Starts at age 8 and ends around age 18. During this time, transformation occurs, and the formation of the mammary glands also begins, which is finally completed only after breastfeeding. Each organism is individual, so do not be alarmed if for some it happens quickly, and for others it stops altogether. In addition, this growth is often disproportionate - hence the problem of asymmetry of the mammary glands. Any doctor can confirm that this is for this age and there is no need to sound the alarm about this. But to calm down, you can contact a specialist - he will tell you in more detail about the development of the female body and, if necessary, prescribe medications.

Pregnancy and lactation period

Lactation, i.e. The period of breast milk production by the mammary glands is also the reason that there may be less of the other. But again, this is not a reason for worry, but a completely natural process. If a woman is breastfeeding, she can solve this problem by placing him on the smaller breast. According to experts, the more milk a child drinks, the more milk is produced. The procedure of expressing milk can also help, but it is worth repeating that each body is individual and in order to understand this problem in detail, you should consult a doctor who will advise and give certain instructions.

What other reasons could there be?

You need to start sounding the alarm when a woman has long since left adolescence and is not breastfeeding, but she still has breast asymmetry. Here the reason, of course, may be a normal hormonal imbalance due to constant stress, fatigue, etc., then you should consult an endocrinologist. After conducting the appropriate tests, he will be able to identify what exactly the problem is and prescribe a course of treatment. But it can also be more serious - tumors. Then a visit to the doctor cannot be postponed. With such symptoms, they turn to a specialist in the mammary glands, namely, a mammologist, who, during the examination, will identify the causes and, if necessary, prescribe a course of treatment.

If no serious health problems have been identified, you should not focus on it, because usually this problem is so insignificant that no one notices it.

Numbness of the limbs is a fairly indicative symptom of many diseases. If the left leg and left arm, right limbs, or each of them separately go numb, this usually indicates a pinched nerve, inflammation or damage. Also, such signs indicate the development of more dangerous and serious diseases that affect various organs and systems of the body. If your legs and arms go numb, this often indicates a stroke, ischemic attack, the presence of a tumor and other diseases.

Many people are interested in the question, if their arms and legs go numb, what to do.

First of all, you need to contact a specialist who can determine the causes of the sensation and make a diagnosis.

After diagnosis, which will clarify the characteristics of the disease, you should proceed to therapy, which will be prescribed by the doctor.

Usually, by the nature of the numbness and the presence of accompanying sensations, it is possible to determine the illness that caused them. However, you should not try to do this yourself. When choosing...

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Http://www.moi-roditeli.ru/toddler/development/symmetry.html here is the full article

The degree of asymmetry directly depends on the functional activity of a particular part of the human body - in more mobile and active parts the asymmetry is brighter. The arms are more asymmetrical to each other than the legs, and the movable lower jaw is characterized by greater asymmetry compared to...

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Is your right hand bigger than your left?

Muscles of different sizes - what to do?

First you need to understand that all people have slightly different muscle sizes on the right and left sides of the body, and to some extent this is normal. Let’s say that right-handed people usually have larger muscles on their right limbs than on their left ones, and in left-handed people, on the contrary, the muscles on the left side of the body are better developed. The size of the muscles is different for everyone, it’s just that usually this difference is not significant, so they are invisible to the eye. But if you take a centimeter and take measurements, you will notice that in fact, the size of the muscles on the right and left hemispheres of the body are slightly different.

I repeat that a slight difference in muscle development is normal and due to nature. Just like the strength of the right and left hands differs. However, for various reasons, it happens that muscle sizes differ greatly. This is immediately noticeable to the eye, and, of course, does not look very good.

Now let's move on to information on how to fix problems in...

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Numbness in left toes

Numbness in the toes of the left foot is a very unpleasant sensation that should alert anyone who suffers from it. If it appears in a person after a long stay in an uncomfortable position or wearing tight or uncomfortable shoes, when the legs are compressed and blood flow is impaired, then there is, in fact, nothing to worry about, the root cause must be removed and everything will work out. But if numbness in the fingers appears systematically, especially in the morning or at night, when the body is in a calm position, most likely it indicates serious illness.

Causes

The causes of numbness in the toes of the left and right feet may be associated with problems with the spine, disorders of the heart, and thyroid gland. Let's look at them in more detail:

In almost 90% of cases, a person experiences such an unpleasant condition due to osteochondrosis of the lumbar spine. The symptoms are especially pronounced in the presence of protrusions and herniations of intervertebral discs. Oncological...

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Asymmetry of the human body is a completely normal phenomenon; in most cases, it is almost impossible to distinguish it with the naked eye. This is explained by the fact that opposite parts of the body “control” different hemispheres of the brain: the right hemisphere is responsible for the left half of the body, and the left, respectively, for the right. In addition, depending on whether a person is right-handed or left-handed, the muscles of the right or left half of the body will be better developed.
Since most of the world's population are right-handed, their right hand is larger and longer than their left. At the same time, in typical right-handers, the left leg is slightly larger than the right.

The degree of asymmetry directly depends on the functional activity of a particular part of the human body - in more mobile and active parts the asymmetry is brighter. The arms are more asymmetrical to each other than the legs, and the mobile lower jaw is characterized by greater asymmetry compared to the upper.

Uneven muscle development leads to slight, barely noticeable...

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Reader question:

Hello Roman. I have a small question... At the moment, the difference in the volume of the right and left arms is approximately 2.5 cm (the right one is larger), how can I align (make the volume more symmetrical) the biceps? Should I slow down pumping my right arm for a while, or reduce the load on it?

This would be the most correct decision.

1. Train your arms with dumbbells if you don't already.

Aim to do the same number of repetitions with both hands. And not only in exercises for biceps, but also for triceps. The dumbbells, of course, must be the same weight.

Often the difference in arm circumference is determined not by the biceps, but by the triceps. Try not so much to weaken your right hand (by ceasing to train it), but rather to pull your left hand up to its level. In addition, the human body is designed in such a way that with a uniform load, the limbs quickly equalize in strength and volume.

2. Also try to do chest and back exercises with...

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Characteristics of the disease

At its core, any edema is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the intercellular space of tissues. The mechanism of edema formation is based on 3 main factors:

Increased capillary pressure; release of fluid from the bloodstream as a result of a decrease in osmotic pressure; due to a decrease in the level of proteins (albumin) in the blood and an increase in capillary permeability due to inflammatory or toxic damage.

The most common cause of swelling is congestion in the blood vessels.

When the left leg swells, this fully fits into the general concept of the formation of local edema and develops according to one of the given mechanisms. In principle, the appearance of edema in the left limb is not a characteristic sign. The anomaly can develop in one leg or both at the same time. The fact that the left leg was injured indicates congenital or acquired weakness of vascular tissues, which manifested itself precisely in ...

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Why does my left foot hurt?

Why can your feet hurt?

Doctors quite often hear from patients complaints of foot pain when walking. What can provoke these pain sensations? There are a great many causes and diseases that cause pain in the feet. By nature, pain can be general or diffuse, and according to the degree of distribution it is divided into local and completely covering the entire foot. Diffuse pain, as a rule, is associated with overload, which provokes discomfort while walking; sometimes diffuse pain can also bother you at rest.

Cause of Foot Pain #1: Plantar Fasciitis
Reason #2: Heel spur
No. 3: other reasons
No. 4: flat feet
#5: Injuries
No. 6: erythromelalgia

Foot pain can be caused by a variety of diseases

If pain is felt in the foot only when walking or significant stress on the legs, with additional...

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LEFT... RIGHT

In the embryonic period, our body is more or less symmetrical. However, soon one side begins to dominate the other. And this dissimilarity is demonstrated in many organs.

Thus, in adults, the weight of muscles on one side exceeds the mirror opposite ones by about 5%. In addition, in right-handed people, the right hand is stronger and longer than the left, and the nail bed of the thumb on it is longer and wider than on the left. The left leg of 60% of earthlings is 1-1.5 cm longer than the right. And in about 66% of people, the left outer ear is larger than the right one, but the chin most often slopes to the right. The nose of right-handers deviates to the right, and of left-handers - to the left; the curl of hair on the head of right-handers is twisted clockwise, and of left-handers - in the opposite direction.

Even the right half of the Praash’s face is more expressive than the left!

But asymmetry concerns not only external organs. We have a right-sided liver and lungs that are unequal in weight (the right one is larger than the left). Our heart...

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The right leg is larger than the left. Feet of different sizes. Different foot sizes.

Everyone has probably noticed when buying shoes that one foot is larger than the other. Some people have their right foot a size or half a size larger, while others have their left foot. Why is this happening?

The fact is that the human body is asymmetrical, that is, the right side of our body is different from the left side. It is not difficult to verify this. If you look at your reflection in the mirror more closely, you can see that the right side of our face is more developed than the left. The cheek on the right side protrudes a little more. The outlines of our mouth, ear and eye are clearer on the right side than on the left. The same can be said about our entire body. Our legs vary in strength and dexterity. The inside of the body is also asymmetrical. The liver is on the right side and the heart is on the left side. Therefore, the entire human skeleton is developed unevenly. And this affects the actions we perform and our...

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The syndrome of swelling of only the limbs, or the entire surface of the body, always has reasons why it occurs. Liquid easily penetrates into the space between cells and has difficulty leaving the body, which leads to swelling. There are many reasons why one leg swells, or swelling is present in both legs. This may be due to dysfunction of the venous blood flow and impaired renal function.

Causes

There are two degrees of swelling:

Expressed; not expressed.

When the swelling syndrome is not expressed, the swelling is not visually visible, the tissue becomes loose, and fluid accumulates. This condition is called pastosity. When swelling is obvious, when pressure is applied to the skin, a dimple is formed. Why shouldn't we ignore symptoms that obviously tell us about a problem?

There are differences in which the left leg swells, or both legs, or rather what this is connected with. If the cause is a circulatory disorder, symptoms...

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It happens that the muscles are developed unevenly and the size of the muscles on the right and left parts of the body are very different. For example, one pectoral muscle is larger than the other, or the biceps on the right arm is larger than on the left.

First you need to understand that all people have slightly different muscle sizes on the right and left sides of the body and within certain limits this is normal!
For example, right-handed people often have larger muscles in the right limbs, while left-handed people tend to have larger muscles on the left side of the body.
Muscle sizes are different for everyone, it’s just that usually these differences are small, so the difference is not noticeable, but if you specifically take measurements, you will see that there is a difference.
Again, slight differences in muscle size are normal.
Just as the strength of the right and left arms or the right and left legs differs - this is due to nature.
However, it happens that the size of the muscles differs greatly, this is immediately visible to the eye and, of course, does not look very good.

WHY MUSCLES BECOME DIFFERENT SIZES

1. Size...

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People who periodically experience swelling in their legs think that this is due to problems with the kidneys or heart. But many would like to know why only the left leg swells. This article talks about the reasons for this phenomenon and how to deal with it.

The problem of swelling of the lower extremities is known throughout the world and applies to people of all ages. The most important reason is the accumulation of excess fluid in the legs.

What types of edema are there?

Hydraemic, which occurs during the collection of fluid in the leg due to kidney disease. Cachectic, occurring in very emaciated people. In addition, it can be formed during the course of heart disease. Stagnant, which is a residual phenomenon of vessel permeability. No amount of protein in a person’s blood or a decrease in blood pressure can also cause swelling of the legs. Mechanical, formed due to injuries or tumors on the human body. In addition, swelling that appears during...

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My right hand is going numb: why and what to do?

Quite often you can hear the following complaint from people: their right hand is going numb. In this case, some experience only numbness of the hand or fingers, while others experience even numbness of the entire upper limb. Why is this happening? And how to deal with this disease?

Household reasons

Numbness of the right hand can be associated with both pathological processes and everyday life. If you sleep on an uncomfortable bed, wear tight clothing and stay in the same position for a long time, then this can cause the appearance of this disease.

However, in these cases, the occurrence of this symptom is extremely rare (mainly after sleep) and goes away very quickly if you rub the limb or do special exercises.

And in this case, numbness in the hands is a completely natural process...

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Many people experience goosebumps, numbness and tingling in their fingers. These unpleasant sensations can appear for a variety of reasons. Some of them are very simple and easy to fix. Sometimes tingling sensations are manifestations of serious illnesses that require proper treatment.

Reasons for the appearance of “needles”

Today, numbness and tingling of the fingers is increasingly common among young people. Previously, this symptomatology was observed only in elderly people. Numbness and tingling of the fingers can have a different nature and occur in anyone. Some suffer from such manifestations very rarely. But there are people who constantly experience this condition.

In most cases, tingling in the fingers is associated with incomplete clamping of the nerve fibers. Blood flow decreases and becomes insufficient. As a result, the fingers of the right or left hand become numb. This happens when a person is in an uncomfortable position for a long time.

Upper limbs...

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Fortune telling fingers: guessing the future by the location of the itch

“Owl, Owl, why is my back, head and legs itching?” “You, Hedgehog, should wash yourself”... Despite the popularity of the anecdote, which sober-minded realists always remind lovers of superstitions, interest in the superstition does not wane. Many people wonder every day what itching in one or another part of the body portends. And signs are always ready! They will tell you, give you advice, and make a forecast for the coming days and weeks.

Itchy fingers

We remake an incredible amount of things with our hands. Career, love relationships, hobbies - fingers are involved in everything. And according to the conviction of our ancestors, they also have a presentiment of what they have to do. Is this where the expression “my hands itch” comes from?

On the left and right hand

Most often, signs make different predictions for the right and left sides of the body. At the same time, the right one is traditionally considered lucky, although in half of the interpretations the left one turns out to be no less generous with good predictions.

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My respect, ladies and gentlemen! We owe this article to me, Pavel, Oleg, Valentin and the other male part of the project’s readers. They asked their question: muscle asymmetry, what to do? - through the feedback form and wanted to receive a detailed answer. Well, if you want it, then get it!

So, sit down, my dear friends, let's start broadcasting.

What is muscle asymmetry: a fictional theory

I think everyone reading these lines has had this situation in the gym when you are doing an exercise, for example, lifting a dumbbell for biceps one at a time and suddenly you realize that your left hand is no longer lifting - it’s not pulling the weight, but your right hand can still calmly perform 2-3 repetitions. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Also, I’m sure some of you have encountered muscle imbalances or asymmetries - this is when you look at yourself in the mirror and realize that your left pectoral is larger than your right or your left biceps is larger than your right. In training, this is manifested through the emergence of a leading (taking up the load) and driven (lagging) muscles. As a result of all this, the athlete cannot fully load the muscles, and always one or another muscle group (its mirror analogue) remains undertrained. In fact, upon visual inspection of your body, it turns out that one muscle is ahead of its fellow in development.

What to do, i.e. How to get out of this situation - to restore balance and in general - what muscle asymmetry is, we will consider further.

Note:

For better assimilation of the material, all further narration will be divided into subchapters.

Muscle imbalance is something that most people encounter during their training. (and not necessarily iron). It implies that the strength (and/or size) of muscles on one side of the body is not the same/symmetrical on the other side.

What is muscle asymmetry?

• in a specific sport (e.g. tennis, golf), where one side of the body is involved more than the other;
• when an athlete performs the same type of actions over and over again - this is the so-called biomechanical reason for repeated movements in one direction or prolonged poses;
• due to neuromuscular imbalance due to the predisposition of individual muscle groups to be strong or weak;
• in people with limbs of different lengths.

These are some of the possible causes of muscle asymmetry; the curvature of the spinal column also makes a significant contribution - deviation of parameters from the norm. Look at the physiological signals corresponding to muscle activity (EMG) and heat maps of the human body in an ideal and standard case.

Such images help doctors identify patients with soft tissue injuries, imbalances in muscle development, and the degree of spinal curvature.

It is worth saying that there are no ideally “even” people, and this is due to the intrauterine development of the fetus. We are all initially in a curled-up position in the womb, and already there the degree of “curvature” of our spine begins to be established. Therefore, if you think that you have scoliosis (lateral deviation of the spine from the normal straightened position)- this is purely your feature, then it is not so, almost everyone has it, only the degree of it is different.

So, we’ve sorted this out, now let’s talk in more detail and scientifically about...

Acemuscle symmetry: what, why and why

Human movement and function require a person to balance muscle length and strength between the opposing muscles surrounding the joint. Most joints in our body have two or more separate and opposing sets of muscles acting on it. Muscular balance is equal amounts of opposing forces between muscles, which is necessary to maintain focused (centered) position of the bone in the joint during movement. On the other hand, muscle imbalance occurs when opposing muscles provide different directions of tension due to tightness or weakness.

To understand what we are talking about, look at the following images.

As for the general asymmetry, it can be different, in particular the following:

• front and back - for example, the back lags behind the chest;
• left and right – one arm/leg is larger than the other;
• upper and lower body - massive top on chicken legs.

Regarding muscle groups, asymmetry is most often observed between:

• lower leg and arms;
• biceps and triceps;
• trapezius and shoulders;
• delt heads (front, middle, back);
• triceps heads (lateral, medial, long);
• forearms and upper arms.

Muscle asymmetry usually occurs in the early stages of training. As soon as you begin to perform an exercise, the brain makes an assessment of which side of the body is easier for it to complete the task. The body then establishes a favorable movement pattern (records it in memory), as a result of which the increase in strength and volume occurs unevenly - the most frequently used areas increase faster. Over time, the fine line increases, as a result of which the muscle group constantly “pulling out” the load becomes dominant (stronger, more durable, more voluminous). This is how asymmetry arises.

Muscle asymmetry: how to prevent

Bodybuilding is not just muscle mass - it is, first of all, ideal proportions and symmetry. Of course, mere mortals do not necessarily become sculptures with ideal circle shapes, but acquiring some aesthetic physique would not be a bad thing.

Actually, let's do this.

So, there are two types of movements that can be done - bilateral and unilateral. Bilateral - when an athlete uses two limbs (arms, legs) at the same time, for example, lifting a barbell for biceps. Unilateral - when one limb is used, for example, lifting a dumbbell with a hammer grip. Sometimes muscles grow more on one side than the other, and this is due to the dominant side of the body. The presenter always tries to override and do all the work. If we talk about arms/legs, then for right-handers the leading one is the right one, for left-handers, accordingly, the left one.

To bring balance, i.e. pull equally on different sides (and equalize volumes) you must adhere to the following tips:

No. 1. Application of unilateral exercises

Add more unilateral exercises to your current PT - this will isolate one side of the body from the other. Use dumbbells, single cables, and any equipment that will help you focus on the weakest side of your body. Also, if possible, avoid machines and use free weights more.

No. 2. Rep Balance

Adjust the number of repetitions of the exercise according to your weakness. It is necessary to start the exercise with the lagging part and perform it until it (for example, weak left hand) will not refuse, while the right one can still perform, but the approach must be completed. As a result, the dominant side will be slightly undertrained, which will allow the lagging side to progress and catch up.

No. 3. Correct technique and flexibility

The correct form of performing exercises, taking into account anatomical features, will correct asymmetry. Warming up your muscles beforehand and cooling down/stretching at the end of your workout, focusing on your weaker side, will also help combat muscle imbalances.

No. 4. Strengthening internal muscles and ligaments

Don’t forget about ligaments and internal muscles (deep). Strong superficial muscles with weak ligaments/weak core muscles are like a large building without a strong foundation. Use exercises such as dumbbell rotations to strengthen the rotator cuff, side bends with a barbell on your shoulders, lifting your legs and body from a lying position, and a plank.

No. 5. Gain more mass

The greater the muscle mass of the athlete, the less visually noticeable are the disproportions and asymmetries, i.e. the differences are leveled out. So try to gain more lean muscle mass.

No. 6. Increasing the strength of the weak side

When performing exercises, try to consciously place a greater load on the lagging muscles, as if pulling them towards the dominant ones. So, for example, if there is asymmetry in the chest, you can perform a bench press with different weights on the sides, larger, 3-5%, to the lagging one. For example, your left chest is larger than your right, in this case we throw it on the left 50 kg, and on the right - 52 kg and press in this mode. You can do the same with dumbbells. Regarding biceps asymmetry, you can do this. During the biceps curl, move the hand with the smaller biceps muscle closer to the center of the bar, and leave the other in place.

Muscle asymmetry: training program

The basic rule that you need to remember to eliminate muscle imbalance is that when working the following muscle groups, you also need to train their antagonists (and not necessarily in the same training session). Here is a list of such muscle groups:

• chest and back;
• abs and spinal extensors;
• biceps and triceps;
• quadriceps and hamstring muscles;
• calves and tibial muscles.

Make sure your current PT is giving the antagonist muscles an equal share of the training load. This way you will restore balance and build a harmoniously developed body.

Additionally, understanding the issues and their kinesiology (functions and movements) will help you choose exercises wisely and integrate them into your training days. Let’s take as an example, which in addition to the pectoral muscles also affects the front deltoids, and also includes the triceps. And so in many other exercises, non-core muscles are indirectly loaded. In this case (during the bench press), the rear deltoids fall out. Therefore, on days of separate shoulder training, you need to work out the back bundles (like under-training in basic exercises during the week), and not “hollow” the front and middle heads.

Now let's look at specific routines aimed at correcting muscle imbalances.

PT No. 1. Removing chest asymmetry

Superset:

• barbell press at an upward angle, 4 seta, 8-12 repetitions;
• one-arm dumbbell press, 4 seta, 8-12 repetitions.

Superset:

• dips on parallel bars, 3 seta, 8-12 repetitions;
• dumbbell raises with one hand, 3 seta, 8-12 repetitions.

PT No. 2. Removing delta asymmetry

Superset:

• abduction of one arm on the lower block, 3 seta, 12-15 repetitions;
• pulling the barbell to the chest, 3 seta, 8-12 repetitions.

Superset:

• bent over dumbbell raises, 3 seta, 10-12 repetitions.;
• standing dumbbell press 3 seta, 12-15 repetitions.

Note:

Between sets 1 a minute of rest and soon you will be able to observe a picture of the growth of lagging areas.

In general, to avoid asymmetry (preventive measures), it is necessary to use a special type of training - balanced. This is a PT that simultaneously focuses on several muscle groups.

It might look like this:

• squats with a barbell on the shoulders, 3x12/10/8;
• dumbbell bench press lying on a horizontal bench, 3x12/10/8;
• traction of the lower block to the body, 3x12;
• pull-ups, 2 approach to failure;
• push ups, 2 approach to failure;
• leg bending in the simulator, 3x15/10/15;
• twisting the body on a fitball, 2x25;
• bike, 3x30 sec.

This program is worth scrolling through periodically. (twice a week, every 2-3 months), then you definitely won’t have any muscle asymmetry.

Well, that’s probably all I’d like to report on, all that remains is to sum it up and say goodbye :).

Afterword

Today we looked at muscle asymmetry issues. Now you will be as even and proportional as possible, which means you will look more impressive.

Somehow, I was glad to write for you, see you again!

PS. Is everything the same for you or do you squint a little?

P.P.S. Did the project help? Then leave a link to it in your social network status - plus 100 points towards karma, guaranteed.

With respect and gratitude, Dmitry Protasov.

Before I tell you what to do in a situation where muscles are different sizes, I want to say that a slight difference in volume is quite normal. For example, if we take people whose right hand works more than the left, accordingly, the right hand will be slightly larger in volume than the left, this is quite normal. The same applies to left-handers, but everything is exactly the opposite. Often, everyone has a slight disproportion to their body.

You can take and measure the volume of your biceps right now. After the measurements, you may notice an insignificant difference between the volumes of your right and left hands. This is as normal as the difference in strength between one hand and the other. A striking example would be boxing, Thai boxing, and so on, where an athlete, for example, has a signature right hook, but does not hit so hard with his left hand. In general, this is all quite natural and with the naked eye, or rather without a centimeter in your hands, this difference cannot be determined. However, if you notice that it is visually very noticeable that muscles of different sizes, in this case you already need to think about how to fix it all. Now we’ll talk about how to get rid of such defects in muscle development.

First of all, you must ensure that the load on both muscle groups is the same. The growth of muscle tissue occurs due to its destruction, that is, a response to loads. If one part receives more loads than the other, the body will accordingly allocate more nutrients to it for recovery, from which, as a result, a difference in muscle volume can be obtained.

You must always follow the technique of doing the exercise.. You cannot lean left or right, so as not to shift the load to one side or another. If you are doing an exercise that involves working one muscle first, then another, then you need to do the same number of repetitions with the same weight naturally. To better control every movement of the body, you need to stand near the mirror and see that everything is performed clearly according to the technique, without violations and tilts to the left, right, and so on.

I've noticed in the gym that some people use different weights when it comes to training their arms, due to the fact that the left arm is weaker than the right. This should not be done under any circumstances. Also, this is often done in order to fight a lagging muscle group. Remember, if you want your muscles to develop evenly and be symmetrical, you need Necessarily perform the exercise with the same weight for both muscle groups.

DON'T SKIP WORKOUTS

If you want to finally get rid of muscles of different sizes, you need to regularly visit the gym, since in bodybuilding there is a phase “ recovery" and phase " super compensation" I have already written about this in more detail here. If you work out in the gym only once a week, you should not expect the desired result.

ADDITIONAL APPROACHES

If you want to speed up the process of ridding yourself of your asymmetrical body, you can use additional approaches for lagging muscle groups. However, it mainly works for small muscles, such as biceps, triceps, deltoids, and so on. For large muscles, it is best to simply train with the same weight and without violating the exercise technique.

How it works? Let's say you've done 3 sets of concentrated dumbbell curls. To quickly increase the size of a lagging muscle, such as the left biceps, you can do a couple of additional sets of left arm curls with a dumbbell. It is better not to get carried away with this method, otherwise you can overdo it and should only use it in extreme cases. You should not give too much additional load to the lagging muscle so as not to use it. In general, train using the same loads on both sides, the same number of sets, and at the end of the training, perform one set on the lagging side.

To work out a particular side, simple exercise machines that locally work the target muscle group are best suited for such training, that is, they create an isolated load. You can also use dumbbells, as in the case of biceps. You won’t lift the barbell with one hand, it’s at least inconvenient.

ACCENTIATE THE LOAD

If a person is lagging in a specific muscle group, and not just one side of it, emphasis should be placed on training it. If you want to learn how to correctly emphasize the load on a particular muscle group in order to highlight it, make it beautiful and prominent, read.

CONCLUSIONS

If muscles of different sizes, and you want your body to be evenly developed, you should exercise regularly. Perform exercises with the same weight, with correctly placed. Never use different weights in your workout. For a better effect, I also recommend using exercises in which the limbs are in the same position, that is, exercises using a barbell and various bars. Be sure to make sure your grip is the same on both sides. To make it easier to make a grip of the same width, you can see marks on special bars with which you can easily navigate.

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The “problem” of different muscle volumes on both sides of our body is very common not only in bodybuilding, but also in other sports. It becomes especially unpleasant when you notice your disproportion in the mirror, but even worse when someone from the outside begins to notice that your muscles are unevenly pumped. And inevitably the question arises: what to do if one pectoral muscle is larger than the other, as well as other muscles located symmetrically to each other?

Strictly speaking, there should be no panic. The human body is designed in such a way that there is no clear symmetry in it. To make sure of this, just take the measuring tape that seamstresses use and carefully measure the muscles on the right and left sides of the body. Even an ideal athlete, in whom no difference is visually visible, will still have discrepancies in measurements. By the way, performing bodybuilders (professionals) very carefully monitor the proportions of their bodies and the problem of lagging muscles is very familiar to them. After all, modern bodybuilding, in some way, resembles a beauty contest, where, in addition to relief and volume, there must be ideal symmetry.

Sometimes the determination of body parameters is influenced by lighting and viewing angle. So ask your friend to look at you from a different vantage point. It is quite possible that all this just seemed to you and there is no need to worry about trifles.

When nature has nothing to do with it

As I already mentioned, it is quite acceptable if you or your friends have a body that is slightly out of proportion, that is, not noticeable to the eye. But if it is visible to the eye, then it is no longer quite beautiful. Of course, you don’t want to have such a defect and your first desire is to somehow get rid of it. But first, let’s determine the causes of muscle unevenness on both parts of the body:

Reasons for unevenness muscles

1. Congenital or acquired disease. In this case, due to metabolic disorders or deformation in certain parts of the body, muscle disproportion occurs. That is, nutrients do not reach those parts of the body where they are needed and there the muscles begin to “shrink.” For example, diseases of the spine (scoliosis, kyphosis) deform the spine, as a result of which the proportion of the body (muscles) changes.
2. Physiological peculiarities of right-handers and left-handers. Due to these features, a right-handed person uses his right arm or leg much more often, while a left-handed person uses his left arm or leg (the left side of the body) more often. That is why right-handers will have slightly larger muscles on the right side of the body than on the left side, and vice versa for left-handers. Hence the difference in muscle size. After all, each of us has noticed that it is much easier for a left-handed person to lift any weight with his left hand, and for a right-handed person - with his right hand...
3. Features of a profession or sport. In this case, people who constantly load the same part of the body, as a result, get a difference in muscle volume in one or another part of the body (muscle group). For example, a left-handed blacksmith who constantly holds (works) a hammer in his left hand will train the muscles on the left side much more significantly than on the right. The same situation applies to tennis players or fencers. As you already understand, this reason is very strongly related to the physiological characteristics of left-handedness and right-handedness (the second reason).
4. Incorrect exercise technique. The most unpleasant thing is when, due to his inattention and inexperience, an athlete neglects the technique of performing exercises. Because when he does something wrong for a long period of time, he will gradually get an unpleasant result. At a minimum, a difference in muscle volume, and at a maximum, injury.
5. Due to injuries. None of us are immune from injuries, since even a very attentive and experienced athlete (worker) can get it. So, any injury leads either to impaired blood circulation (this reason is very related to the first one), or to a temporary restriction in movement or immobilization of the part of the body where the injury was received. Thus, if blood circulation is impaired in one part of the body, then the muscles will not develop evenly, since much less nutrients will flow into the injured area through the blood. After all, one of the main conditions for muscle growth is good nutrition (oxygen and nutrients).

But, if the injury led to restriction in movement or immobilization of any part of the body, then in this place the muscles will begin to “shrink” (shrink) due to their lack of training. After all, our body is the most greedy of all that I know, since it always strives for balance and does not spend extra resources on maintaining systems it does not need. In this case, it is an unused part of the body (muscle group). For example, a broken arm will lead to a significant weakening of it...

What to do for those who have the most noticeable difference in muscle volume

Of course, it’s unpleasant to have a disproportionate body, but don’t despair - everything can be fixed if you follow my recommendations, but first, let’s look at the main mistake that many athletes make on the way to a proportionate body.

As you already understand, the question is, what to do if one pectoral muscle is larger than the other? It can happen to each of us. But the worst thing is that many people believe that if you give the lagging muscle an even greater load (weight), it will grow, and therefore the proportion of muscles on both sides will appear. But everything is not as simple as it seems, since this method, in most cases, only leads to injury and overtraining (regression), since in fact, most often, everything happens this way:

1. The weak muscle (lagging behind) already received a good load from your working weight, but if you load it even more, the exercise technique will disappear completely, which means that part of the load will be taken not by the target muscles, but by auxiliary muscles, tendons and the stronger side of the muscle. -for the crooked execution of the exercise. Which can lead to injury.
2. Due to heavy loads on weak muscles, more catabolic (stress) hormones will be released, which have a very detrimental effect on muscle growth (destroy them).
3. And yet, a weak muscle, due to the heavy weight on it, may not have time to recover before the next workout. Therefore, with each session, if this continues for several weeks or months, then you are guaranteed to overtrain.

By the way, as for injuries, many athletes ended their sports careers thanks to them. Succumbing to the temptation to do everything faster, they were forced to regret this decision for a long time... Don’t repeat this mistake: “The slower you go, the further you will go.”

It is necessary to follow the correct exercise technique, because if you don’t do this, then, as I already said, part of the load will go not to the target muscles, but to the auxiliary muscles and the stronger side. Which leads to muscle imbalance, since the load on them is different. Therefore, ordinary mirrors, which must be present in the gym, help to avoid such incorrect execution of the exercise. Your comrades or a coach, watching from the side, can also help you practice the correct technique. After all, it is from the outside that everything is clearly visible, and timely advice will quickly correct the incorrect exercise technique. But if you leave everything as it is, then it will be difficult to correct what was missed, because the wrong skills (technique) are acquired.

You can do an additional approach after the basic exercises, but this is only for those whose difference in body proportion is very noticeable.

It looks something like this in practice. After you have completed the exercise for the target muscle group, do one more extra approach, but only for that half of the body where the muscle is smaller in size.

However, if you neglect this rule, you, the lagging side, may, on the contrary, begin to regress against the background of insufficient recovery. Since the muscles are on the lagging side, they will not have time to recover before the next workout.

Those who want to work on lagging muscles need to use various exercise machines and dumbbells.

For example, to increase just one pectoral muscle, try doing dumbbell presses while lying on your back. To do this, you need to pick up two identical dumbbells and lie down on a bench with them. After this, start doing the exercise (lifting the dumbbells up), but only with one hand. And the second dumbbell remains in its original position to maintain body balance, since if this is not done, it will be difficult to perform the bench press evenly. Therefore, you must use two dumbbells, although you will perform the exercise with only one.

The same can be done with one hand and on a simulator that is used to train the pectoral muscles. At home, if you don’t have dumbbells or other equipment at hand, you can train the pectoral muscle by doing push-ups from the floor on one arm.

But biceps can be trained in two main ways.:

a) using a special bench that guarantees bending only at the elbow joint, using a dumbbell;

b) the arm can be bent without the help of a special bench. To do this, use your hip (with emphasis on it) to completely eliminate the work of other muscles. And this exercise is also done with a dumbbell.

You can also choose exercises to develop any muscles on only one side of the body. But these additional methods (additional approaches to lagging muscles) should be resorted to only in extreme cases, when the difference in disproportion is very visible.

Training should be regular, but not every day. You should not hope for success when classes are held sporadically or only once a week (very rarely). With this approach, nothing will change in your appearance, since only regular exercise will help you achieve results. After all, if you train less than 2 times a week, then your body will not benefit from growing muscle mass. Therefore, I will repeat once again that only regular training and with the same load on both halves of the body straightens the muscles. You will learn more about the optimal number of workouts per week in the article:.

Those people who play sports or work where only one (most) part of the body is involved is also recommended to include general physical training exercises in their training. But these exercises must be performed technically correctly and regularly, as only this will lead you to a proportionate body...

As for the sets of general physical training exercises themselves, they have never harmed anyone, but on the contrary, they have helped to achieve better results and victories.

You can additionally train the part of the body that has lost muscle mass after a long illness or injury. However, before doing this, it is necessary to consult with your doctor... If there are no contraindications, then in any case, for this you need to use only light weights and 1-2 additional approaches (after the main base of exercises) on the lagging muscle. But don’t forget that everything should be in moderation and gradually, so listen to your body. And do not deviate from the basic rule: load your muscles evenly and lift weights technically correctly. After all, it is then that everything on your body will gradually level out and continue to develop evenly.

Don’t chase the weights, but chase the correct exercise technique, since you need to lift weights not through jerks, auxiliary muscles, tendons, joints and other tricks, but through the target muscles. This is why many professionals who lift light weights correctly achieve greater results than those who strive to lift maximum weights. After all, if the neuromuscular connection between the brain and muscles is well developed, then the muscles can be hammered with very light weights, reducing them even to 40-60% (or even less) of the working weights that were lifted not due to technique, but due to other methods. tricks.

And whoever understands this begins to master the exercise technique again and notices with horror that lifting a lot of weight is, correctly, not so easy. Therefore, from the very first training, it is necessary to monitor how you work and pay maximum attention to it.

Of course, everything is learned with experience, but try to learn not from your mistakes, but from those of others...

This technique has long been used by American athletes. Even based on this, you already begin to understand why they were the first to fly to the moon. Therefore, their training is not aimed at maximum weights, but at the correct execution technique in order to better work the target muscles (which need to be developed). And as a result of this training, you will not have any imbalances in your body, that is, the muscles will develop harmoniously (proportionally).

A slight difference in the size of the muscles on one side and the other is a completely normal thing that should not be alarmed. Moreover, this difference is inherent in each person, its difference is only in size. But in order to correct a large imbalance or to avoid it, you need to train regularly, following the correct exercise technique. I hope now you won’t have a question: What to do if one pectoral muscle is larger than the other, as well as other muscles located symmetrically to each other?

Exercise, eat right and get better - good luck to you!