My body has always been out of whack. One side very strong. The right side. Big musculature. The dominant side. Left side. Very weak. Underdeveloped. I do everything with my right side and the development, and tension, runs through the right side of my body. The asymmetry in my body is very noticeable. No calf muscle in my left leg. Much more strength on my right calf. Much better coordination.
My beard grows thicker on the right. My left side uncoordinated in comparison to the right. I've made a conscious effort to restore balance. Started shaving using my left hand. Learned how to pare an apple, the one that goes in my oatmeal each morning, using the left hand. Now I can take the skin off of an apple very easily with my left hand. Slow progress.
Even learned that my eyes are asymmetrical. Funny thing though-- I see better with my left eye. The relaxed eye can see more efficiently than the tense, hardworking eye. How do you make your weak eye stronger? Looked into the Bates method of eye improvement. Started wearing a patch over my good eye to make my right eye get more active. May be working? When I go on walks I cover the left eye of my sunglasses. The right eye looks down the street. Things are blurry with that eye. But maybe the right eye will improve by being forced to work? That's my plan. The eye doctor took a picture of my eyes and said "Wow, your eyes are not symmetrical at all." The blood vessels in each eye looked very different.
I have noticed some changes. Strength comes from coordination. Learning to use the left leg for walking. Trying to reduce the dominance of the right leg and right foot. Look at the bottom of your tennis shoes. See how each shoe has been worn out differently. The dominant foot shows much greater wear on the bottom of the tennis shoe.
Steph Curry, great basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, can be seen bouncing basketballs with both hands. The simultaneous dribbling is amazing. He has super control, super balance between right and left side. How can a slender man, not near as tall as his opponents, score so many points. He has superior coordination-- and coordination = strength. Steph Curry's musculature pales in comparison to most of the other NBA players in the league. He is the most coordinated among a peer group of the most gifted athletes in the world.
Imagine how strong you will get if you develop your non-dominant side. My left side has been sitting there like a dormant resource. I'm trying to bring the left side somewhat closer to the right side in terms of strength and muscular development. It the case of vision, I'm striving to relax the right eye to get better vision, something closer to the relaxation of my left eye. It's all about better balance!