Is it natural to do less reps with your less dominant arm in weightlifting?

[ArnieKato]

I just started getting into weight training and one one of the things I noticed over the months of training I did is that it is far more difficult to lift using my left arms. In fact I've noticed that when I do say half the amounts of rep I could do with my right arm, I begin to feel my left arm getting tired and I often cannot match my overall amount I can do casually with my right arm.

Say I did 40 reps of curls with my rightie, by the time I do 20 with my leftie I begin to feel it getting heavy and the dumbell being harder to lift.

Often I stopped about at 75% of what I can do with my rightie because my leftie has become so exhausted and I fear dropping free weights on my foot accidentally. So if I can do 80 shoulder curls with my right arm, when I try to replicate it with my leftie I can only do 60 curls before becoming so exhausted.

Before anyone asks, I tried experimenting a few times starting with my left arm and than switching to my right arm so I know the less reps is not out of already taxing my energy before transfering the free weight to my left hand. I'm just quite shock even though I already gotten a bit tired say doing 60 dumbell shoulder press with my left arm but somehow manage to exceel 100 shoulder presses with my right arm!

Is this natural? I'll admit I only gotten into weightlifting 4 months ago and I'm still out of shape (but much stronger than before).

[ArnieKato]

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[Epilerik]

It is natural, but that doesn't mean it is good. Do every unilateral exercise with your weak limb first, and then don't do a single extra rep or pound on your strong side. You need your sides to catch up or it could lead to a muscle imbalance down the line, which can look weird and/or cause injury

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It is natural, but that doesn't mean it is good. Do every unilateral exercise with your weak limb first, and then don't do a single extra rep or pound on your strong side. You need your sides to catch up or it could lead to a muscle imbalance down the line, which can look weird and/or cause injury

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[koweanguy]

It is natural, but that doesn't mean it is good. Do every unilateral exercise with your weak limb first, and then don't do a single extra rep or pound on your strong side. You need your sides to catch up or it could lead to a muscle imbalance down the line, which can look weird and/or cause injury

^Yup. .spot on response
Cable exercises or dumbbells are my favorites for closing the gap for muscle imbalances