How to adjust strength I template for more press focus?

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How can I adjust the strength I template to be more focused around overhead press instead of bench? I don’t have the time or recovery to run Strengthlifting II at the moment, but I still want to focus on the OHP as my main press, simply because I enjoy it a lot more.

The current presses are touch and go bench (4’s), comp bench (5’s), press no belt (8’s) and overload bench(5’s). I was thinking of replacing comp bench with comp press w/belt, replace overload bench with push press, replace touch and go bench with close grip incline, and then replace press no belt with close grip bench. Does this sound like a reasonable option?

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Yup, that sounds pretty reasonable. I’d probably do pin ohp (eye or forehead level for overload) or use bands instead of push press though. And you can utilize pause and other pin variations later in the program.