How To Become An Elastic Jumper

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My name is Isaiah Rivera and I have the highest officially tested vertical on the planet at 50.5 inches and am the co-founder of THPstrength, a company that focuses on vertical jump training for athletes.
What makes me a little different from most athletes that jump high is that I started with a pretty low vertical and documented my entire journey on this channel. Here is my journey in a nutshell:
14: Started working out to jump higher for basketball
16: Hit my first dunk and shortly after found out about the world of pro dunking
17: Trained like a madman and hit my first between the legs dunk
18: Entered my first professional dunk contest
19: Knee pain almost made me quit dunking
20: Met my coach John Evans, who helped me get rid of knee pain
21: Won my first international dunk contest
22: Tested a 48 inch vertical and started coaching full time
24: Tested a world record 50.5 inch vertical
The reason I make so much free content about jumping higher now is because it’s a resource I wish I would’ve had when I was in high school that would’ve prevented a lot of unnecessary mistakes and injuries.
My mission is to share my passion and love for dunking and training and to make dunking an officially recognized sport.
I hope that I can be an inspiration for your jump training and dunking journey,
Isaiah

[@AceLooneyLoz]

Liking the far away relaxed camera shot, makes me feel like im in class listening to a teacher lol

[@smorti27]

Isaiah, your info is very priceless, i appreciate you and John so much. The highest jumper in the world that gives you tips and free workouts is the best thing that can inspire and help young athletes to keep grinding. THANK YOU

[@IsaiahRivera1]

My pleasure!

[@hamemax23]

Been stuck around 42 running vertical. I believe this video was exactly what I needed to go further. Thank you my man

[@brapywpopo3002]

how long did it take u to get there and what’d u do

[@hamemax23]

@@brapywpopo3002 whats up brother. Its hard to truly pinpoint. I trained t&f and dunked while in high school. never had a measurement. Stopped that and did powerlifting strictly for about 6 years. My first tested vertical returning was 36 with no practice. it took about 4 months to hit 42 from there but the progress stagnated hard around that time.

[@hamemax23]

@@brapywpopo3002 for what ive been doing recently is plyometrics, mainly depth jumps. depth broad jumps. and joint specific angle weighted exercises.

[@gray.dog6]

@@brapywpopo3002based on his reply to this reply i want to point out an advantage he had: typically training as a powerlifter is not recommended for athletes like basketball players(not saying it was bad he did, he obviously had interest in powerlifting, im talking purely for basketball). but since he did for so long, when he came back, he had all the strength he needed. those 4 months of training probably just helped him get more control over his body.

[@crunch1495]

What are you at now?

[@ap2752]

Man your longevity in this game really shows in your articulation to these questions, it's a pleasure to listen and I appreciate all the knowledge!!

[@tonysilva2654]

Brah.... your vertical is crazy🚀!!! Congrats on the record. Wit dat said, some of your ability is God-given👍🏽.

[@goimoddogfx7353]

Thakns for video I have been following you for 1.5 year and everytime that i started doing jumping exercises, I quit in the first week, i started again yesterday and this time I will not quit, I will dunk my first dunk this summer.

[@Eli_jah_Hami_lton]

I love how he says that he was jumping lower with a 45/47 inch vertical, during one of his cycles. Isaiah that's still astronomically impressive, lol. This man is beyond mortal jumping capabilities, such an inspiration.

[@AceLooneyLoz]

This guy got me a 30 inch vert (not a lot but lol) in the 3 months I was trying last year, up from 24

[@premiumaimbot2980]

tysm on answering the first question. I myself am a forceful athlete too but lacking some elasticity. ❤

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Happy to help!

[@Jonny_Tover]

2 questions 😂 1. Can you go over what to look for in a shoe for squatting / powercleaning? 2. Can you explain the biomechanics of how a power clean can help you improve your vertical more than a Deadlift or squat? (I find the upright row part so counterintuitive and can't understand how it could translate to jumping higher🙃)

[@TR-cg1qv]

You're looking for explosiveness when training to jump higher aka force*speed. When power cleaning you need to produce force very quickly to get the bar high enough to catch it on your shoulders plus the movement kind of mimics a jump. Of course pure strenght training will help (you will see isaiah squatting very heavy sometimes) but heavy squat and deadlift won't teach high power input the same way as power cleans do.

[@TR-cg1qv]

And for shoes you're ideally looking for a hard sole to have a good power transfer, although i don't think it's a must have, isaiah usually trains in jordan and simple running shoes work just well for me, but maybe it's not ideal idrk. Also powerlifting shoes have an alevated heel for people with poor ankle mobility.

[@adamyuan6882]

@@TR-cg1qvalso replying to OP, you don’t exactly upright row the weight up to your shoulders… the bar upwards velocity is almost all generated by the momentum generated throughout the movement, i.e. from hips and legs. If Isaiah really could upright row 315lbs I’d be extremely impressed…

[@adamyuan6882]

Also he says in the video, we wanna surf the force-velocity curve. That is the amount of force you can produce at differing velocities. He’s actually referencing the FV-curve constantly in this vid. For power cleans its between lifting and jumping - faster than lifting but slower than jumping. The motion is actually also very similar to jumping, especially how THP likes to coach it. There’s more stuff depending on what sort of framework you like to view it in but that’s the main gist of it!

[@Josiah.435]

Barefooy

[@Kingtgoutdoors]

Yessir I love this and I’m still training to jump even higher and I’m still doing some work out and getting my muscles big

[@qaz122]

Dope seeing you do so well man

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@zwilliamsbrackett]

Learned a lot from this !

[@j.t.daulton4635]

I love the Doctor Dunk talk. This is dunking science class 131. Take notes!!

[@Taziod]

You answered the first question so fucking well dude thank you.

[@kristinepodeszwa9555]

I love these kinds of videos!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🏀🏀🏀

[@IsaiahRivera1]

More to come!

[@MovimentoTransformador]

Ty for the vid

[@haydnmcnelis5265]

really appreciate your content. hope you are doing well

[@Ghst-ql9ey]

Awesome video.. Thanks for explaining everything 🙌🔥

[@IsaiahRivera1]

No problem 👍

[@Jon_N_Dunks]

ik this may not be athletic related, but i found that haveing proper fitting shoes helps you grip the ground better which definitely improve your jumps

[@googlefaps5883]

When I practice in my house Bcz u kinda come at an angle my approach made me slip and nearly end my life as I yeeted myself at the wall

[@azorthegreat2112]

I sub cuz you are a good guy

[@Eliasmihai24]

Bro,thanks for stuff like that, this video is gold.The only question i have is, why should i have wariarity to addept,should not be progressive overloading enough?I dont really understand that.

[@jamychal1738]

Could you explain more about the difference between stiff and more elastic tendons for jumping?

[@skridzzy]

Hey, Isaiah, my question is how do you and John deal with shin splints? People say to do tib raises but I've never heard you talking about them. What would you suggest doing?

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Load management!

[@theheebs100]

question I have: how important is it be rested for a jump day? Are you wasting your time jumping if you're unable to jump as high as you could if you were less fatigued/sore?

[@JordanDyer-if5ts]

What are your top 5 basketball shoes which feel the bounciest ( best for giving the edge for dunking). Thank you

[@xwsora8664]

Do you think the aspect of variety in training is also important to newer athletes. For instance say that you have been squatting for 4 months but still havent hit a plateau do you believe that is still beneficial to back off and try another quad dominant exercise?

[@Jeremy_Climbs]

Appreciate the science

[@ryanreviews8566]

will intense pogo's improve that "0.26"strength? or is it better to just perform approach jumps to improve that impulse?

[@Leonidas-eu9bb]

Isaiah you are a elite jumper. How is your sprinting level? I'm a sprint coach and think that sprinting and jumping is way more different at the elite level than many think they are.

[@IsaiahRivera1]

My sprinting is horrible haha, I don’t think they’re very correlated at all

[@IsaiahRivera1]

It’s more correlated to jumps off one, especially speed jumping and horizontal jumps

[@Leonidas-eu9bb]

@@IsaiahRivera1 :D thanks for the hones answer. It really shows that at the elite level specificity is king! But i guess you would be a good if you trained for it some time.

[@prod.pieter]

congrats on the record❤ im an extremely fast sprinter but I have a relatively average vertical (for an athlete), do you know why this might be?

[@SP3XTRO]

What’s your pb and age, just curious.

[@prod.pieter]

@@SP3XTRO just turned 16 and only just started formal sprint training. however ive been playing rugby and soccer all my life. 100m 10.6 (never tested vert but im 5'8-9 and can only grab rim with one hand)

[@vidguru0062]

@@prod.pietermight be your technique?

[@IsaiahRivera1]

They’re at different points in the force velocity curve. Sprinting has much shorter ground contact times

[@clintguia7984]

Greetings Isaiah Rivera I hope you'll be able to see my comment.. I was working out earlier today I was doing all-plyometrics and I was in my 5th exercise, 1st set of full power sprints and the moment I took 4 powerful steps my quads suddenly hurt that I had to stop my workout.. I was in perfect condition today I had an ample warmup too so what could be the problem here? I'll appreciate the feedback and I'll also try to discuss this with you if you notice my comment

[@drot20]

could you make a video on the argument that power training (middle of force-velocity curve) is useless compared to max strength(heavy lifts) and max speed work(jumping, sprinting)?

[@ardxez]

Bro I’m 13 and I’m 6,0 feet I have Osgood Schlatter what can I do please help me.😢

[@CesarAlvarez-pl5sm]

What are the best training principles to follow in order to increase vertical jump?

[@grabsonasmr]

Whats your opinion about contrast training. French contrast mainly

[@kushaalchandra8768]

Hey Isaiah, I have a shin micro fracture and i have been taking rest lately and i wanna come back to training and jumping, how could i load the shin slowly so that it can gain its strength back. I would really appreciate it if you would reply.

[@thumper0464]

Question how do you jump further from the basketball

[@monsieurLDN]

Isaiah does the program know how to deal with not having access to weights above 70kg?

[@silasgaertner6296]

Isaiah, I am 15 years old, 140 lbs, 5'4" and have a 24-25 inch vertical. My legs are big and strong from 6+ years of swimming and running around outside. I am having a lot of trouble jumping higher, and I don't think I'm putting the muscle to use. Pls help. Thank you.

[@jd229]

Why do you do hypertrophy cycles? Are you trying to add mass and size or just density? I thought as a jumper you would try to avoid too much hypertrophy/weight gain and just push relative strength. Thanks!

[@jd229]

@@samfolkestad1726 sure I was mainly curious about his personal reasoning for it. I understand the benefits of it. If he's trying to jump as high as possible even 2lbs could affect that so I'm curious how he feels about it.

[@IsaiahRivera1]

@@jd229His comment explains it perfectly. The key is making sure it’s sport specific muscle mass, and if you lift with max intent you can also grow fast twitch muscle fibers

[@jd229]

@@IsaiahRivera1 makes perfect sense! Thank you both.

[@NoiseyBoyyyy]

make a volleyball video wit coach donny

[@panosmarts]

Does the same type of mindset of training(in the first question) apply to sprinting as well?

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Yup. But what exercises you do and focus on changes

[@Hyperglyde]

How do you resolve then prevent SI joint instability? It feels like a loop of trying to pop them and fear my hips/back going out again

[@MovimentoTransformador]

How long does each cycle last?

[@badgoalschannel5778]

Hi Idol I'm from Philippines can u make a video, I have a problem with how I can bring out my potential in jumping but I jump high and I can't bring out my full potential in jumping and dunk because I'm shy

[@u15increase77]

Simple answer strong fast

[@bigchainring1977]

Why stop at 50.5?

[@Nathan-Barber22]

Isaiah, does THP stay at $100 a month if I joined when THP was $100 a month?

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Yup

[@Nathan-Barber22]

@@IsaiahRivera1 let's gooooooooo!

[@nguyenxuanchii591]

Does Isometrics plays a big role to jump higher?

[@Huancho23]

What you think about air alert 3?

[@fsantos344]

How long does each cycle last? Im saying about how long should last the hipertrophy, plyos etc cycles not abt the meso and microcycles

[@tommyprogress]

Your definition of "plyo cycle" or "hypertrophy cycle" IS a mesocycle within a larger macrocycle, and is made up of typically 1 week microcycles. So typically 4 weeks or around that range for the whole "plyo cycle." Also i would suggest thinking of cycles as focusing on qualities of the force velocity curve, in terms of volume and intensity, and in terms of specificity rather than just Hypertrophy, Strength, Power, Plyos

[@Ray24-8]

@@tommyprogressIf you have a Training week for example and you train your lower Body 2 times a week is that a week of a cycle or is it if you have 7 Training days than you have a week of Training?

[@tommyprogress]

@@Ray24-8 that whole week is a week of a training cycle

[@tommyprogress]

@@Ray24-8 lets say you workout monday and thursday the whole week of monday to that sunday is a typical microcycle

[@BIL-b2e]

Is thp for the people who just wants to jump higher or is it suitible for basketball players

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Any sport.

[@Sag3EB]

what is a force velocity curve?

[@willlancaster28]

How much could you achieve with plyos alone?

[@sharathchandravada5733]

I like your video I'm new to your channel and i request a video of workouts with only one 5kg dumbbell

[@collegepennsylvania837]

"The Gospel is that I am so sinful that Jesus had to die for me, yet so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. I can't feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone." Tim Keller

[@aceyyyyyy]

“i think poptarts are overrated” tim keller

[@calebrosca2588]

Amen

[@qaz122]

What is the point of this comment in this video?

[@Ml_dwbBurke]

Amen

[@2ball434]

Bros name is probably Tim Keller lmao.

[@howtogame1591]

yeah my running vertical is lower than my standing vertical i think it because of my form or my lack of plyometrics any tips

[@dubrasri9723]

Either you jumping technique is awful or you are really lacking plyos to get a quicker jump and you’re a really strength based jumper. Probably a bit of all of these. Doing plyos should help you tho

[@VV-cw1fc]

I got money on you if they decide to change the nba dunk contest

[@TwoGrand_BetterMan]

700/month is such an interesting price point to be marketing to teens (prob your main customer), since I doubt many can afford that and still play competitive sports and afford a gym membership. But I’m probably just out of touch with how much parents are willing to spend on their kid’s sport training. I’m curious on what your main selling point is, since being a savage 2 foot jumper is cool for bball, but probably sprint speed is more important, but sport skill is even more important. Like why would someone sign up for your program? What is it going to give for that value? Is it only for maxing out your two foot jumping? Or do you tailor the training to the persons goals? Do you have any Isaiah Rivera equivalents in terms of speed transformation, from ok in HS to near Olympian level speed (which is arguably the most useful trait for all sport)? Or is it all two foot jump success stories? Do you have similar 1-foot jump transformations that your program made?

[@IsaiahRivera1]

Pricing is based on demand. When we feel like we are at our limits with what we can handle coaching wise while still delivering a good service we will raise the price back up (at the moment it’s 99/month). And our focus is athlete’s that are obsessed with jumping higher, whether it’s for a sport or just for the love of dunking and jumping. We are strength and conditioning coaches first though, so we can coach strength, speed, and endurance for any sport. And most recently we actually have an athlete who we took from being a subpar sprinter in HS to now earning a D1 track scholarship (check out @camydunks on IG) running the 100m amongst many other success stories.

[@ralph7735]

do you know what I can do for knee pain? i've had pain in my left knee when I jump and no matter how long i rest for it always comes back.

[@kidssnyder9680]

Same

[@Yozhina]

Isometrics

[@kidssnyder9680]

@Yozhina what kind? I've been doing leg extension holds, reverse nordics, and atg split squats is there any other ones I should be doing?

[@ralph7735]

@@kidssnyder9680 yea fr what r the best ones

[@ludifoe5039]

​@@kidssnyder9680look up kneesovertoesguy. Backwards walking is great.

[@Usermwaoeuw28181]

hey man, i am currently in season but i still wanna improve my vert. I have tried to but i just find the fatigue hits me to hard even after doing it for a few months. The training which is mainly jumping and strength training just kills me for my games...

[@IcemanBusiness]

No pro at this, but maybe limit your plyometrics a lot cuz your jumping ALOT in game, and only try to do max effort jump sessions once-twice a week. You might not be able to do strength and max jump sessions at the same time with basketball games due to fatigue. But maybe you could limit sessions to something like 1-3 days lifting (don’t forget upper body), 1 jump sessions. Then the rest you have as “recovery” and you play basketball on those days

[@Usermwaoeuw28181]

This is what i have been doing. I dont really do plyometrics apart from jumping. I also only have a jump session once a week. And lift weights twice a week. Thanks for the info tho.@@IcemanBusiness

[@King-AlphaDallas-h3b]

Help I Could Touch the rim with one leg but I can't do it with both and I can't do any gym cuz I'm too young my foot is currently 33 in and I'm 5/8

[@lundoren5240]

So I have to touch 10’10” to dunk at a reach of 7’5” that seems so far away 😂

[@Jjjjaaaammmmjdjd]

Do you think tdub was a elastic junper

[@otub2118]

what body fat percentage would you say you are?

[@japprivera3129]

Que bonita bandera!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@frantisekkolisko246]

👍

[@rustinonthevine]

Power = ( force x distance ) / time. Squat faster.

[@douglaslewandowski3815]

poderia por legendas em português rs

[@tutuy-mm2be]

That PH flag tho 👀

[@jeromegacang5797]

You filipino?

[@reskabarz]

Dunk for Jesus

[@kunxv15]

bruh why u have the philippine flag

[@jcertheraser]

Love and obey the word of God, as Christ will love us. Christ did not come on this earth to lift up those who were already lifted, but to forgive those who were in dire need of lifting. If we plead for forgiveness in true faith for Christ, and admit with our mouths, spirits, and minds that Jesus Christ is our lord and savior, we shall be saved. Follow the commandments of God, but not so he will follow you, but so we can follow him. Gods plan is perfect no matter what we believe, so have faith my friends. The Lord shall return soon. God bless u all.

[@MrBillybathgate5]

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