whats your weakest area? strength training

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My shoulders are weak, I assume it has something to do with them being smaller muscles in general but I can push myself everywhere except my shoulders I push them hard and feel it for days afterward

Where is your weakest area and how do you overcome it?
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  • Seekerman
    Seekerman Posts: 58 Member
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    My legs. Like many guys I did not do much leg training with weights so my legs are weaker then they should be considering my upper body build. When my much younger very fit GF could whoop my *kitten* in leg wrestling, squats and leg press I started to add them.
  • misssophieleigh
    misssophieleigh Posts: 55 Member
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    My arms are definitely my weakest. I have quite a bit of leg strength from years of soccer and from recent dance, but no sports that I've played have ever required arm strength, so that's definitely my weakness.
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
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    triceps.... eeewk:grumble:
  • miadhail
    miadhail Posts: 383 Member
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    Triceps and anterior deltoids are definitely the weakest for me.
  • erulasse
    erulasse Posts: 141 Member
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    I can deadlift about 90lbs, but can barely bench 40?

    I don't know much about muscles or whatnot, but that seems a bit odd to me.
  • Vonwarr
    Vonwarr Posts: 390 Member
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    My shoulders are weak, I assume it has something to do with them being smaller muscles in general but I can push myself everywhere except my shoulders I push them hard and feel it for days afterward

    Where is your weakest area and how do you overcome it?

    The shoulders take a beating in a lot of other movements too - often you don't really need to add much shoulder isolation work, especially if you include heavy compounds in your routine.

    For me, it would probably be my lower back or external rotators.
  • twinkiemon
    twinkiemon Posts: 216 Member
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    Upper body - especially shoulders - I guess this isn't uncommon for women according to a coach at the Y.
  • callherbeautyxo
    callherbeautyxo Posts: 124 Member
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    my weakest spot are my arms. It's really hard for me to life weights sometimes and i can get really sore from lifting the lightest weights the day after. I still do weight training for my legs and arms but i dont see anything changing in my arms, only my legs
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
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    My triceps are my weakest part. :/
  • Lunachic77
    Lunachic77 Posts: 434 Member
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    Shoulders and my left arm. My left rotator cuff has been bothering me since training and the left side is noticeably weaker than my right.
  • pittbullgirl
    pittbullgirl Posts: 341 Member
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    Shoulders, definatly.
  • violettatx
    violettatx Posts: 230 Member
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    Shoulders for me. I too have a left arm that is a bit weaker than my right.
  • ahmadfahmy
    ahmadfahmy Posts: 214 Member
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    My shoulders are weak, I assume it has something to do with them being smaller muscles in general but I can push myself everywhere except my shoulders I push them hard and feel it for days afterward

    Where is your weakest area and how do you overcome it?

    My back is my weak point due to a permanent injury..but i hit it hard (usually 3x a week). its still weak but im making progress.
  • bunbunzee44
    bunbunzee44 Posts: 592 Member
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    my wrists. I could be doing somethings wrong, because they ache a lot. the pain is tolerable though. it's not only weigh lifting, also at work.
  • JenCatwalk
    JenCatwalk Posts: 285 Member
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    Core excersises unfortunately... thats what breaking your back will do to you. I push through as much as I can take.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,538 Member
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    Hamstrings. While legs aren't my strong point, my hamstrings take a lot to stimulate for any type of growth.

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  • silverlining84
    silverlining84 Posts: 330 Member
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    Weakest area is my chest & shoulders so I make sure to work this area twice each week. In the past 2 months my shoulder press has gone up 20lbs and my bench has gone up 30lbs.
  • Squidgeypaws007
    Squidgeypaws007 Posts: 1,012 Member
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    I can deadlift about 90lbs, but can barely bench 40?

    I don't know much about muscles or whatnot, but that seems a bit odd to me.

    Same here, I deadlift around 120 Ibs but only bench 55, but DLs use core muscles including the back where as benches focus more on chest and arms? (I'm guessing here, feel free to correct me!!).

    So, arms totally!
  • sozisraw
    sozisraw Posts: 418 Member
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    when I was young............no don't fall asleep lol, my triceps and hamstrings were weak.
    Nowadays its my shoulders I notice are weakest!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    I can deadlift about 90lbs, but can barely bench 40?

    I don't know much about muscles or whatnot, but that seems a bit odd to me.

    Not odd at all. Upper bodies, especially for women, are weaker than lower bodies.