Questions on even pecs

[ocyrus411]

OK i'm gonna keep this as short as possible...

i've been playing basketball for the past 10 years, i'm about 18 years old and i've been weight training for around 8 months now. Because I've played basketball for so long, the sport forces you to have 1 strong side over the other because you have your superior dribbling arm, shooting arm, passing arm etc. Therefore, as i've weight trained over the past 8 months my pecs have grown incredibly un even, my left is much fuller and stronger than my right. To see what i mean check these pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1/P1030555.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1/P1030553.jpg

I've tried to excersize doing single excersizes on my right pectoral only, but the results havent quite been benefcial, and some weightlifters have given me advice that it can make the problem even worse starting with your back becoming unproportional and so on. Does any one out there have any suggestions to my problem? I just want to have even pecs, that fit evenly in any shirt and i'll do whatever it takes. Thanks to all who reply

[Aqualoo]

Don't train just one side.. I can tell you that right now.

[KingWilder]

What do you currently do for chest?

It's def. not a good idea to just train one side. Keep training and eat, it should balance out if you put on some weight. I'd also recommend incorporating some DB Bench into your routine if you don't currently do it since each side will have to work independently of the other.

[ocyrus411]

over the past 8 months about 80% of my chest workouts have been dumbell press on flat bench and incline, not decline tho my gym doesnt have 1 unfortunately. When i do dumbell presses sometimes i try to stretch out my right arm farther, putting more pressure on more muscles in my right pectoral so i'll be inducing more energy on the 1 side, but no it doesnt fall into place in the end. Maybe i just need to concentrate harder on using my right side equally than my left? I was thinking also, maybe i should stop increasing the intensity in my workouts, because clearly when i do that i'm just using my left pec to its full potential and using the right as well, but the right side can't keep up as you can tell by the pics i've provided. I'm thinking a good idea is to start out on lighter weights when it comes to my chest. Keeping my right under pressure while also not giving my left side enough intensity to grow even bigger than it is. Anyone here agree with that?

[KingWilder]

use your weak side to gauge how many reps you do. As long as you're doing the same weight/reps for each side you don't need to worry about lowering intensity or weight.

[Nosaj]

It kinda looks like your left pec is winking at me. Right back at ya big guy!

Just keep lifting heavy, quit when your weaker side gives out, you'll get that balance back with time (and growth).