rayk1029
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I have a question that I have been struggling with.
I have one leg that is much smaller than the other. My left leg is about 10 inches at the quad vs 20 inches on the right. When I was 4 years old, the majority of quad and ham muscle was surgically removed because it was damaged by Gillian Barre Syndrome.
I have tried squatting using a Smith and love the feeling of doing squats but when I add any weight (25lbs) my left leg locks out and I go down lopsided. I have tried different foot positions to compensate and can barely get a parallel squat with no weight but most of the effort goes into going down and coming up straight rather than actually moving weight.
I have three options:
1) Keep doing no to minimal weight with the Smith and just accept that my lower body is going to be much slower going than my upper.
2) Use a Kaiser compressed air contraption that barely mimics a real squat but I can get a parallel squat with decent weights considering. The arms help me stabilize.
-- or --
3) Do leg presses using different weight for each leg.
Any suggestions? I appreciate any ideas.
I have one leg that is much smaller than the other. My left leg is about 10 inches at the quad vs 20 inches on the right. When I was 4 years old, the majority of quad and ham muscle was surgically removed because it was damaged by Gillian Barre Syndrome.
I have tried squatting using a Smith and love the feeling of doing squats but when I add any weight (25lbs) my left leg locks out and I go down lopsided. I have tried different foot positions to compensate and can barely get a parallel squat with no weight but most of the effort goes into going down and coming up straight rather than actually moving weight.
I have three options:
1) Keep doing no to minimal weight with the Smith and just accept that my lower body is going to be much slower going than my upper.
2) Use a Kaiser compressed air contraption that barely mimics a real squat but I can get a parallel squat with decent weights considering. The arms help me stabilize.
-- or --
3) Do leg presses using different weight for each leg.
Any suggestions? I appreciate any ideas.