What is the deal?

[dhcsim]

I have been working out. I use the same weights and do the same reps for each leg. My left leg has more fat on it than the right. What's up? BTW I am right handed.

 

[MSJ]

I got hit by a car when I was 15 and tore up my knee. To this day, no matter what I do, my right leg is smaller than my left. I'm not sure if anyone else notices, but it's noticeable to me...

But I don't know what's going on with you. I'd be interested in what others have to say.

Maggie

 

[dhcsim]

Before kids.............I used to weigh a buck 3 and wear a size 3 and run 2 miles every day and still there would be a difference. All I did then was run.

 

[kmkali24]

My right leg is a little skinnier than my left. I favor that one I guess because my right shoes are worn on the bottom more than my left. No idea why. Just thought I'd tell ya's that.
Kali

 

[dss62467]

My right butt cheek is squishier than my left. I can attribute that, though, to the fact that I broke my right hip when I was 19 and that whole side atrophied while healing. It never caught back up to the left because I was a lazy non-exercising slug until I was 30.

 

[red_mct]

My left side is really stronger than my right... I realized this was because I drive a standard and am often crawling along at 5 miles an hour over route 78 in New Jersey. Which means my left leg gets a lot of working out! lol

Marie

 

[Shelbygirl]

You know how most of us have a dominant arm (i.e. we are either right or left handed)? I believe that we also have a dominant leg that we may not even realize that we are using differently than our "weaker" side. I recall in my college volleyball days, when ever I'd pass the ball to someone else, I'd always step forward first with my right leg (my stronger leg). As a result, my right leg was (and still is) larger than my left. I think in our everyday functions, such as vacuuming for example, we tend to stand or push off more on our strong leg.

I hope this made sense!
Shelbygirl

 

[Lunacat]

My left knee area and upper thigh is fatter than my right. Embrace your asymmetry because chances are, there's nothing you can really do about it!

Lunacat

 

[kathryn]

>You know how most of us have a dominant arm (i.e. we are
>either right or left handed)? I believe that we also have a
>dominant leg that we may not even realize that we are using
>differently than our "weaker" side.

Yes, and usually our best "balancing" leg is the opposite from our dominant arm, while out best "power" leg is the same as our dominant arm. Try balancing on one leg and kicking with the other and you'll see the preference.

I don't see how that applies to having more fat on one leg than the other, though.

Humans are very non-symmetrical. If you take a picture of your face and divide it down the center, then make one copy reversed and put the two "left" sides together and the two "right" sides together, it will look like two different people ("sisters," but not identical. One usually looks older. According to some facial analysis system, you inherit the right side of your face from your mother, and the left side from your father).