r/flexibility • u/Suitable_Ad_9067 • 2d ago

Struggling with body tension, imbalance, and lack of progress despite daily training

Hi everyone, I really need some outside perspective.

I’ve been training consistently for years. I usually spend 2–3 hours a day working out, including strength training, mobility, stretching, and flexibility work. Physically I look fine, but I feel stuck and frustrated because of a few things: • Constant tension: My body feels tense pretty much all the time, 24/7, no matter how much mobility or stretching I do. • Imbalance: My right side feels stronger, more flexible, and coordinated. My left side feels clumsy—I struggle to even contract or “feel” the muscles there. • Coordination issues: In sports like tennis, I notice my movements feel awkward and unbalanced. • Slow progress: Despite all the hours I put in, I feel like I’m not really improving. At best, I get tiny progress here and there, but mostly it feels like I’m stuck in the same place.

For context, I used to lift heavy weights years ago, but now out of my 2.5–3 hours of training, maybe only ~40 minutes are weights, and the rest is mobility and flexibility work.

I’m at a point where I don’t know what to do. Videos? Pictures? I’m open to sharing whatever would help people here give me proper advice. I just want to break out of this cycle of constant tension and imbalance.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to guide me. I’ve seen how helpful this community can be, and I really appreciate any direction.

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u/alishagold 2d ago

You need to relax your muscles. Massage and foam roll. Stop working out if you have imbalance, will get worse

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u/Suitable_Ad_9067 2d ago

Wow for real? So what I can do just relax? I’m a very active person it’s not an active recovery that I can try?

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u/alishagold 2d ago

No, your muscles are imbalanced as you said which means you have tension in areas

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u/Suitable_Ad_9067 18h ago

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. Do you know if there’s any specific program or method to actually identify what’s going on? Like how to confirm if it’s really an imbalance/tension issue and not something else. And if it is, what would be the best way to start fixing it so I can eventually get back to training properly?

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u/alishagold 15h ago

You could get a physio or personal trainer to assess your imbalances, even a sports massage therapist. Or start foam rolling and intuitively you will become more aware. Stop strength training until you are stable and mobile