Help me bring up my weak body parts!

wats up all?

im left handed

1) when i bench and reach the 10rep mark, the bar will start to tilt cos my right section so weaker, cos my shoulder was dislocated.

2) when using this equipment (image below- dont know the name of the machine) my right section will give up easier than the left, to the point where my right cant push at all
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wat must i do, so that i can bring it (weak section) up? also what to do when my shoulder starts burning from the pain?

thanks alot

train with dumbells but always start with the weaker side,push that side to failure and then when u fail only do that amount of reps with your stronger arm. also maybe decrease the reps and increase the weight, also look in to your diet,if u are plateauing then it can be that u are not taking in enough food to grow. remember nutrition is 80% of the work.

There are quite a few different views on this as I'm sure you've found out.

I also had bad shoulder/chest injuries and basically had to start from scratch (like you)

You are compensating for your weaker right side by twisting your upper body 10 to 1?
This makes the issue even bigger by the way.

Leave all your straight bars and use only dumbells. You have to use a weight that you can do with both sides. This will be frustrating as hell in the beginning as you will find you are much weaker in your right side than you think from all the compensating with your left side.

It is however the only way you will get your strenght equal on both sides. (Since you are left handed you will always be a titbit stronger on that side.)

You can use machines like this to warm up for 2 sets if you must but no more that cause its the same as straight bars.

Lastly - what are you into? 10 reps is quite a lot in a set, maybe drop them to 8 and do them 100% properly?

Hammer Strength - my favourite machines.

LSJ wouldn't the above machine be just as beneficial as dumbells as each side operates independantly and there are weights for each arm?

If it were a chest press with only one set of weights and cables then ya id agree to leaving this only as a warm up..

If you have the problem with legs?

squat

One legged squat? Right leg almost lost in car accident but very strong now, left leg operation due to rugby injury, stretched quad to prevent scapula dislocation, left leg is lagging. 270kg max squat. can fell left leg not pulling optimum, its really bugging me.

well bro, then i would start by doing single sided leg extensions and single sided leg before u squat, perform the exercise till failure on the weak leg and then do the same amount or reps with the stronger leg.so that the stronger leg doesnt over power the weaker leg.... then perform your squat. u will not push as heavy but at least the quads are pre exhausted and will be worked to the full.

Thanks dj, sounds like a plan!!

You could also try one legged leg press or one legged hack squats..
Just start off with a managable weight to build up your weaker quads strength

Novice! wrote:

LSJ wouldn't the above machine be just as beneficial as dumbells as each side operates independantly and there are weights for each arm?

If it were a chest press with only one set of weights and cables then ya id agree to leaving this only as a warm up..

Sorry Novice, the one in my gym is fixed at the top so they dont move independantly :blush:

Ive tried that a bit but man its hectic kak, but im gonna suck it up and get this leg sorted, its keeping me back and im gonna pick up an injury if i dont. Thanks a ton guys. Ill combine the pre-exhaust with legs and the one legged stuff on my off days.