Why Is Bilateral Force Lower Than the Sum of Each Limb, and Does It Matter for Training? It Is Neural, Muscle-Specific, Absent in Cyclists and Reversed in Weightlifters
Oct 25
4 min read
Push with both legs at once and the force each leg produces is usually less than it produces alone. The bilateral deficit is one of the stranger facts in strength physiology, and one of the more argued-over: it does not always appear, it can reverse into a facilitation, and the question for training is whether it is a limitation worth attacking or a curiosity worth ignoring.
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