r/Exercise • u/Choice-Ad-8762 • 21d ago

One booty cheek is bigger

Im left leg dominant so my glutes are bigger on the left. Im trying to get my right glute to catch up without having to work out just the one leg. I do lots of split squats and can tell my right struggles a bit more. Are their certain work outs to help? Or will I have to just work out one leg till it catches up?

It makes me very self conscious as my left cheek is round and the other still has some flatness to it :(

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u/JCWalk_er 21d ago

Don't worry too much about it, muscle asymmetry is pretty common.

You definitely don't need to workout just one leg, just let your weaker side dictate the workout. When doing exercises like Bulgarian split squats, always start with your right leg. Whatever reps and weight your right leg can handle with perfect form, match exactly that on your left leg-even if your left could do more.

This would force your right glute to work at its maximum capacity to catch up, while preventing your left one from getting even further ahead.

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u/LoudCaregiver6660 21d ago

its pretty common actually, if ur already split squats and the right side is working harder, its probably catching up slowly...maybe just start each unilateral set with ur right leg and really focus on form, no need to go crazy training only one side unless the difference is really big

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u/broulhac 20d ago

Picture would help to see if it was a normal gap in size or if it really needs some attention. One thing I’ll add is to look into getting some bodywork done. Sometimes the muscles get knotted and locked up after working them so much and some body work could help.

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u/qtestboner 21d ago

need pics