| Re: My Chest Isn't Symmetrical!
Sorry about the assumption that you're a girl! Glad we got that cleared up. Well, I would be very cautious when it comes to training one side more than the other. First off all, it's one thing to train biceps that way, but chest is a little more difficult. Second, although you're one side may appear smaller, if you train it more/harder you may run the risk of making that side stronger than the other. When you go back to a more compound exercise like a barbell bench press, then all of a sudden one side is significantly stronger than the other. Doesn't sound so bad, but that will put increased stress on your weaker shoulder joint, will eventually create a muscle imbalance, and can cause injury. So I would be cautious with that. Train both sides equally hard, if one is slightly larger or stronger it's probably just your structure and only a very slight differnece. FYI, oddly enough although as I mentioned before my left side is slightly larger, my right side is slightly stronger on all bodyparts & all lifts. Hope that helps. |