major lifting problem

[ledzep123]

hey,

ive been working out for about 3 years not, and this problem has just happened to me recently

when i lift, my left arm is soooo much weaker than my right arm.

when i bench, military and incline, on my last few reps the bar is so crooked.

when using freeweight for bench and incline and military, i could do literally 3 times as much with my right arm than my left


how can i correct this? what am i doing wrong

i did switch to a new gym, and the problem has been happening ever since then, but i doubt that is the problem

[Doctor-Deadlift]

There's a lot of peole who have this problem, but 3 times heavier? lol, are you doing extra sets or something for one arm more than the other?

The only solution I can really think of is lower the weight and perfect your form...when you need to force a few reps out use a spotter so that you can keep your form right. keep working hard

[:::JMANN:::]

I would suggest that you NOT try to over compensate by doing more exercises with the weaker side. AS above, chose a weight that you can do with good form. Eventually, and I mean this make take a good long time, but you weak side should eventually catch up or come close to catching up with the stronger side. Try doing some db work so you can work each side independently, but again, don't over compensate.

[DoubleWide]

Second the DB's

[JFraser1]

Second the DB's

Agreed. You might want to think about doing more independant-arm action exercises like dumbell flat/incline/decline benches, chest flies, and dumbell (or single-armed lat) curl/tricep workouts. I do lots of these types of workouts and even though my right side of my body used to be a lot bigger than the left now I'm exactly evenly strengthed on both sides of my body (i.e. I always fail at the same amount of reps at the same amount of weight on both arms for every independent arm action exercise and the bar always stays completely parallel to the floor throughout my entire benching routine). Trust me, this method works if you just give it some time!