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Isaac Callihan

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September 30, 2021

Unilateral Training and Why It's Important

Unilateral training is an underemphasized component of most training programs and workout regimens. Today, I am going to explain exactly why you should be incorporating more unilateral work into your weekly workouts. But what us unilateral training? Simply put it it where you train a single arm, leg or side of the body and not the other. This does not mean the otherside is not working, it's quite the contrary. It actually helps balance and even out your body to help in resilience and avoiding injury. You can build as much muscle and strength training unilaterally as you can bilaterally. We all have one side of our body that is stronger than the other. Hence why it’s called the “dominant” side. This exists in resistance training, too, but you might not notice it until it’s too late.Whenever we perform a bilateral exercise, such as a squat, overhead press, etc., one side will take on just a bit more of the load. Over time, an imbalance will develop between the two sides of your body which can result in injury. Unilateral training helps to improve the strength of your weaker side so there is not as much of a strength or size discrepancy between the two, which has the added benefit of reducing the probability of injury due to imbalances.Unilateral training can be just as effective as bilateral training. The best training programs are those that include a variety of exercises to help target the muscles from all angles and include both unilateral and bilateral movements.Isaac Callihan

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