I try to switch up my my main exercise between flat and incline, and even sometimes decline. I do need to focus more on incline Bb presses, they are a weak link for me. Appreciate the advice!
Yea buddy!! im not saying you are like a lot of guys, but ALOT of guys always stick to that flat bench for the numbers and overall thickness of the chest, I used to train flat first for years and years and then about 3-4 years ago after being around tons of guys behind the walls and on the streets I noticed about 95% of guys had a tear drop look to their chest cause they always started with flat bench first, I started reading several studies about chest exercises and what stimulates what, whats more beneficial for overall upper body strength when it comes to the cchest presses and I even knew a few guys that were pure genius and wrote books about tons of fitness/body building/strength training and so fourth and what I came away with was that the flat bench though its a little easier usually to put up more weight then the incline and it contributes to most of the overall density
it really benefits you very little compared to the incline bench first of all the incline bench can be manipulated in several degree's from 10 degrees all the way to 70 degrees maybe even 80 before it puts all the stress on your front dealths and tris.. anyhow I promise you that if you start off doing incline presses and incline dumbells first and foremost and finding the perfect angle where you feel it most, your chest will look 100x different and better and your overall upper body strength will double because once the upper pec reaches failure the shoulders and tris take over so you get them involved more when needed and I tell you bro in a month or two of doing that you will see that upper chest sticking out through the collar of your shirt and like I said 95% of dudes don't have NO upper chest and it just makes a world of difference.. I don't wanna sound like a know it all or come off like im telling you what to do, im just throwing my experience and opinion in to see you be more in your prime everyday at 110% !
the one thing that you might not like is that your flat bench numbers will go down a little because your starting with the incline and whatever you start with gets 110% everytime.. heres a small example of what I do to make sure I get it all in
Incline DumbBell Press (30-40 Degrees) 3x15,12,10 (increase weight each time to reach failure at those reps)
Flat Dumbell Press 3x12,10,8 (same as above)
Incline Barbell or Smith Machine/Power Rack Press (only if you don't have a spotter and want to go max use the latter two) 3x12,10,8
Flat Barbell Press but do 3x12-15 (use weight that makes youdrive past 12 to get 15)
now depending on my chest day I sometimes do the seated pecdec machine for 3-4 sets of 12-15 but I love to go over to the cable cross over with d-ring handles drop the pulleys all the way down low and do the upper cut type flyes where you bring your fist out wide to your side then you bring them in and up at the same time and once you have it fully contracted where your fist should be side by side in front of your face you should feel it literally pulling your upper chest out.. I also like to raise the pulleys to shoulder level and lean forward on one foot and do incline type flys nice and slow... anyways sorry to take up so much space my friend just wanted to give you some idea's hope some of this might help you in some way shape or form! cant wait to hear the latest. love & respect always brother!