Jump Higher With This Workout: Absolute Strength Training

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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

[IsaiahRivera]

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[JoeMama-mpjb]

This man is a perfect example for young athletes how weight training takes your athleticism to the next level. He was already a good jumper and a good weight program elevated him to the highest leaper in the world

[evansalcido]

squatting 405 at your height and weight is actually insane

[ExquisuiteBurgerConsumer]

I absolutely love these training videos, hope I can get on THP soon

[teamirving.]

Bro if I see someone doing calf raises with 4 wheels, I'm leaving the gym lmfaoooo. Your stupid strong my dawg! Bout to incorporate these lifts into my leg session and see some gains hopefully. Thank you Isaiah! Keep the vids coming!

[mhollis]

The quote makes a lot of sense when you look at kneesovertoesguy’s method of putting pressure on the knee to approach fixing the knee, well said

[theshape]

I have learned things with this boy that I did not know before, thanks Isaiah for your advice. for always being willing to help and teach us.

[shakenbacon-vmeu]

As always, another banger. I just got on THP (athlete only), gonna start week 3! Lovin it, y’all are pushing me and I trust y’all, definitely have bounced around jump programs and I’m really excited. Can’t wait til y’all program a vert test for me.

[einruberhardt]

Very nice video!. Would love to see you using safety pins on the heavy once i want you to be around for some long time!

[nickpage]

this was dope. we better see a 55" vert coming soon

[LukaLegend]

I hit my calf raise record the other week of 325lb 10x, I use the smith machine and put a step up board under so my heels are going down

[tjcogger]

Those "half squats" were damn near parallel. Especially 405

[dennisrobinson]

This is very good advise. I like the knee warm ups. That old "knee shouldn't' go over toes" that was given for squatting advice maybe 10+ years ago was wrong. "Knees over toes" flexibility is crucial that an athletes knee joint should be able to go into that position comfortably. Having this mobility cuts down on irritation from workouts, i suspect by giving a little bit more room in the knee joint for the tendons and ligaments to move freely. In any case whatever the reason is it cut down on my sports training related knee irritation i get. Plus it's additional mobility for myself. Mobility is underrated and Isaiah very intelligently touches these points. Having this mobility ensures that the athlete can get into various athletic positions without binding and in an efficient manner. Mobility can improve your athletic performance.

[tjayk]

Hey bro, can you make a video on how to get rid of knee pain and good exercises for it. I am currently suffering with that problem and would really be thankful if you made a video for that. 💯🙏🏽

[SheKnoJayy]

Isaiah coming clutch with these workouts🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[상추키우기-fy]

Isaiah give me good example for vertical training. Thank you for your video.

[curtisbrosious]

Funny how people in that gym don’t even have a clue they’re next to the highest jumper in the world

[athletic_doc]

Love to see the training videos again!!

[mosesbygate-smith]

An absolute gem of a video mate! Keep up this type of content 👊

[john_coleman]

You are doing concurrent periodization if you are focusing on multiple strength qualities at the same time. Undulating periodization more so refers to fluctuating from high and low volume and intensity from day to day or week to week.