Mines are under , 9 years ago. Before implants, chest was my strongest body part. My max for flat bench was about 185 lbs. for 8 reps at a bodyweight of about 108-110 lbs and no fancy bench techniques either. I was just starting to learn to get stronger in my bench when I had my surgery. But since then, I have not trained chest directly at all for fear as what has been mentioned; Lateral malposition. I do miss training chest but my pecs are still developed pretty good.
Exactly! A few of my friends that still compete, they have under the muscle as well, and they still train chest heavy. But its all up to the individual. I have thought about going back to training it, but I think of this as an investment. I do not what to screw up $8000+ . Now that I've retired from competition, I don't think about it at all (training chest).No, you are not. You are doing the right thing asking. That's what the forum is for. Better to be safe than sorry as the saying goes.