Bands are a recent developement. So, in your case it's forgivable that you haven't heard about them... Yes the bench press isn't the most effective pec exercise, but why do you need to work them (pecs)? The only MMA fighters I see that have overly developed pecs generally are on the juice or do some bodybuilding. All the others with 'normal' pecs seem to hit just as hard, if not harder. Finally, stop bashing the deadlift. EDIT: Whoa, I almost missed that slow = power comment. Slow lifting will improve max strength not power. There is carry over but only so much. Go with the fast, it's more effective. Also, don't do negatives too often. They're harder to recover from.