How To Prevent Uneven Lats And Cure Uneven Body Strength
While exercising the firs thing to keep in mind is that the posture needs to be correct even if the weights are not increased. But, people focus on increasing their weight quicker than they should and due to this the muscle does not retain the right posture thus leading to development of uneven muscles.
Almost 4 out 10 bodybuilders become the prey of this disproportionate body shape due to uneven exercises and irregular increase of weights in their lifts.
But, There Might Be Another Reason To It…
- And that is the division of strength in your body. You may have noticed that one hand of your body is stronger than the other and more efficient too.
- This is because the brain is compatible with it rather than with the other one right from your childhood. Those who do not make use of both their hands are usually the common victims of uneven muscle development.
- This uneven strength division is found in every person and that is why the trainer does not allow heavy weights in the beginning to level out the strength in both hands slowly.
- Similarly, shoulder, back and legs have their uneven division of strength too which when left uneven will cause in the uneven development of body muscle after workout.
What To Do About It?
The First Thing Is To Identify Your Weak Points In The Body.
- It is mostly either the left side or the right side depending on your daily habits.
- You can judge easily by determining which handed person you are. If you are a right handed person, the left might be weaker and similarly if you are a left handed person, the right might be weaker.
- For legs and thighs, check for which leg you kick a ball with or which one comes with instinct when kicking someone or something (Do not kick someone for real).
- Your shoulder and back strength is mostly equal but can be determined with your hand preference itself. The hand you use more, the side of the shoulder and back will be slightly stronger.
How To Prevent Uneven Body Muscle Growth
- Start your workout with very tolerable weights and have a higher rate of reps. The number of reps will eventually increase your core strength on both sides equally.
- Never try to adjust the strength of your weaker body part by lifting more weights or focussing on more reps on a particular side. This will not bring change and will never even out the strengths either.
- The most prone area of the body is the biceps and lats out of which lats are the most sensitive. Most of the men who exercise should keep their bicep and shoulder and back exercises equal at all times to prevent uneven lats and biceps.
What Happens With Uneven Lats?
Take a look at this picture for an example and let us know if this looks good in any way possible…
If you look closely, you will notice that this person has uneven lats which when flexed become quite visible.
Note: Do not notice the pink fluffy doll cat below the television.
How To Identify Uneven Lats
- Firstly you can just look in the mirror with your lat muscles flexed tightly or let someone else check.
- Second and more accurate way is to hang on the bars and bend your knees to 90 degrees from the ground. If your body moves naturally to one side, then the other side is dominant.
Cure
- Uneven lats can be cured just the way they can be identified. Firstly, try to perform more reps with lesser weight for both shoulder and back exercises.
- Hang on a bar with your body straight and legs bent up to 90 degrees from the ground. Check the side to which your body moves naturally.
- Then stretch your body on the opposite side of it to the maximum limit you can go to. Hold the position for 15 seconds and then release.
- Repeat the same procedure for 10- 20 times in a rep and the lats will start evening out.
- This move also helps in flexing hips and giving a good and even shape to them.
Conclusion
As it is said a lot, prevention is better than cure. Similarly, in case of your body a shape not deformed and maintained is better than deformed and cured. So, try not to oversize your exercises by drastically increasing your weights and focusing more on one side of the body. Every exercise needs to be performed equally on both sides. The muscle development will take time but will be equal and good in shape always.
