Why you should train the pause squat.

I am of the opinion that some form of glutes to the ground squat like the pause squat should be the foundation of any strength training regimen for the simple fact that the leg muscles are the most easily adaptable of all muscle groups.

Elite powerlifters have their strongest lift in the squat. Some of them can squat 1,000+ pounds.  We as humans have evolved mostly on our feet over the past couple eons, so you as a powerlifter  have all that natural selection breeding in your dna to enable you to put up big numbers in your squat.

There has been a lot of speculation on whether or not squats induce human growth hormone. You could probably Google that and find fifty different websites arguing for or against  human growth hormone synthesis while squatting. I don't know myself.