[quote]Professor X wrote:
There is nothing more irritating than small newbs who act like the advice of people much bigger than them is useless.[/quote]
But a guy the same size as them after 12 years of lifting who writes an article, or god forbid a book, is the end-all-be-all of getting huge.
if i may ask, how long have u been training morrisonp87?
(the irregularity shown on the pic isnt a big deal imo)
[quote]add1cted wrote:
if i may ask, how long have u been training morrisonp87?
(the irregularity shown on the pic isnt a big deal imo)[/quote]
i started my senior year of high school here and there but started to lift regularly my freshman year of college. 3 years sounded like a long time to me, but i know it isn’t. putting the lifting thing aside, the irregularity is very noticeable to me, that’s why i posted. i just wanted information on it because i’ve never seen anyone else with a pec bigger than the other in any gym i’ve been in.
[quote]morrisonp87 wrote:
add1cted wrote:
if i may ask, how long have u been training morrisonp87?
(the irregularity shown on the pic isnt a big deal imo)
i started my senior year of high school here and there but started to lift regularly my freshman year of college. 3 years sounded like a long time to me, but i know it isn’t. putting the lifting thing aside, the irregularity is very noticeable to me, that’s why i posted. i just wanted information on it because i’ve never seen anyone else with a pec bigger than the other in any gym i’ve been in.[/quote]
That’s because you’re a newb who thinks real advice is “nothing at all”.
i see where you’re coming from. thanks for the advice X
Morrison you need to eat more, a lot more. Food tastes good and it’ll make you big.
Eat big, work out hard, get large.
Simple.
OP, just stand with your other shoulder facing forward (at an angle) That way they’ll both look equal.
On a serious note though, like others have said, at your size/leaness its not anything you really need to worry about. It could be more fat depositted on one side, or a SLIGHTLY larger muscle. If you just cant live with it and must be perfectly even, then do something to bring up the size of your other pec. (maybe 1-arm presses or 1-arm flys)
PX and Lanky,
What would you being doing to iron out your imbalances? Switch to mostly dumbbell work? How does someone with size go about becoming perfect? Anyone know what the pros do?
I’m not going to sweat the details until I need to - I’m just trying to learn as much as possible.
[quote]Curran wrote:
PX and Lanky,
What would you being doing to iron out your imbalances? Switch to mostly dumbbell work? How does someone with size go about becoming perfect? Anyone know what the pros do?
I’m not going to sweat the details until I need to - I’m just trying to learn as much as possible.[/quote]
If you are very new to training, any imbalance is most likely due to one side dominating a lift. That means unilateral exercises using dumbbells will help in most cases…especially in chest development. Minor symmetry issues due to genetic muscle insertion and origins can be hidden by simply gaining enough size to make your overall size what people focus on more than anything else.
Is it me or are people making posts hoping Pro.X will respond, just so they can call him a dick for responding?
[quote]Curran wrote:
PX and Lanky,
What would you being doing to iron out your imbalances? Switch to mostly dumbbell work? How does someone with size go about becoming perfect? Anyone know what the pros do?
I’m not going to sweat the details until I need to - I’m just trying to learn as much as possible.[/quote]
I started using mostly dumbbell exercises in place of the barbell after about a year of training and started growing even faster. The only problem I’ve ever had with imbalances was my chest and after 6 months or so of just using dumbbells my left pec caught up with my right.
That being said, some people are just going to have imbalances. Even Arnold’s right biceps had a better peak than his left. If there was something he could do about it I’m sure he would have.
[quote]patrickk wrote:
Is it me or are people making posts hoping Pro.X will respond, just so they can call him a dick for responding?[/quote]
I just think the “Average Joe” is a sensitive bitch these days.
Goes hand in hand with the fact that average urban men look & act more and more like women everyday. (The country boys seems to be holding it down nicely though.)
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
patrickk wrote:
Is it me or are people making posts hoping Pro.X will respond, just so they can call him a dick for responding?
I just think the “Average Joe” is a sensitive bitch these days.
[/quote]
They are also a lot less quick to pick up on what actually works than serious guys in the gym were even 10 years ago. They have overcomplicated this shit to the point that they make very little progress. Anyone training for 3 full years should be further along than the OP if their goal is actually muscle growth. They should also have been around enough to notice that not everyone is made perfectly symmetrical.
You have guys more worried about whether they are doing “5x5” than whether they are simply working a muscle effectively. It is simply “cool” to repeat these brand name programs even if they completely miss the basics that actually produce results.
I got called out before for not following what “5x5” was years back…as if to grow you simply NEEDED to know this shit. The people making the most progress in the gym are very often the ones who don’t give a shit about half of the things these newbs are concerned with. I guess they think this is all coincidence.
YOU didn’t know what 5x5 was?! That’s required reading in the beginners forum!
LAWL
[quote]Professor X wrote:
The people making the most progress in the gym are very often the ones who don’t give a shit about half of the things these newbs are concerned with.[/quote]
Yeah, you’re “common sense” post should be bumped intermittently. And tattooed to some people’s foreheads. I know I’m not the biggest guy in the world, but I’d like to think I “get” this thing we all love to do.
I’m baffled by how someone can be at the gym 3-5 days a week and look the same he did last year at this time, and NOT wonder if there is a problem. Because his Q-goochiemean levels are perfect at exactly 14.2 minutes into his routine. And he has read every book and article, his form is perfect, and he eat 3.62 chicken breasts a day.
I also love programs being given to pure beginners that want to look like bodybuilders with no rows or arm work in them. God forbid you do a shrug either. And curl in the beginning, so you look like you lift in a shirt, and maybe get laid, pssssssh that won’t work.
“No little Johnny, you can’t curl. Do a powerclean you learned from a book instead.” Shit makes me face palm every time. Then everyone is like “but the program works so good.” No shit, you have untrained individuals drinking a gallon of milk a day, and getting stronger in the big compounds. DUH! Just let the kid do a fucking curl now and again, skull crushers too.
I’m just rambling now.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
I started using mostly dumbbell exercises in place of the barbell after about a year of training and started growing even faster. The only problem I’ve ever had with imbalances was my chest and after 6 months or so of just using dumbbells my left pec caught up with my right.
That being said, some people are just going to have imbalances. Even Arnold’s right biceps had a better peak than his left. If there was something he could do about it I’m sure he would have.
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So for you individually, you became more balance with more size naturally? Sounds good. Thanks.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
morrisonp87 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
morrisonp87 wrote:
I’m all the way on the left…see how the one side of my chest is way larger? It’s always been that way. I have very minor scoliosis, but I can’t see that really being the source of the problem
Your chest isn’t big enough to be this focused on irregularities…and no, there isn’t shit you can do about genetic muscle shape other than gain more size so it isn’t noticeable.
You guys are obsessed with imbalances when you don’t have the size to support it. Very few people on the planet are perfectly symmetrical between their right and left sides.
wow, way to contribute nothing at all “big guy”. all i needed was an answer or suggestions, not an asshole response
How is what I wrote “nothing at all”? You didn’t see “build more size so that it is less noticeable”? It needed to be highlighted?
Your a newb who got info yet apparently doesn’t even realize it. If this were an issue of one side working more effectively, then dumbbells would be the answer, but your issue is genetic muscle shape meaning build more size so that the small discrepancy is less noticeable is THE answer to your question.
But this needed to be repeated.[/quote]
OP, I have the same “problem” if you even want to call it that.
In X’s defense, he is right. Those big guys in the magazines all started out somewhere, and if you really, and i mean REALLY look in the mirror like that every day, of course you’re gonna see it as more apparent.
Personally, my ribs underneath my left pectoral stick out about a half inch forward, whereas the ribs on my right side are pretty consecutively lain.
Take a look at this pic of Dave Tate. Hes a fucking powerhouse, a strong well built motherfucker, and a professional. You can’t tell at first, but if you really really look, his LEFT pec has a much larger shadow below it than the right one. So dont sweat it man 
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
I just think the “Average Joe” is a sensitive bitch these days.
Goes hand in hand with the fact that average urban men look & act more and more like women everyday. (The country boys seems to be holding it down nicely though.)[/quote]
Too much Oestrogen floating around!
LR
[quote]Sarev0k wrote:
Professor X wrote:
morrisonp87 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
morrisonp87 wrote:
Take a look at this pic of Dave Tate. Hes a fucking powerhouse, a strong well built motherfucker, and a professional. You can’t tell at first, but if you really really look, his LEFT pec has a much larger shadow below it than the right one. So dont sweat it man [/quote]
Thats because he tore each one a couple times.
That doesn’t explain one larger than the other. Many pro bodybuilders also have uneven pecs that are unnoticed until you really take a close look.
Bottom line is, no one is 100% symmetrical, some more than others, and the more size you add to those areas hinders the flaws.