Whats the size difference in your right arm and your left arm? Mine is 1/2 an inch. Is that too much of a difference?
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Thread: Size Difference in arms size
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06-22-2002, 12:18 PM #1
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06-22-2002, 12:51 PM #2
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06-22-2002, 01:34 PM #4
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06-22-2002, 03:46 PM #6
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06-22-2002, 05:40 PM #7Originally posted by orzonus
How'd you make them more even amusclehead?
Not really certain myself, but i think it was just time... over time they evened out. I know some people advocate doing like 2more sets with the smaller arm, but that BS. I didn't do any direct work to work my left, and over time it just evened out. Best advice I can give is to ignore it and just focus and lift as heavy as possible.
At one point I singled it out by lifting heavier with the right than left(with dbs)....big mistake. I made better gains forgetting about it and letting it catch up on its own that I did forcing it to grow upBooo
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06-22-2002, 06:47 PM #8
I suspect that one of reasons that so many people feel they have smaller left biceps than right biceps is because they have a weaker mind-muscle connection. When you flex your left arm to do you get the same feeling as you do as when you flex your right arm? If not, try focusing on flexing your weaker side every now and then and see if it helps.
Also, dumbells help.
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06-22-2002, 07:49 PM #9Originally posted by EAE
I suspect that one of reasons that so many people feel they have smaller left biceps than right biceps is because they have a weaker mind-muscle connection. When you flex your left arm to do you get the same feeling as you do as when you flex your right arm? If not, try focusing on flexing your weaker side every now and then and see if it helps.
Also, dumbells help.Booo
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06-22-2002, 09:11 PM #10
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06-22-2002, 09:27 PM #11
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06-22-2002, 11:49 PM #12Originally posted by amusclehead
erm, or maybe it's because most people are rigt handed so they use it all the time so it's naturally a tad bigger and stronger
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06-22-2002, 11:57 PM #13
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06-24-2002, 12:16 AM #14
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06-24-2002, 02:40 AM #15
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06-24-2002, 07:39 AM #16Originally posted by EAE
I doubt that throwing a baseball or writing can really make a difference as far as size goes. What strenuous activities do you do with your right hand that you don't do with your left just as often? I don't think the large size difference most people have (.5" to 1") would really be the result of little more work. If that were true my right forearm would be huge.
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06-24-2002, 08:26 AM #17
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Everyday things like writing and what not make only the most insignificant amount of difference. When you lift, your dominant arm probably gets a better range of motion than your non-dominant and you probably tend to flex it more when you fully contract it for a curl or whatever excercise.
I suggest concentrating exclusivly on doing the excercise perfectlly with your non-dominant hand and just let your dominant one do as it pleases durning the excercise. The nerve paths are more well worn from your brain to the dominant arm anyway so therefore you really don't have to think that hard to preform a perfect curl with your dominant as you would yor non-dominant. Also make sure that after you completed the set, flex your arms hard to get the maximum amount of blood to flow to the capalaries(the things that hold blood). This will make them stretch and eventually stay stretched making your arm get bigger. Make sure you dont flex any other muscle when flexing the one you want. This takes away from the effect.(Durning competition though, this is ok, just not when you are training a specific bodypart and want to ensure it's maximum potential.)
My expierece shows this to be correct. My left arm(non-dominant) was noticably smaller and less peaked than my right(dominant). So when doing preacher curls and concentration curls, I really tried very hard making sure my left arm did everything it was supposed to over the course of the sets. At the end of each set, I flexed both hard and made sure I was doing so at the same intesity for both arms. Over time, both arms evened out and my left has just as good a peak as my right. Maybe even better.Last edited by Ahnold; 06-24-2002 at 08:36 AM.
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