Half of my body is more fit than the other

[Anonymous]

This is random, but my right side of my body is more fit, toned, and muscular than the left side.

-My right bicep is larger than my left (but my left arm is stronger?)

-My abs are more prominent on my right

-My right breast is slightly smaller than my left (which I hear is normal)

-My right leg is more toned than my left

-If you squeeze at my hips, my right side doesn't have any movement as it is all muscle, but my left has less

I simply have less fat on my left than my right. Not that I have much fat on my right. I'm 5'4 and am 115 lbs.

This doesn't make sense to me since I work both sides of my body equally every time I work out.

Anyone able to explain this?

[martyfellow]

This is to be expected since most of us use one half of the body more than the other. Most of us are left or right-handed and not ambidextrous!

Over time the domnant side of the body gets a little more developed.

It gets really exaggerated when ou do a lot of racket sports like tennis; then there is a visible difference in the size of your shoulders and arms, especially.

[Asker]

But I don't do racket sports. I know my right arm should be stronger, but does that explain my lower body being fitter as well?

[Dionysos]

Sounds like either posture or something neurological.

[Asker]

I do have rolled hips...my left leg is one in. shorter than my left...but that shouldn't make much difference...should it?

[Asker]

That second "left" was supposed to be "right" sorry.

[Dionysos]

Talk to an orthopedic doc about it and have him run some tests to be sure. I had spinal meningitis at 2 and they cut on my hip twice thinking the infection had migrated to the joint. That leg hasn't ever been as strong or flexible as the left and it's worse because I tend to favor it a bit. You need to exercise the weak parts more than the strong ones to balance it out if it isn't neurological and a physical therapist might be useful. Or I could be talking out my ass. :-)