I’ve lifted for years, but the past few months I have intensified my workouts. I have recently noticed that my left pec muscle seems to be “built” or filled in towards the middle than my right pec. I pay close attention to my form and lift w/ a buddy who watches the form while I lift.
Does anybody have a reason for why this could be happening? could it be the result of previous rotator cuff injuries in the past? I’m all out of explanations,and its getting annoying to keep thinking about it. Any explanations and/or ways to fix the problem?
Someone else will be able to answer it in a more scientific/anatomical fashion, but to make it short: thats the spot that the muscle attatches to the bone. You can do nothing about it.
I have had alot of problems with muscles imbalances in the past(and still have a few). i believe mine are from being an athlete and having more stress placed on my right side compared to left. I’ve slowly be able to fix some of these by using dumbells instead of barbells. Also, the bigger your are, the less the im balances will be. So lift with dumbells and eat. Hopefully that helps.
Does anybody have a reason for why this could be happening? could it be the result of previous rotator cuff injuries in the past? I’m all out of explanations,and its getting annoying to keep thinking about it. Any explanations and/or ways to fix the problem?[/quote]
6’1 and 175?
That might just be the top of your ribcage you see there…
[quote]dez6485 wrote:
at 6’1", 175lbs you could stand to get a little bigger. maybe that would clear up your imbalance.[/quote]
I agree. My wife actually has some slight structural imbalances in her upper body (rib cage & colar bone are the most obvious). Since she started weight training and putting on muscle mass, it is getting harder & harder to notice the imbalance. The moral of the story is to put on some more mass and the imbalance may not go away, but it will be much harder to detect.
Unilateral stuff like DB pressing can help clear that up probably. For example, you could do 1 & 1/2s for the “lesser developed” side and do 1 rep regular for the “overdeveloped” side.
