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Type: Strength
Main Muscle Worked: Chest
Equipment: Machine
Mechanics Type: Isolation
Level: Beginner
Sport: No
Force: Pull
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8.6

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Butterfly Guide

Main Muscle: Chest

  1. Sit on the machine with your back flat on the pad.
  2. Take hold of the handles. Tip: Your upper arms should be positioned parallel to the floor; adjust the machine accordingly. This will be your starting position.
  3. Push the handles together slowly as you squeeze your chest in the middle. Breathe out during this part of the motion and hold the contraction for a second.
  4. Return back to the starting position slowly as you inhale until your chest muscles are fully stretched.
  5. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Variations: You can use pulleys or an exercise band to perform this movement. Also, there is a variety of the Pec Deck Machine where you place your forearms on the pad, with the elbow and a 90 degree angle. You then squeeze your elbows together.



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Dumbbell Flyes

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9.0

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Review: Butterfly

Exercise Rating
9/10

May 17, 2013 5:53 PM: Used pec deck on machine and worked well.



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Exercise Rating
10/10

May 14, 2013 8:23 PM: I love it, really you fell it.



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Exercise Rating
9/10

Mar 11, 2013 8:32 AM: really hit the muscle



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Review: Butterfly

Exercise Rating
8/10

Jan 28, 2013 11:34 AM: Great for flooding the Chest and hitting the inner pec



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Jan 16, 2012 1:20 PM: Is there an alternate to this excercise??



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Tip: Butterfly

Exercise Rating
9/10

Nov 12, 2011 4:22 AM: after each set finish with gripping your hands together and pulse for 20 reps wrapped around the handles to get a great burn



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Review: Butterfly

Exercise Rating
8/10

Sep 8, 2011 11:07 AM: This is definitely one of the better machine exercises. You can get a really great squeeze on your chest muscles during the contraction.



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Jun 4, 2011 2:11 PM: you can really jack this exercise up if you hold it for 2-3 seconds on each rep, gets you exhausted and a really nice burn



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Review: Butterfly

Exercise Rating
7/10

Apr 21, 2011 5:24 AM: much rather prefer dumbbel flyes for this exercise feel a better ROM and more of a stretch.Not a bad machine for warming up on or before progressing to flyes.



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Exercise Rating
4/10

Jan 17, 2011 10:16 AM: dumbells are better



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