what to do if body sides progress unequally?

[ratcreature]

Like for example, I recently noticed that when doing sideplanks, it is somewhat easier on one side than the other, i.e. I could hold the plank longer on one side than the other if I hold it as long as possible. Also when doing split squats, I can do it slightly easier on my left than my right leg. How do I best help the "weaker" side to catch up in an exercise?

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[ratcreature]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try the first method first, because I don't think the difference is very big, I just don't want it to get worse rather than improve with exercise. And right now I do tend to start exercises with the left leg first, not so much because it is dominant (I'm right handed) but because of some internalized left-to-right order thing I resort to when counting and keeping track of repetitions, probably because of reading order or something...

[daedala]

Oh, yeah, if you just don't want it to get worse, that should be sufficient. I hope it helps!

It can be really weird. Especially whole-body exercises. I tried to start my Turkish get ups today with my left arm up and got completely confused because I'd had my legs set the other way. I got started and couldn't figure out for a few seconds why it wasn't working.