You’re going to ask weightlifting coaches and strongmen who have likely had minimal to no work with elite long jumpers what Dwight Phillips some time ago when he “might” have done a 325lb powerclean? Come on now.
I am going to ask someone that has himself developed, as well as worked among, great talent, whether he has observed such increase in the weights one can handle in the cleans. My premise pretty much is: if he says that world weightlifting record holders couldn’t make that “jump”, most probably a long jumper, who isn’t primarily focused on that, can’t. The strongmen are just another type of athlete obsessed with moving more and more weight around …