Today both of my arms are hungover and it's no surprise since they were obviously drunk at training on Tuesday. You know "drunk arms" where you attempt to lift something and your arms go every direction except where they are supposed to. See the video for an example of my drunk arms. My left arm being clearly drunker than my right.
Which made me wonder about one sided weakness and the best ways to work on evening out. It turns out what Mike had us doing is exactly what you should do to even things out. So here is some advice for my left arm:
- Left arm - no more relying on the sober right arm to carry to load while you drink away.
- Use dumbballs instead of barballs (yes balls not bells...we’ve had this conversation). This allows each arm to work by itself to complete the movement and doesn’t allow the stronger arm to do more than the weaker
- Left arm - no more waiting until the right arm is done and then pretending its overall tiredness and not your left arm drunken lazines.
- Use your weaker arm first.
- Left arm - you get off easy on this one.
- Work each arm equally. Don’t do extra sets or more weight with the weaker arm. Using the same weight an reps will even them out over time.
- Left arm - you won’t get off so easy on this one. You will be my official beer lifting... I mean protein shake lifting arm from now on.
- Outside of the gym… use the weaker arm more for everyday activities… I suppose this is more of a use both arms equally instead of settling into the habit of just using the stronger arm. Apparently it can also help you become more comfortable using it in the gym which will allow for better mind muscle connection.
Right arm - Keep up the Good work!
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