movements, when both arms are being used, my body forces the right arm to do more work because it's stronger, therefore it ends up getting more fatigued. This bothered me to realize, because if you allow it to continue to work harder, it's just gonna continue to outgrow the weaker arm. So now what I do, is make sure to add more reps to the left arm on all finishing exercises. Say on dumbell forearm curls, I'll get about 10 reps with the right hand... and it'll be on fire. Well, when I get to 10 reps on the left, it's not hard yet.... so I'll do 15-20 in an attempt to get leave it as worked by the end of the day as the right arm. I've started doing the same on the delt stuff. Haven't been doing it long, but it seems to be working, so I'm convinced the idea is solid. Give it a try, hope it helps.

 

[Tagio]

the technical name for that is staring at your reflection for way too long.

 

[Scotsman]

Always train your body the same. Make your left and right do the same reps the same number of times. Don't train to your weak side or you'll really create an imbalance that can lead to injury. Use barbells for you main training on presses shrugs etc that way both sides do the same amount of work. It is fairly common for one side to be bigger than the other, as much as we would like to be we aren't perfectly symetrical. For instance my arms are almost exactly the same sice but the right one looks bigger because it peaks better than the left. Make sure that you train your body bi-laterally the same and then you will get both sides to be as close to the same as possible size-wise as well as strength-wise.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[jc1908]

scotsman, yeah i'm paying more attention to bb vs. db as in shrugs and such..thanks for the imput. did'nt think much of it before but now i see the point..