haha perhaps you're right although my bench press doesn't back this up, but I think that's due to poor delt strength....fking imbalances!! Partially why I'm focusing more on incline press rather than flat bench - just to activate front delts a little more. Incline dumbbell press is up to 34kg x9,7,6,6 reps now though
And yes I'm doing my best to balance out with pull/back exercises. Plenty of rows with various handles, face pulls with the rope handle, upright rows etc etc
cheers funnily I'm finding it to be the opposite myself lol - as I'm putting on weight, I'm getting much stronger. Just goes to show how restrictive my diet must have been before when it comes to energy and recovery I guess. Trade off is that I can no longer see my previously well-defined abs hahaha