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mqzy · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 2

for a lot of health exercises my right arm/leg is stronger than the left.
i am doing only dumbbell & bodyweight exercises.
is there a proper way to accomodate this?
right now i can curl probably 50lb w/ right and only 30 with left.
so i can undertrain the right and use the same weight on each arm, or is it ok to use heavier dumbbells on each side?
will i just keep the imbalance going if i do that?

MrCheese · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 13

A good idea I have picked up from here and some mates is to concentrate on doing curls with a bar to even out the weight amongst the two of em. Doing curls with dumbells when you have an imbalance like you have wont really help in evening them out together. so like biceps and do raptors (ezi bar concentration curls) 21's, stuff like that that you use both at the same time.

Just my opinion.

cshapland · Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 48

if you use both hands at the same time your stronger arm will compensate for your weaker arm to get the weight up that is a pretty large imbalance

deejaybos · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 13

I found it was best to use the max weight of my weaker arm until it matched the weight lift ability of my stronger arm. That way, any increase in weight would be the same for both arms at that point. You don't want to have one puny arm and one big arm. If your weak arm can only curl 30, do 30 w/ both until you're comfortable moving both arms up in weight lifted.

just my 2 cents.

swanso5 · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:32 am Post subject:

no barbell work for the reason mentioned above...stick with db work and only do for your strong arm what your weak arm can do