uneven barbell bench press: is this normal?

[Tybittz3]

I know this question might be hard to answer without physically assessing me but for whatever reason when I go heavier on the barbell bench press I tend to push the right side of the barbell a bit higher than the left. apparently this is because of an inbalance in my back. I've never had a serious injury and got xrays as well to be safe and wasn't recommended to do anything. I also noticed that with certain exercises that one shoulder might be higher than the other.

is this normal and is there a good way to fix this?

[air2fakie]

get stronger

[paulinkansas]

Are the cognitive skills from the 2 hemispheres in your brain different? I'm a math wizard but am lousy at things like English composition. Quantitative skills come from the right hemisphere, qualitative skills come from the left. The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body. Everything on the left side of my body is larger, even my testicle. That's what every girlfriend has told me.

Sometimes I tell a person that I am in a disagreement to kiss my left nut.

[Tybittz3]

Are the cognitive skills from the 2 hemispheres in your brain different? I'm a math wizard but am lousy at things like English composition. Quantitative skills come from the right hemisphere, qualitative skills come from the left. The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body. Everything on the left side of my body is larger, even my testicle. That's what every girlfriend has told me.

Sometimes I tell a person that I am in a disagreement to kiss my left nut.

lmao what

[TolerantLactose]

You're just weak and untrained.

[Tybittz3]

You're just weak and untrained.

I was training with someone for several months though. maybe it's just that one side of my body is weaker than the other?

[CommitmentRulz]

I know this question might be hard to answer without physically assessing me but for whatever reason when I go heavier on the barbell bench press I tend to push the right side of the barbell a bit higher than the left...

is this normal and is there a good way to fix this?

I'd strive to fix this by going online and hiring a steroid user who I've never met - and has never seen me train - write a 'routine' for me.

[Tybittz3]

I'd strive to fix this by going online and hiring a steroid user who I've never met - and has never seen me train - write a 'routine' for me.

thanks for the sarcasm. this was someone I trained with in person dickhead.

[CommitmentRulz]

thanks for the sarcasm. this was someone I trained with in person dickhead.

Interesting, since in your thread describing the situation you posted

yea I told him about my previous plan. he wasn't even sure I needed a new one because he said the one I have now is good already. but everyone on here is saying it isn't good so I don't know what to believe. and he isn't in person so there wasn't a physical assessment.

I think you need to decide to to X (whatever X is) for 4 months faithfully, then decide if it's working for yo, or not. You are confusing yourself and just putting doubts in your mind. Less overthinking, more DOING.

[Tybittz3]

Interesting, since in your thread describing the situation you posted

I think you need to decide to to X (whatever X is) for 4 months faithfully, then decide if it's working for yo, or not. You are confusing yourself and just putting doubts in your mind. Less overthinking, more DOING.

this is the current person that I hired. the guy who worked with me on my bench was someone separate and in person.

[Mulloway69]

Dont go any heavier than what you can do good form with and work up from there.

[Tybittz3]

Dont go any heavier than what you can do good form with and work up from there.

that's fair

[Tybittz3]

on a positive note I got a refund becuase the original guy they told me wasn't available is available again. but I'm probably going to go with fierce 5

[TolerantLactose]

I was training with someone for several months though. maybe it's just that one side of my body is weaker than the other?

You think training for several month means you're trained?

[Tybittz3]

You think training for several month means you're trained?

at least 6 months should have some small progress no?

[air2fakie]

at least 6 months should have some small progress no?

Read your own threads for the answer.

[TolerantLactose]

at least 6 months should have some small progress no?

You haven't answer any questions regarding your progress. I don't care about your feelings. Post your logs.

[Tybittz3]

You haven't answer any questions regarding your progress. I don't care about your feelings. Post your logs.

I'm sorry...maybe I missed it. which thread are you referring to? I only have recent logs because my organization skills are honestly horrible

[TolerantLactose]

I'm sorry...maybe I missed it. which thread are you referring to? I only have recent logs because my organization skills are honestly horrible

So you can't say what your progress is.

[weiss1967]

I tend to push the right side of the barbell a bit higher than the left. apparently this is because of an inbalance in my back.?

I had similar issue in the past. It was caused by some kind of trauma, perhaps a small bundle of muscle tear, or a tendon. These kind of injury never show on X-ray. Doctors are useless for treating these kinds of injury, all they can say is to stop lifting. After initial injury healed (like two weeks), I was able to lift almost same weight as before, but no matter what I did, there was always a tilt. Usually freaked out my friends and gym buddies, everybody thought I am failing, and tried to jump in and "save" me. Took me a year or more before I could lift the bar without a tilt to it.

[paulinkansas]

A friend of mine had a similar problem. There was a parasitic worm in the blood vessels that fed the muscle. He took some prescribed medication and passed out the worm through normal urination.

[radrd]

I'm sorry...maybe I missed it. which thread are you referring to? I only have recent logs because my organization skills are honestly horrible

If you aren't tracking your progress, you're just dicking around. It's a good thing you're going to do Fierce 5. You'll make a lot more progress and quicker if you keep track and work towards progression goals every workout.

[LABum]

Bro, you really have to focus on setting a time to do isolation movements, working each side to failure. For example, do isolated dumbbell pressing: if your right side can only do 7 then match that with your left.