Need To Even Out Rear Delts

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Hey, Guys! I'm sure I'm not the only person to have faced this issue, so hopefully I'll get some great input. In general, the right side of my body is bigger than the left. Not freakish or anything, :eek2: just my dominant side. But I do notice that my right rear delt is larger than my left. It's the most noticable from the side and I might be the only one who sees it. My husband didn't notice until I brought it to his attention. He said it's not really noticable looking straight on from the back. I have been doing an extra set or two on the Pec Deck. I feel like I have the most control that way. I can hold myself still, and allow my delt to do all the work. The only thing I see is that they're getting bigger, just not evenly! Does anybody have any other ideas to help me increase the size of my left side? I'd love to get your suggestions! :eek:
 
You can't necessarily fix it. Everybody has a some imbalance between sides of their body, some more than others. In fact the difference is usually more of a bone or connective tissue thing than an actual muscle difference, although the difference in bone length or connection point may look like a muscle size difference bcause the muscle is shorter or longer and therefore appears to stick out more and be larger. most people find that as they develop the muscles more the difference becomes less noticable. My pecs are different because the underlying rib cage is differently shaped. When I was scrawny it was very noticable, as my pecs got larger it became less and less noticable.
 
Wow...I didn't know that......I knew most people had slight differences, but I didn't realize is was a skeletal thing. Thank you, for the info! Now I won't kill myself doing extra sets for my left side!:D
 
When you do Rear Delt Raises, which side gets fatique the fastest? Which ever side that gets fatique the fastest or cannot use the same weight with good form like the other side can, then you have to work on the weak side. Whatever weight your weak side is using, use the same weight for the strong side and do not go up weight until the weak side is ready, and then you are set to go. =) The same goes with all other muscles in your body if one is weaker than the other and that is how muscle imbalances are fixed.
 
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xswt is right.

You need to be able to lift the same amount of weight with both arms durring a rear delt raise. If you cannot then you need to put strengthening your stronger sholder on hold, and do the same amount of weight on each side if you are not already. That doesn't mean if you can do two sets on your weak side and three on your strong then you should do that weight. You need to reduce the weight on both shoulders until you are reaching your uniform rep/set goals for both your weak and strong side.

This goes with any exercise. And if your imbalance between your left and right side becomes pretty profound, then it would probably be a good idea to move away from any bilateral resistance training (barbell type lifts) you might be doing to unilateral resistance training (dumbbell type lifts). If one side is stronger than the other, your strong side may try to overcompensation for your week side in bilateral lifts and can lead to problems with form or even injury.
 
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Thanks, everybody! I do use dumbells. I really think they're better in the long run. My strength is about the same on both sides, it's just the size difference I notice, and sometimes it seems more prominant. Most likely it's the way I'm looking at it. I tend to be a little obsessive, sometimes. I'm going to just keep at it, and see if it doesn't even itself out. I really appreciate all the input!;)
 
Is one shoulder higher than the other Musso? It would be better if we can see an actual picture to know what exactly it may be. There are some posture experts here that can help you.
 
One shoulder is higher......I have slight scoliosis....It used to be more apparent, before I started weight training. I'm going to try to get some pics, and if I can improve my posture, all the better! Thanks!
 
I used to have one shoulder higher than the other, but my chiropractor fixed it. I am sure that it can be fixed on its own though with a proper program without having to see a chiropractor. I don't know how though. Someone here might know. If you are going to see a chiropractor, see one that has tons of experience and knows full body adjustments. Mine knows 110 moves. A lot of chiropractors know only 12 moves and only adjust the back and hips.
 
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