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« on: March 20, 2006, 07:19:55 AM » |
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Hey, I just noticed something. My right arm has a stronger bicept then my left. What can I do to get my other arm up to speed?
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Well, I think I can do my landings and rolls right, I just need to combine them.
Do you live in a area close to tallahassee? Then we should run sometime.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2006, 07:43:41 AM » |
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There's a joke in here somewhere, but I can't quite place my finger on it...
Anyhow :p Most people do have a dominant arm, but if it's a ridiculously huge difference then:
There are a lot of options here, if you have weights you can put more of a concentration on your "weak" arm if that's how you work out. Or if you do mostly body-weight workouts you can always do one-armed pushups.
Otherwise I think if you just keep working both arms together it'll even out somehow. Maybe? Let's get gear on this and I'm gonna move it to the Fitness section!
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 09:55:21 AM » |
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wait, do pushups strengthen the bicept? or did you mean pull ups? i was thinking, and i have no idea how effective it would be, that you could do a pullup with both arms, and then lower yourself with just your left arm.
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2006, 01:40:23 PM » |
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You could definitely do that, and it would be great training for a one-arm pullup.
If at all possible, start working out with dumbells, as it will force each arm to lift its own fair share. Some great exercises are one-armed push-presses, each side, overhead presses, each side, one-armed clean & jerks and snatches, one-armed overhead squats.
If you're stuck with bodyweight only, try to throw in some offset training...the one-armed lowering that Klaymen mentioned, uneven-grip pullups (one higher than the other), one-armed pushups (I know you said your bicep, but you're probably uneven in all aspects of strength on that side) and lateral pushups, where one hand will start on a raised platform (a basketball works great) and you pushup powerfully and jump to the side, ending up with your other hand on the basketball.
Hope this helps!
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2006, 03:44:18 PM » |
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or if you don't want to use weihgts, just try little things, like opening a door with your left, or eating cereal with your left. All the little tasks that you usally use your right for, switch it up, that should help too.
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2006, 07:07:46 PM » |
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or if you don't want to use weihgts, just try little things, like opening a door with your left, or eating cereal with your left. All the little tasks that you usally use your right for, switch it up, that should help too.
LOL, yeah, maybe your right. No siriously, I'll try that. |
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Well, I think I can do my landings and rolls right, I just need to combine them.
Do you live in a area close to tallahassee? Then we should run sometime.
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2006, 07:46:23 PM » |
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Whack off with the other arm!  |
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2006, 06:56:33 PM » |
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thank you...Yak *sigh*  |
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« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2006, 11:51:30 AM » |
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That will just build up your wrist. ..I remember the good old days when I broke my right wrist..Wait.. nevermind that sucked..
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« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2006, 12:56:33 PM » |
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That will just build up your wrist. ..I remember the good old days when I broke my right wrist..Wait.. nevermind that sucked..
Not to be particular... especially about w off (  ) but it would build your tricep too haha |
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« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2006, 04:22:32 PM » |
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That will just build up your wrist. ..I remember the good old days when I broke my right wrist..Wait.. nevermind that sucked..
You don't use yoru wrist muscles. o_O' The onlything I can think of that uses wrist muscles exclusively is picking a guitar. It's more of a forearm and tricep thing. I guess some people would use a wrist motion... |
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2006, 08:35:23 AM » |
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I was just thiinking how I never sign on to the forums, just the WOD, so I thought I would check out at least the fitness thread, and this is the first thread I read. Hmmmmmm, well I think my time was better spent on the front page  Ah you guys keep up the good work and don't let those wrists and forarms get too sore. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2006, 12:10:47 PM » |
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Thanks for beating me to it...and to think that I was taking pride in the quality of the forums |
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