Help me out with a lagging chest plate?!

[acresmass]

Im about to do a cycle June 1, My chest is only about 80% the size of the rest of my uppper body, in other words its slightly lagging behind.

5'10" 182lb 35 yrs old, 10+ % body fat. been training pretty consistently since early 20s. 200+ g protein a day, 150g carbs a day, 100 fat. Cheat on the weekends. Sleep 8 hours a night. Chest gets sore after every chest workout, id say 5 on a soreness scale of 1 to 10. Been training long enough to know im not dogging it. I arch my back and pull shoulders back. FIVE days rest inbetween sessions.

My routine these days is:

barbell bench - 5 sets usually 6-8 reps
Incline DB - 5 sets 6-8 reps with spotter
High cable pull - 5 sets6-8 reps
press machine vertical grip - 5 sets 4-6 reps SUPERSETTED with pec deck to failure

Been doing this routine for two months and getting ready to switch it up ( which I do every couple months). I dont think im overtraining as Im getting 5 days rest. NO soreness left by the time its chest day again. Do I need even more volume? Tips? Any ideas of things im missing? Maybe Im nuts? I can throw up a picture later today if needed.

Thanks for any input gents

 

[chez]

Try using about 60% of your max weight and increasing your reps and sets to 10. Do the reps slowly and squeeze the target muscle group at the peak. When I switched to this method I saw a nice size increase

 

[ebfitness]

Try using about 60% of your max weight and increasing your reps and sets to 10. Do the reps slowly and squeeze the target muscle group at the peak. When I switched to this method I saw a nice size increase

This. It's not necessarily more volume you need (you seem to have enough), but you could use some higher rep sets for hypertrophy. Also, perhaps do a bit more incline work: every other week you could switch out flat barbell bench to incline barbell...switch your cable flys to low to high. Incline work gives the look of slabs coming right off the collar bone, which makes the pectorals pop more (there's a reason bbers are so often seen working inclines ).

 

[acresmass]

Try using about 60% of your max weight and increasing your reps and sets to 10. Do the reps slowly and squeeze the target muscle group at the peak. When I switched to this method I saw a nice size increase

Will do...more reps ok. I do try to squeeze and focus for sure...

This. It's not necessarily more volume you need (you seem to have enough), but you could use some higher rep sets for hypertrophy. Also, perhaps do a bit more incline work: every other week you could switch out flat barbell bench to incline barbell...switch your cable flys to low to high. Incline work gives the look of slabs coming right off the collar bone, which makes the pectorals pop more (there's a reason bbers are so often seen working inclines ).

Yes, should have know the dude with the answer to everything around here would have chimed in well... my upper chest near my clavicles is DEF lagging. Thank you both for the advice...

 

[ebfitness]

Will do...more reps ok. I do try to squeeze and focus for sure...



Yes, should have know the dude with the answer to everything around here would have chimed in well... my upper chest near my clavicles is DEF lagging. Thank you both for the advice...

Right on, man