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**Title:** Effective Lower Chest Exercises
**Key Points:**
1. **Targeting Lower Chest Fibers:** Requires different training, as these fibers run downward, unlike middle and upper chest fibers.
2. **3 Best Lower Chest Exercises:**
* **1. Weighted Dips:** Maintain tension plane, avoid locking out, and consider bodyweight reps after weighted sets.
* **2. High-to-Low Cable Flyes:** Two variations (palms facing backwards or each other) to increase lower chest activation.
* **3. Decline Press:**
+ Preferred: Decline Bench Press
+ Alternative 1: Decline Press Machine
+ Alternative 2: Modified Assisted Chest Press Machine (for gyms without decline equipment)
**Workout Suggestion (using "Balloon Method"):**
1. Weighted Dips (8-10 reps, heavy)
2. High-to-Low Cable Flyes (30-45 seconds, time under tension)
3. Decline Press (8-10 reps, drop set with 30% weight reduction for additional 8-10 reps, emphasizing slow eccentric portion)
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1. **Exercise 1: Weighted Dips**: Can be done with the right form to activate lower chest fibers.
2. **Weighted Dips Form**: Requires staying in the tension plane, not locking out at the top.
3. **Weighted Dips Variation**: Can be followed by bodyweight-only reps after reaching failure with weights.
4. **Weighted Dips Rep Range**: Effective in the 8 to 10 rep range for maximum gains.
5. **Exercise 2: People Chest Fly (High to Low)**: Targets lower chest muscle fibers effectively.
6. **People Chest Fly Variations**:
* Alternating reps (left over right, right over left)
* Palms facing backwards
* Exaggerated lean forward with parallel grip (palms facing each other)
7. **Time Under Tension for Chest Fly**: 30 or 45 seconds recommended for maximum activation.
8. **Exercise 3 Alternatives for Lower Chest**:
* Decline Bench Press
* Decline Press Machine
* Assisted Chest Press Machine (with a lean to simulate decline)
9. **Decline Press Machine Benefit**: Allows for control over the eccentric portion of the rep.
10. **Recommended Workout Structure**:
* Start with Weighted Dips (8-10 reps)
* Follow with High to Low Cable Flyes (30 or 45 seconds time under tension)
* End with a Decline Press variation (8-10 rep range, emphasizing slow eccentric portion, with a possible drop set)
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