Symmetry Problem...

[CPA22]

Ok here is the deal....

My right pec is much larger than my left one. I know that it is very hard to be perfectly symmetrical but there is an obvious difference. I have gotten advice from friends on form but they all have seen my chest workouts and can not understand why they are not even because my form seems to be more then up to par.

A slight difference would not bother me, but this has gotten to the point where you can even notice it when im wearing a tight shirt. It just sucks because the first thing that people notice is the center of your body which of course includes your chest..

Also, my left abs appear more then my right, and my right calf is bigger than my left. Can this be totally genetic and impossible to correct? Anyone that can help or knows a solution to this on going problem will be greatly appreciated...

PS. I have tried dumbells only for chest and its hasnt seem to make a differnce...

 

[CPA22]

also, do you think there could be a torn muscle in my left pec or maybe even gyno?....

 

[bowling ball nutz]

bump.

train one side at a time should catch up, try and pin point what part of the chest is lagging and do the exercises to target that area. I train with dumbells mainly incline and recently found my left lower pec has less outside roundness to it, so I am hitting extreme declines and flat a lot

 

[jubei]

Could be a chest wall asymmetry.

 

[CPA22]

Bowling ball, thats Exactly what it is.

It is my lower left around my nipple. It is basically lacking in mass and fullness. My inner seems to be ok. How do I train one side??

 

[CPA22]

Jubei,

What is chest wall Asymmetry?

 

[bowling ball nutz]

Bowling ball, thats Exactly what it is.

It is my lower left around my nipple. It is basically lacking in mass and fullness. My inner seems to be ok. How do I train one side??

its called unilateral training, working one side at a time allows u to focus better on contraction. U can use hammerstrength machine, and can do dumbells one side at a time and cables are good

 

[jubei]

It means your rib cage isn't exactly the same on both sides making your chest look uneven.

 

[flex2win]

Post some pics!!! This sounds like some elephant man shit...lol..

 

[CPA22]

thanks flex, way to hurt a brothas feelings

 

[jubei]

Post some pics!!! This sounds like some elephant man shit...lol..

Wow great post you dumb fuck.

 

[CPA22]

id feel like such a jerkoff training only one side at a time...maybe at the end of my workouts or something. What are the chances of it being gyno or something torn in my chest?

 

[bowling ball nutz]

id feel like such a jerkoff training only one side at a time...maybe at the end of my workouts or something. What are the chances of it being gyno or something torn in my chest?

you probably train one bicep at a time, why cant you do chest ?

while pressing one weight it is much easier to focus on contracting that one muscle rather than both and your dominant pec cant do the brunt of the work


I cant even notice a difference in mine anymore, just hit lower chest every day for 2 weeks and nothing else and it will grow, but to really target that area you need to use cable flys and bring your hands down very close to the body with the cables pulling from the very top of the machine, also u can do a press in a downward motion with one side at a time with your back facing the weights(have to be pretty close to the machine)

 

[Thom]

ive got a similar problem, and we're not alone. I've been told its because of our heart pumps blood with new oxygen first into the left part of the body, so when it comes to the right part theres less oxygen to use. As we know we need oxygen to build muscle, so this may be why many builders have this problem.

 

[CPA22]

Bowling ball yoiu make sense, Ive tried basically everything else...what else do i have to loose? I want to also go to the doc too because I have been feeling a tight pull in my left pec for a while now...

 

[flex2win]

Alright, here's my SERIOUS answer this time since feelings were hurt...how long have you been using dumbells? I only ask this because I too, have the same problem with my left side of my chest being more developed. After a year of training with dumbells and incorporating isolation movements, my right side has started to catch up. My advice is to only train chest on that day, focus more on the psychological aspect of it and making your chest do the work, incorporate more flyes, and dips to help shape the inner and outer walls of the pecs, and don't focus so much on how "different" you look..