Try this. Go to a big and tall store or section and start trying different shirts. An XL in big and tall is different than a regular XL. Everyone thinks big and tall is just 3, 4 and 5x shirts. Actually they are sized small through 3 and 4X just cut and sized differently. I normally wear a 2x shirt. In a big and tall I can get a large/tall and it fits better than any regular sized XL or 2X. The only down side is the limited selection that they usually have.
See this is what I thought too.... a few weeks ago, yes and limited selection, I went to Casual male XL... The funny thing was that the 2X Tall shirts their, fit like a XL in a normal shirt, they are also cut funny. My problem was while the Length was good their, I think they are not built for guys with thicker necks (about 19").. so why the 2x tall was ok a bit snug, not tight (so good fit).. the necks were like Choakers... They need a store like Casual Athletic male XL... so they allow more neck room and back room in their shirts.
My wife hates shopping with me....I am so fricking picky when I finally find something that fits right, I end up wearing it 2-3x per week. LOL ... and then I always line dry it, even if its a tshirt...so it fits like when I bought it off the rack. I just wanna wash and dry my shirts like a normal person, LOL
I am not the string tank top and compression shirt type of guy.
I always say "if you need a tight shirt to flaunt it...then you don't have it"
**side note, maybe they need a store like that for females too.... my wife has now moved to skirts for the winter, as her quads no longer fit in her dress pants for work" currently she is at 165, last bod pod was at few weeks ago and she was still only 15% bodyfat...so for a female and bod pod, not to bad...just damn pants for women now adays are cut for the non - working out, no legs, muffin top type of woman. LOL
One of us needs to start a store TALL ATHLETIC MALE and FEMALE. LOL