Plants lower leaves in need of light

hi this is my first grow and my plants seem to be abnormally bushy with small leaves and the lower parts of my plants are not receiving enough light. they are 1 week into flowering and based on the photos what will be the best method to get those lower leaves some light? Thinking of just LSTing them both but was curious if there was a more effective method. My girls are under a 250w HPS and they are AK-48

LST is the way to go, or you can just harvest the tops once they finish and give the bottom baranches a little more time to finish. Either way you'll get around the same results.

Cool thanks for the help bro. Just hoping they grow nicely with nice bud development near the bottom since it can't receive much light due to the bushy plants

No problem bub, I always LST until they are done with the stretch and mine always come out with a nice even canopy.

Do you just bend them in different directions as they grow toward the light?

Yeah, I try to open up the middle of the plant by bending the tops in opposite directions, this allows the nodes further down the branch to get more light and grow into "tops" themselves.