[quote]josh86 wrote:
CC thanks for the input - the chest lagging isn’t a “current” problem…as in I have corrected my form and exercise selections and it has been growing, its just playing catch-up and I’m wanting to speed it up as much as possible, lol.
I actually do cut out the very top part of all my pressing exercises already, use an arch, and keep my shoulders pulled back all the time. The problem is I used to rely 90%+ on bench press for chest development and I’m a very shoulder/tri dominant bencher (and I have to bench elbows tucked due to collar bone issues from breaking it last april).
I don’t have any way of getting up vids of me pressing or anything, but I promise I’m following all the form stuff you outlined here. Its just going to take time since my chest was so far behind for so long…I really don’t even think its lagging by that much currently - check the pics I posted and let me know what you think?
EDIT: I also do feel my chest working more than anything else now, I used to never really feel it working and always felt the burn in my shoulders…but that is a thing of the past. I also do currently do a fast lifting phase, very controlled negative as low as I can go without taking tension off the muscle (like if I were to go all the way until the bumpers stopped on the machine - using the HS incline for example).
I’m thinking I’ll give Bug’s idea a try…maybe RP my HS incline and then strait set the other exercises…or maybe I wont change anything I’ve been making progress and should probably keep riding it out until it slows down/stops.[/quote]
Ok, you’ll just have to be patient here… Get the numbers up while keeping the improved form and you’ll get there.
The elbows tucked thing sucks… Healthier but also does jackshit for chest mass 
I’d ditch the flat bench (If you haven’t already) and stick entirely to (low)inclines and declines and all variations of those, esp. in the smith machine… Along with chest-focused dips.
Flat Machines should be fine too, but imo most of those suck (esp. the seated variety). Guess the HS lying flat press (or whatever it’s called) would be your best bet as far as flat machines go, judging from people’s comments on it.
Oh yeah, maybe cut out all flye movements for now (don’t remember your chest routine atm) and just do 2-3 presses (like low incline variation+ flat machine variant+ chest hs dips…)
If you decide to RP, try RPing 2 exercises and leave it at that for now (no more exercises than that). Just really get those numbers up+extreme stretching. Of course that would make chest day look kinda short, but that shouldn’t really be an issue. If what you currently do is working, just stick to it and see that you add another 30-40 pounds(not too sure what you can do with your routine and at your level, but that should be possible?) to your working weight before the end of the year.
