Weak Fitness

A lot of people have one part of the right arm or leg one quarter of an inch to over one inch bigger or smaller than their left in circumference. and often even feet are .-a-size different from one another.

That said, there are ways of making your legs more similar in size, even when the upper or lower portion of your right leg is bigger than the left.

In order to achieve hypertrophy (muscle growth), you will need to train your legs, just as as you need to with all parts of your body.

This resistance training could include lifting weights at least three days each week at 60 to 85% of your leg’s one-repetition maximum (i.e., the most a person can lift at one time).

You could find it works to do three sets of 8 to 12 repetitions for these leg lifts, but working with an individual trainer would be your best bet to get a workout tailored to your needs.

So that you can have the left leg catch up in size and circumference with the right, you’ll need to work only the left leg for an additional set or two, doing each exercise that you’d completed for both legs earlier in the workout.

Examples of exercises to complete for both legs that you can also do with just your left are

• leg press

• leg curl

• leg extension

• squat

• standing and seated calf raise

Again, an individual trainer or exercise physiologist will be your best partner in helping your left leg become roughly equal in circumference to your right.

Studies suggest that the reason individuals benefit from working with personal trainers so much is that the personal trainers encourage their clients in using and tolerating greater training loads.

As a result, the clients elicit greater gains than exercisers who simply push themselves to complete their full workout regimen on their own.

If you can’t afford a personal trainer at a gym you might contemplate using an web-based personal trainer.

This alternative offers a licensed personal trainer to craft a workout regimen and communicate adjustments while monitoring your progress via e-mail.

These services are often much less costly than working with a personal trainer in individuals, but the disadvantage is that you will not have the personal attention of the personal trainer to ensure that you are consistently performing the exercises most efficiently, effectively, and safely.

You could wish to begin with a personal trainer for at least several sessions.

This will allow you to observe and practice proper form for the variety of exercises you’ll include in your training regimen.