Unilateral movements are especially important for strength coaches, athletic trainers and physical therapists as there are many developmental benefits of using single limb strength training; returning to play, surgical rehabilitation, correction of imbalances and muscular adaptations. All these considerations are important and beneficial for athletics, as well as, day to day living.
A trainee having one limb stronger than the other can be corrected with unilateral exercises. There is also the benefit of ‘cross education’, the physiological term that is used to explain that training an unaffected limb initiates a neurological response that causes enhanced growth of an undertrained contralateral limb.
Winning in competition can come down to the most minor detail and the smallest of margins – something as simple as a muscular imbalance.
In studies it is clear that unilateral resistance training is superior for enhancing activities that emphasize unilateral leg and arm performance. Get each limb Strong include unilateral training as part of your exercise regime.
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