Originally Posted by benajah

So I have a question. I have this slight orthopaedic problem with my right leg that severely limits the leg exercises I can do with that leg. Basically I can do squats, stair steppers wearing a heavy pack (I do a lot of mountaineering and backpacking also so this is a favorite), and that's about it. Now my other leg is perfectly normal and I can do anything I want with it.
so what I do is isolate my legs and do only one legged exercises...one legged squats, calf raises on my good leg, and the full range of exercises for my good leg.
after years of doing this, my left leg is ridiculously larger than my right, and I can produce well...produce about 40% less power with my bad leg. At this point the leg differences are starting to make me a bit unbalanced on the bike, to the degree that my top tube literally sways left and right from a sitting position when I feel like my pedaling form feels pretty smooth.
so would it stand to reason that I may be losing forward effeciency? Or that I'm simply not? Or that if I am this is offset by the "normal" power in my good leg?
it leaves me with two possible alternatives...continue doing what I'm doing, or stop pushing my good leg so hard and concentrate on my bad leg (it can't physiologically catch up though).
any ideas?