A strained muscle in my shoulder and shin splints on my left leg have made it official--I am seriously asymmetrical. Ramping up my milage slightly this week while continuing to lift (mostly an even mix of core, upper-body free weight, and body weight core/upper circuits) two or three times a week has made it really obvious that my right side above the waist and my left side below are both considerably stronger than their counterparts. I thought I was addressing this with my asymmetrical exercises like one legged squats and dead lifts and doing extra sets on traditionally one-armed exercises. This, however, doesn't seem to be the case.
I'm not as bad off as this guy, but I do think I have a couple of those symptoms. Oh yea, God save me from pube dysfunction.
I've noticed that at an 8:30 or slower pace I don't feel anything too bad, so I'm going to try to keep doing LSD, some tempo runs with long war up periods, and some short, explosive intervals while I figure out what I want to do about my lopsidedness. At some point I hope to be able to explain why the strong side flip flops at my waist. Right now I'm going to guess that it's like a cantilever where one side counterbalances the other.
My right leg does something a bit off from the left, especially in relation to rotation from the hip on down. I've found the "pigeon" yoga pose essential to loosening up the IT band that gets to tight from twisting and then pulls on everything else. Just a thought!
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