LiE's Log Part 2
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Don't think doing my left leg first will make a difference. These aren't that taxing, my left leg just found the weight more difficult.
There pretty tough mate, don't underestimate them, I still have doms from mine on Friday! And it makes a pretty big difference doing your weaker leg first. If you had a serious deficit between one leg and another you would have noticed it already on other exercises.
Soldato
There was a gym bunny the other day doing them 
Mind you, she did them without weight.
kd
Mind you, she did them without weight.
kd
Caporegime
My left leg found the weight harder, but my right leg found it harder to balance (I think) but easier to shift the weight....
One word......Delvis
One word......Delvis
It really won't!
The weakness won't just be the left leg, it's the entire system of generating and delivering force unilaterally on the left leg. So think core, glutes, all of leg, proprioception, blah blah blah.
KD, start light! They are a very humbling exercise. Do them right and they'll turn you into a super hero.
Anything you can suggest to bring the left leg up to speed?
if you start with your dominate side in any exercises it is only going pre exhaust the weaker side and make the weakness even more apparent. When doing an exercise you dont normally do or are not used to, this difference can be magnified again!
I am not saying he is not weaker in the left leg, i am advising that the difference is probably so small that it doesnt need focusing on, otherwise a larger difference would have already surfaced during other exercise.
As I said, the exercise isn't exhausting me, so I'm still fresh going onto the left leg. Also exhaustion doesn't mean weakness.
Caporegime
Surely not during single leg work?
Thats like saying curling with your right bicep makes your left bicep weaker
Thats like saying curling with your right bicep makes your left bicep weaker
With respect mate, you're wrong
based onA) its extremely common
B) lie would be able to identify it
C) there is asymmetry in his squat
Lie, fix it by doing BSS until the weakness is gone
Surely not during single leg work?
Thats like saying curling with your right bicep makes your left bicep weaker
your still using both legs in the exercise, a lot of stabilisation/control is from the back leg.
Its like bicep curls with your right hand and using your left to assist the lift, then switching to left and assuming its going to be fresh.
With respect mate, you're wrong
A) its extremely common
B) lie would be able to identify it
C) there is asymmetry in his squat
Fair enough.
Caporegime
I'm aware of how BGS's work, I had to do them for 3/4 months when I was nursing my back
Caporegime
Lie, fix it by doing BSS until the weakness is gone
SICK!
I'm aware of how BGS's work, I had to do them for 3/4 months when I was nursing my back
then why try and counter my point about them actually having quite an impact on the off leg with a comparison to bicep curls? you, of all people, should know how tasking they are
Soldato
Will do..
That's what im doing with my Squats at the moment, although Im not even attempting to touch the deficit ones just yet
Might do some reverse DB lunges as well for good measure.
That's what im doing with my Squats at the moment, although Im not even attempting to touch the deficit ones just yet
Deficit BSS are the true test of manliness. So much so that I can't do them at the moment. (angry face).
They're actually my favourite lift behind the two Olympic ones, because they're just so beastly.
There's also a high chance of falling over which adds to the fun.