The Benefits of Unilateral Training for Muscle Imbalances

It's generally common to train bilaterally. In other words, we perform a movement symmetrically. Let's take the example of a bench press with a barbell: the arms perform the same movement at the same time, and are dependent on the bar's trajectory.

Only exclusively bilateral muscular work generates compensations. If the left arm is weaker than the right, then the latter will push harder on the final repetitions to compensate for its counterpart's lack of strength.
For example, instead of doing a snatch with a barbell, do it with dumbbells, or do a dumbbell rowing instead of a barbell.


Unilateral work, where one side exerts a force independently of the other, will enable the resistance or load to be adapted according to the capacity of each side.

Moreover, as the body is not symmetrical, the mobility and amplitude of our movements is not the same on each side. And working unilaterally allows us (unconsciously) to move in the right trajectory and amplitude.

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