Left shoulder weaker-delts look smaller

durano

Hi everybody,
As I'm right handed my left arm is obviously weaker,this seems to be transferring up to my shoulder now and is manifesting in smaller delts on my left shoulder(front and rear most noticeably).
When I'm doing shoulders presses it's always my left shoulder that fails first and it never feels like my left shoulder is sitting right(if that makes any sense) when I'm pressing,it's like it's sitting more forward than my right shoulder.
Does anybody have an recommendations for corrective action as I'm reading here that it's a bad idea to add strength over dysfunction and I'm not very strong at the moment so it might be easier to fix.

Sangre

Not sure on size issue but I have this exact same issue pressing. Haven't identified cause but I've stopped pressing because of it. Have been meaning to go to physio about it for ages.

durano

Sangre wrote: »

Not sure on size issue but I have this exact same issue pressing. Haven't identified cause but I've stopped pressing because of it. Have been meaning to go to physio about it for ages.

Try doing this badass pose and see are your shoulders the same size,mine are starting to look like like the shoulders of 2 different people,can really notice the front delt is a lot smaller on my left.

http://www.goldenglory.com/fighters4.html

Mellor

durano wrote: »

Try doing this badass pose and see are your shoulders the same size,mine are starting to look like like the shoulders of 2 different people,can really notice the front delt is a lot smaller on my left.

http://www.goldenglory.com/fighters4.html

Overeem has a good solution for issues with smaller muscles.

durano

Inject them full of horsemeat?

Doug Cartel

Use dumbbells, go at a pace that your weak side can take, monitor your form carefully and as soon as your weak side starts to fail, stop. You'll end up exercising the strong size less than its full potential, but you'll be giving your weak side a chance to catch up.

RNC

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Use dumbbells, go at a pace that your weak side can take, monitor your form carefully and as soon as your weak side starts to fail, stop. You'll end up exercising the strong size less than its full potential, but you'll be giving your weak side a chance to catch up.

Another take on this is keep goin until your strong side fails the continue to do the same number of reps rest pause style on the weak side

Mellor

durano wrote: »

Inject them full of horsemeat?

I was refer to the even better solution of testosterone injections.

Doug Cartel

RNC wrote: »

Another take on this is keep goin until your strong side fails the continue to do the same number of reps rest pause style on the weak side

I had a significant amount of atrophy in my left delts after injuring my shoulder and the advice my physio gave me was to go at the pace of the weak side. I also got independent advice, read up on it and all that, and as far as I remember every source was pretty consistent that you should be letting the weak side dictate the pace.

Now I realise that I was coming back from an injury, which is different from the OP, and I'm taking a sample size of 1 which doesn't really mean much, but it worked pretty well for me.

Sangre

I don't think my problem is a strength one but an issue with muscle recruitment and correct muscle engagement. It may affect my strength though.

Try neutral grip dumbbell overhead press. Did it for first time other day. Felt good and hit right spots.

durano

Thanks doug and RNC,will try one of those methods,should've thought of them myself as they are logical.
Sangre I'm gonna try that neautral grip also,perhaps in conjunction with one of the above posters suggestions as it does feel like there is something up with muscle recruitment/engagement -maybe a right handers left arm/shoulder will always recruit/engage differently to the the right arm/shoulder as it's just evolved differently over somebodys life(ie weaker and less co-ordinated).

nice_guy80

alternate dumbbell presses

alternate dumbbell raises

don't forget the lateral rear raises

and lateral raises


great for sorting out muscle imbalances
as are dumbbell compound movements - such as clean and press