Nooooooooooooo! No extra pressure. You really won't like what happens. So:
Assuming you have hairy arms, if you gently (with zero pressure) glide the razor down your forearm, does the arm hair just slide off piling up in front of the blade leaving smooth skin behind?
This doesn't guarantee the blade is sharp enough, but it is an easy test to do. If you can't easily with no tug remove arm hair, get the blade fixed. There are other better sharpness tests but it takes times to get the feel.
Your beard is much tougher than your arm hair. So when you shave your face; particularly your cheeks, does the blade softly sound like scraping burnt bread off of slightly burnt toast? You beard should be slicing off easily with a little burnt toast scraping sound.
Have you mapped on a piece of paper you beard growth pattern? That was a big deal for me because my beard has patches in different places on my face where it changes direction. There are even a couple of small difference right to left but it is mostly symmetrical. If I did start at the top of my cheek and went straight towards my feet (bottom of my neck), First I would be shaving XTG, then towards the bottom I would be ATG. ATG before reducing my beard can cause irritation on my face.
These were big deals for me: beard map, sharp blade, blade angle. If you need to apply pressure, or feel the need, something is wrong.
Best,
Ed