Originally Posted by
Tom Narvaez
The majority of your volume for a competition lift should not be coming from a variation of that competition lift, IMO. TnG Bench uses more weight, sure, but so does slingshot bench. The force curves aren't the same. Generally speaking, TnG emphasizes mid-range while paused work is hardest right off the chest or thereabouts. The bounce helps you through that part quite a bit. I don't see anyone recommending strict TnG deadlifts around here and the logic is virtually the same.
So, yes, I'd recommend doing volume day paused especially because there is very little volume in TM in general. ~90% of pressing volume coming from a bench variation and overhead press is not how I'd program if my goal was truly to pause bench the most weight possible. If you're trying to juggle the SS philosophy alongside powerlifting then it gets murky.