Yesterday I was doing pullups and I found I kept drifting towards my right hand. I always so that my right lat grew faster than the left lat and never thought anything of it. I was wondering if doing single arm pulldowns would be beneficial in trying to gain symmetry.
One arm DB rows will do the trick.
[quote]PHGN wrote:
One arm DB rows will do the trick.[/quote]
I do belive the rows will add more thickness in the area while the pulldowns will add more length. Not advanced enough to knwo if this is true from experience.
I’m pretty confident that the modern consensus is that you really can’t change the shape of a muscle. I agree w/ PHGN.
[quote]Jeffe wrote:
I’m pretty confident that the modern consensus is that you really can’t change the shape of a muscle. I agree w/ PHGN. [/quote]
Dan isn’t talking about changing the shape of a muscle, he’s talking about the emphasis on the different muscles of the back. Rows and deadlifts tend to thicken the back by building the erector and trap muscles more, while pull downs/ups widen by building the lats more.
I would try single arm pulldowns to see if there is a dominant side. My left lat is bigger than my right, but neither side is dominant so I just continue with both arms.
[quote]DanErickson wrote:
PHGN wrote:
One arm DB rows will do the trick.
I do belive the rows will add more thickness in the area while the pulldowns will add more length. Not advanced enough to knwo if this is true from experience.[/quote]
How can you add more length?
[quote]machiajelly wrote:
I would try single arm pulldowns to see if there is a dominant side. My left lat is bigger than my right, but neither side is dominant so I just continue with both arms.[/quote]
He’s talking about adding length, which is consider to be impossible. Make the lagging side stronger and it will grow. There is no way to create perfect “symmetry” For all accounts, having the same sized lat on either side will be the closest to symmetry you can achieve depending on your bodies natural symmetry.
Edit: For whatever reason, I quoted the wrong guy, lol.
[quote]machiajelly wrote:
I would try single arm pulldowns to see if there is a dominant side. My left lat is bigger than my right, but neither side is dominant so I just continue with both arms.[/quote]
When I go heavy on pullups I start going up towards my right hand.
I would just make sure that all of the vertical pushing and pulling movements (Except Pullups) that I did for a few months are with dumbells.
KraigY
[quote]Envision wrote:
Yesterday I was doing pullups and I found I kept drifting towards my right hand. I always so that my right lat grew faster than the left lat and never thought anything of it. I was wondering if doing single arm pulldowns would be beneficial in trying to gain symmetry.[/quote]
I had my lats unsymmetrical a few years back. I simply “concentrated” on pulling with the under-developed lat more during pulldowns and pullups. It has corrected itself… may even be a little bigger than the other side now!! fuck…
[quote]will to power wrote:
Jeffe wrote:
I’m pretty confident that the modern consensus is that you really can’t change the shape of a muscle. I agree w/ PHGN.
Dan isn’t talking about changing the shape of a muscle, he’s talking about the emphasis on the different muscles of the back. Rows and deadlifts tend to thicken the back by building the erector and trap muscles more, while pull downs/ups widen by building the lats more. [/quote]
correct, so to catch up the other side, u can either fix your form, and you should catch up because equal load on a weaker muscle will work it harder, or work your other side seperatly, 1 arm assisted chins would be good, or use one arm on lat machine
[quote]Envision wrote:
Yesterday I was doing pullups and I found I kept drifting towards my right hand. I always so that my right lat grew faster than the left lat and never thought anything of it. I was wondering if doing single arm pulldowns would be beneficial in trying to gain symmetry.[/quote]
im tryin to go for the one arm pull ups. uni lateral pulldowns feel fuckin fantastic. but back to you. yea, i suppose a week or two of uni lateral pulling will expose your imbalance and correct it. start with your weaker side and do same amount of reps on other side.