Some people are concerned about whether or not one muscle on one side of their body is bigger than the other. And how do they even out their muscles? Well first off, imbalances are more common in people who do strictly calisthenics than people who lift weights. I'm not hating, but only stating the truth. It's how the laws of physics work.
If you have a muscle imbalance and you're a weight lifter, chances are, you're doing something very wrong. If imbalances are experienced in calisthenics, you are doing something wrong, but not to the extent of using a fifty pound dumbbell for your shoulder presses and one half that size on the other side.
Now in calisthenics, chances are, you're probably leaning to one side a little more than the other. Everybody has their dominant side, regardless how ambidextrous you are which is incredibly rare, you tend to have a side you use the most. Left or right.
It's entirely okay if you have a muscle balance to begin with. It doesn't make you a freak, because in the first place, you're being fit and staying fit. Now the question to even things out is quite simple. A few solutions can be followed to see how solving something of the like is possible.
So, what you want to do is if you tend to be learning to one side more in say, your pull ups, or your push ups, or squats, anything of the like. Now if you lean to the side while doing squats with a three hundred pound barbell, chances are, you're going to fall over and the bar might kill you. But, with body weight it's a little different.
There are certain things where you're supposed to use your more dominant side, like cheat gainer back flips or webster front flips. Aerials and B twists are part of that as well. Now, if you're trying to get big legs off of front flips and pistol squats, you might experience an imbalance in the beginning.
You just have to work on leaning the other way, just a bit until you feel aligned. You may have the issue of feeling unaligned when you actually are because your body has succumbed to becoming so used to the position that it thinks it's in the regular movement of how that specific exercise is supposed to go. Now to re-balance your body from something so prolific in your workout routine, you only have to work a little harder until you get it better and more of a perfect form. It's not easy most times, but say if your right deltoid is larger than your left deltoid by a very noticeable difference because you're really leaning to the side in push ups without noticing it, you have to pay attention and push your body to the other side. Sometimes, if you can do this exercise in a mirror and you watch yourself until you get it right without having to pay attention, it will help a lot. I personally haven't experienced muscle imbalances, but watching myself in the mirror was how I got better at certain exercises like planches, handstand push ups, and various others.
Now, it's unnoticeable, but your body will never be perfectly symmetrical. It's part of human life because of our dominant side. But noticeable imbalances are the ones we have to fix. Also, if it proceeds to be a persistent issue, do consider talking to your physician who will be able to help you out and give professional assistance in this problem.
With muscle evening comes strength evening. Both sides of your body should be equally strong. If not, it's a problem that can be fixed. Don't give up.
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