uneven abs/imbalanced abdominals
It’s not genetics. Your abdominal muscles run from just below the pectoral muscles to the base of your pelvis. Your abdominal muscles are made up of multiple muscles, and it’s possible certain muscle regions receive more exercise than the others, the result: uneven amounts of muscle mass in your abs. So it goes back to the basics. Form. have you ever tried doing planks and able to hold one side longer than the other. All these muscle exercises that “isolate” one side aren’t able to be judged/guessed and worked out the same as the other. It’s just the same as the vertical form of your abdominal, it is much easier to exercise the upper abs than it is the lower, which is why the upper abdominals are more visible, unless focus is one the whole core, or isolate the lower core. The uneven, and unsymmetrical abs aren’t “genetics”. Unsymmetrical abs are a sign of an imbalance in your abdominals. The imbalance is obviously overstimulation of a muscle into excessive growth over the other. uneven form/exercises result in back pain, uneven stance or walk, pain in regions linked to your core, one side of your body being stronger than the other
How to avoid the imbalance. Balance exercise or simply focusing on form, the slightest movements, or first focusing on whole core exercises, versus starting with isolation work outs.
if you don’t want to take my word for it, do your own research. the four main muscle groups in your abs. what they do, and how they work. what to eat to maintain it, or what you eat can destroy it. how y[our] body works, because an excuse as genetics or getting it “fixed”- if there were simple “fixes” and “corrections” at ease, we’d all be a society of fit individuals. -we aren’t. because if you want something real bad, you’ll make time for it. learning how your body works, versus trusting a “personal trainer”/”doc” who doesn’t at all embody a fit person. that being said, you don’t have to trust me, all i will say, these “educated” people went to school for this, to get paid to tell you what’s “right”, i’m doing this on my own accord, not getting paid, because it’s MY life. I rather trust my own research, and if I don’t understand, I’ll find someone who can, and then analyze my own research/claims, because i’m risking myself, i’d rather have that risk in my own hands.
Any-who, a good exercise or should i say stretch is doing a dead-hang/spine stretch.
“Our spine consists of vertebrae and sponge-like discs. Gravity causes the discs to lose moisture throughout the day, resulting in a daily height loss of up to 1 to 2 cm (1/2” - 3/4”)! The moisture returns to the discs overnight, but not 100%. Many weight training moves (like squats & deadlifts for example) put a lot of additional pressure on the spine. Hanging from a pullup bar for at least 30 seconds is a fantastic stretch to help decompress your spine after an heavy weight-training session”… While assisting in stretching that core.
Personally I do full core workouts, versus isolations. The core is what connects your movements, flexibility, protects your inner organs and your breathing. Your posture. It’s an important muscle group as is every other muscle group.
Form. Form. Form. Form. Form.
Exercise the way you want to look. A bad form, gives you a body of bad form. (jerking, not having control of what you workout. form > heavy weights)Exercise the way you want to look.