Bench Press HELP!!!!!!!

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I started weight training about a year ago and have a real problem with symmetry. The the most obvious difference is in my pecs, left being larger than the right. I have tried to isolate the pecs with dumbell workouts, pushups, without any luck. I know i'm doing something wrong but can't figure out what!!
example: after a dumbell press workout, the next day my left pec is soar but I don't feel anything in my right pec. Whats even more frustrating is that I feel the soarness in my shoulder and back, almost oposite of where I should feel it in my pecs. so each workout i'm working out my left pec and right back/shoulder!!!

I know all this probably soulds bizzare but I'm hoping someone out there either has dealt with this or has heard of it. It's very discouraging not to get results!
 
How old are you? What is your weight and height? Is the underlying bone structure perfectly symetrical between your right and left side?

Almost everyone has a slight difference in the bone lengths in their right and left side, some more than others, and this lack of symetry may be noticable and may affect the strength of the opposing sides of the body. Also, if you are left handed or right handed your dominant side will likely be noticably stronger than your other side, and it may be different in various parts of your body. For example, I am left handed, but right footed. With a few years of preserverence most people are able to build enough muslce mass that the difference in appearance and strength becomes less obvious.

Another thought: going to failure every workout session or at least pushing yourself to the point that you have significant DOMS after almost every workout session may be counterproductive. Muscles grow best when exercised hard enough to stimulate growth, but not so hard that recovery takes an excessive amount of time or CNS exhaustion becomes dominant. Pushing your weak side too hard may actually be counter productive as your dominant side does not come as close to exhaustion and grows faster than your weak side which is being pushed to exhaustion and can not recover quickly enough. In short you need to back off so most exercise sessions are not going near failure and only occaisionally (once every 2-4 weeks) you go to or near failure, to the point of causing CNS exhaustion and significant DOMS.
 
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Thanks for your reply. I am 33, 5'5" 130lbs.
I don't see any obvious difference in bone symetry, but I will definately take a closer look at it. As far as dominant side, I am right handed but it's my left pec that's bigger. I think this all might be caused by years of bad posture, I notice yesterday that when I am standing, my body is turned slightly towards the right making my left side stick out every so slightly. I will try to be mindful of that next time I work out and see if that has anything to do with it.
I will follow your advice and not over work the weaker side. Again, Thanks for your quick response
 
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