Need advice - Uneven strength

[muscle_geek]

I thought everything was going well with my chest training. I worked my way up to benching 365. That's a personal best for me. Then I started to get tendonitis in my right elbow. I kind of dealt with the pain. Then I noticed that my form on bench seemed kind of weird. Both sides weren't firing the same way. So I went to a vertical bench machine and tried to bench one arm at a time. The right arm (the one with tendonitis) I could bench fifteen reps with the weight. I did the same weight with my left arm and could only get six reps. That's a big difference. Apparently I've been overloading my right arm while doing bench, hence the tendonitis. How do I bring my left side up to my right. I'm guessing dumbells or hammer strength machines. Does this mean I will have to sacrifice some of my overall strength and work lighter to get the left side up. Any advice would be appreciated. Has anyone had the same problem?

 

[MrMuscle]

yes..do more dumbbell exercises. this is something everybody should be doing. dont base all your training on either barbells or dumbbels..do it all.

you might have to go lighter with dumbels, but you shouldnt loose to much strenght. and dont worry about that anyway. strenght isnt key in bodybuilding. form is.

 

[tzan]

strenght isnt key in bodybuilding. form is.

Great Point!!!