re: Proper incline bench form?

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To be honest the best way to determine what is the proper depth is really simple. Take a sort of lowerish weight, and take the bar down extremely slowly. Pay particular attention to form, because what you are looking for is the spot where the pectoral recruitment begins to diminish. 

Particularly in chest exercises it is very obvious when you do this that the point is about 3 inches above your chest. Make sure you squeeze your chest muscles very tightly while doing this and you will find the optimal range. The same is true of most chest exercises, there is simply a point where shoulder and tricep recruitment begins to increase substantially. 

You can always find this range of motion by going very very slowly with low weight and squeezing that muscle. It's how I've personally mapped out where my stopping points are for each body part. Works great for lats too.

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