Prioritize Weaknesses
To achieve Muscular Balance, you have to improve on and strengthen your weaknesses. To pinpoint your weakness, you must examine your physique objectively with honesty. Once determined, prioritize those muscle groups into your workout program. One way is to train your weaker muscle groups first. We usually get compliments on our outstanding areas. We should leave our outstanding areas for later in the workout. To ensure muscular balance of opposite sides of the body, occasionally exercise with a single arm or single leg; using more resistance on the weaker side.
Common Weaknesses include:
Upper Chest – Due to the over emphasis on the flat bench press, many have neglected their upper chest. As a result, the chest sags. A well developed upper chest is essential to aesthetics and performance. It makes your chest look full and stand high.
Underdeveloped Legs – Many people go years before they even start to work out their legs in relation to their upper body. They don’t realize that by working your legs you can actually increase the thickness of your upper body, especially your back.
Proportionate Arms! – Many people work out their arms for maximum size. They don’t realize that arms (biceps/triceps) look the best when they are proportionate to each other AND to the rest of the body.
LATS – Lats are universally the most underdeveloped muscle. Athletes/Bodybuilders, who think they have developed lats, usually don’t. The reason for that is simple; most people are not using enough weight and the muscle correctly. The lats pull the upper arm back, but the biceps give out on most exercises first before the lats can be overloaded. For maximum overload, utilize the Deadlift, keeping your lats contracted throughout the movement.
To achieve Muscular Balance, follow the 3 Balance Principles:
Complete Muscles, Prioritize Weaknesses and Correct Posture
