BovaJP
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- Feb 15, 2013
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I'm 7.5 months post-RC Repair surgery (rotator cuff). During the last few months or so as i've ramped up my workouts, trying to get back to what I was doing before surgery (yea i know that takes awhile lol).
I'm, of course, now faced with one arm that is much stronger than the other on some/most things. Duh, of course!
As I have been training bi's and tri's, I have been doing more unilateral training, but i am incorporating at least 1-2 moves that incorporate the use of both arms.
For instance, for bi's.......i have done EZbar curl and say rope curls on cable machine that use both arms. Then I would do db curls, but for me, i have to use 2 diff weights.....20lb for my normal arm and i'm now up to 10 lbs on my repaired arm. For the moves I do bilateral (using both arms), i just use a weight that is challenging enough for the repaired arm.
Would it be more beneficial for my road to back to being normal to do all unilateral for these movements? Rather than using both arms? Am I thinking about this too much? (afterall, i am woman and that is what we do right??? hahaha).
I'm, of course, now faced with one arm that is much stronger than the other on some/most things. Duh, of course!
As I have been training bi's and tri's, I have been doing more unilateral training, but i am incorporating at least 1-2 moves that incorporate the use of both arms.
For instance, for bi's.......i have done EZbar curl and say rope curls on cable machine that use both arms. Then I would do db curls, but for me, i have to use 2 diff weights.....20lb for my normal arm and i'm now up to 10 lbs on my repaired arm. For the moves I do bilateral (using both arms), i just use a weight that is challenging enough for the repaired arm.
Would it be more beneficial for my road to back to being normal to do all unilateral for these movements? Rather than using both arms? Am I thinking about this too much? (afterall, i am woman and that is what we do right??? hahaha).
