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Peter Bech
Age:31 Country: Denmark Duathlete and mountain biker Athletic background: triathlete from age 15 and turned to mountainbiking at age 22. Picked up running again last year and deviding time between multisport and mtb. National mtb team member 2003-2006 Bronze medalist at MTB nationals 2003 Running PB`s: 10k:31.04, 3.000 m: 8.49, 5.000 m: 15.01 Powerman Belgium 2007: #6 Future goals: improving my running PB`s. Podium positions in the Powerman Duathlon Series.  

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Training my weak sides
By Peter Bech | Published  01/12/2008
I have always thought that the human body was totally symmetrical. Especially my own. That my legs were the same lenght, that both legs could produce equal amounts of power, and so on. I have realised that this is not how it works. I have become aware of a slight difference in leg lenght and my left leg feels like the stronger one. Sometimes the right leg seems to be some kind of attachment that just spins around only due to the fact that it is connected to the pedal.

Coming from regular cranks and putting more and more time on Powercranks my right and powerless leg has started to adapt to the new demands. I feel that I´m more in touch with the weak leg  now, and that I can put pressure in every pedal stroke. I know a guy who has the equipment to measure power in each leg, and I would like to see how big a difference there is. Or if there is any.

Its pretty simple to explain why my socalled weak leg has become stronger. I´m actually using it now, and I´m forced to put the same amount of pressure in each stroke. Otherwise I start to pedal in an uneven pattern.
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  • Comment #1 (Posted by lucia colbert)

    Hi Peter
    Good observation with the leg differences. I am a structural integration practitioner (rolfer)and I work on asymmetries in the body everyday. I have found that the leg length differences come more from soft tissue and pelvic rotations than true bone differences. Meaning that the longer leg may have a slightly posterior illium than the shorter and the pelvis may be right rotated. If you were to explore some of the work I do you may be able to lessen that differrence and enhance the strength on the weaker leg. I am new to the pcs and have already found when i get some work on my asymmetries, my weaker leg is immediately improved (power and balance). They will never be the same but maybe can get closer. The pc are great for the strength improvement.
     
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