Originally Posted by
francesco.decaro
Because you don't take your power clean from 0 to 225lbs without also taking your deadlift from 185lbs to 455lbs, unless you have good genetics and your power clean is 75/80% of your deadlift, but still, you gotta get stronger overall.
The production of force is the trainable feature of the equation. You might attribute some improvement on technique development and similar factors, but it makes sense that you can't increase a SVJ by 40% with the only variable being that you created more motor neurons or fast twitch fibers and therefore better neuromuscular efficiency.
I do have a purely hypothetical question.
Let's say I weigh 225lbs, I have a 1RM squat of 425 and 1RM deadlift of 455.
Now let's say I get down to 200lbs, and my 1RMs become 395 and 430. Assuming this scenario is somewhat realistic, is there any chance my strength level diminishes less than my ability to use my strength to lift my now lighter body, therefore increasing my SVJ?
In other words, if my SVJ was 20" when I was 225lbs, is there a chance it could increase because I am now lighter, but I retained most of my strength? Or is the decrease in strength due to bodyweight loss always proportional in this sense?
Mabye there are too many factors at play to actually give an answer, like body composition for example.