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hello guys,

my right chest muscle is significantly smaller than my left one (maybe its bigger to the front, but smaller to the sides). i got a small funnel chest and a physio also told me some years ago that i have a lack of flexibility at the right shoulder. now i want to test, if the difference in size is a) conditioned through the funnel chest, because the muslce just starts a bit more at the side or b) that it's because of the inflexibility. do you now a serious one arm chest exercise to test it? if it's genetically, i think the muscles must be equally strong? what about keeping two dumbbells in the starting bench press position, and then press with the two arms alternating?

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"his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" - muhammad ali

What is a "funnel chest"???

Any dumbbell chest exercise will compare strength. Yes, DB bench press, alternate, synchronous, or single-arm.

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pectus excavatum

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Thanks TimD

yes, my english translator told me "funnel chest"

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"his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" - muhammad ali

Could you just do one-armed bench presses on a smith machine? there wont be a balance problem as its a smith machine and you cant just try out the strength of each arm

smith press is a good idea.

i made the test now with alternating db bench press and the results is the strength of both muscles is similiar. so i have to see how the effect in size is when my chest gets bigger.

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"his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" - muhammad ali

the bigger your chest gets, the less obvious the imbalance'll be.

I would just concentrate on getting a bigger chest, and not worry so much about trying to correct the imbalance

i hope so ;). i'm not really worrying, i just wanted to make a test, cause if the inflexibility would be the problem, this could also effect exercises like rows or so.

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"his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" - muhammad ali

you'll probably have some sort of flexibility imbalance, everyone does, unless it's causing you pain then don't worry about it

i had some problems with the sternum at benching, but after a few months of serious stretching and lower volume the pain was gone! ok, so i just workout and see how my chest develops.

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"his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" - muhammad ali

Ah, yes. I just needed it in Latin.

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.--Francis Chan