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EricT · #11 11-18-2008, 04:09 AM

Never mind...you didn't really answer questions put to you. You already know exactly what you're doing. It's a mystery.

grit · #12 11-18-2008, 10:43 AM

Eric "What I'm getting at is whether the PERFORMANCE of each arm is different or just the outward response of each arm"

Zac "the responce is different. sorry. "

Eric "Never mind...you didn't really answer questions put to you"

I'm having trouble following this thread. Maybe A little more detail would help. Do you do use the same weight and reps with each side when using dumb bells or does "go to failure" mean doing whatever each side can do even if that results in different reps for each side?

EricT · #13 11-18-2008, 12:27 PM

I simply meant that there were more detailed questions to be answered. I'm sure this is just a break down in communication but, quite frankly, when people's responses to a question are longer than the OP's responses, I already know where a thread is going. I don't have time to painstakingly pull info out of people. As you pointed out, I work to failure isn't very informative so I put the same question to the op.

The fact that it's the chest and back also would have been good to know as well.

Zac · #14 11-18-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by EricT

The language of the question confuses me. There is a difference between "getting" more work and doing more work. And then the thing about tightness which I guess is about the pump. It seems a very subjective way of looking at this which is what confuses me.

Similarly the wording "no matter how much or how little" isn't telling me much.

The straightforward question is whether one arm is significantly weaker than the other. Is absolute strength less? Is endurance less...i.e. number of reps you can do with a certain weight.

What I'm getting at is whether the PERFORMANCE of each arm is different or just the outward response of each arm, such as transient hypertrophy (pump)?

what im trying to understand is your question(s). so i am going to explain he best i can.

Lets say im doing bench (barbell). on my last set i work untill failure.

but it seems as if the right side of my chest is getting more pump/tightness/fatigue, eventhought BOTH sides fail.

Now lets say im doing dumbell chest press, same situation..last set untill failure. and i get the same result. so lets say i 50lbsx7 reps, and both sides fail...the right side feels more worked than the left.

I really apologize for my lack of good terms. im just trying to find out if i am doing anything wrong.

iron_worker · #15 11-18-2008, 05:55 PM

I don't think you should really go by how it "feels." If you're doing the same reps with each side and both are failing at once then there isn't a problem. If, however, you not progressing on an exercise then there may be a problem.

Basically if you are still making progress with the weights you lift then there is no problem I would say.

IW

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