I’ve recently started training for mass (about 3700 calories/day with full body split training), and haven’t been having many problems. However, on a leg press today I found a strength imbalance between my right and left legs which seemed pretty dramatic - the right leg could press 90 lbs. with a fair amount of ease, while the left could barely complete a rep with the same weight.
I tested the imbalance in other one-leg exercises (one-leg squats, leg curl, and leg extension) and the same disparity seems to apply. Is there a certain training method I can use to correct the imbalance, or should I just do two repetitions of a lighter weight on the weaker leg for every one on the stronger?
Do single leg work for both legs, using the same weight and rep scheme for both your strong leg and your weak leg, and things will balance out.
i started with a similar problem. dunno how much of a problem it was compared to yours now but personally i just kept squatting normally. if you know how to squat right then just keep doing that and eventually it will balance out.
now if you can leg press 90 lbs with the left and 180 with the right then probably do what ninjaboy said.
do a set that will get your left leg to near failure or failure and then do the same reps/weight for the right leg.
I agree with what’s been said so far. If you have a strength imbalance, then I think you need to spend some time bringing the other leg up.
Do single leg exercises. Always train the weaker side first and use the same weight and reps for the stronger side as you did with the weaker side.
If you’re a beginner, it should take that long to even things out.
Even once you correct the imbalance, it’s good to include some single leg work in your normal routine.