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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.
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0:00
We stop at 24 minutes
0:02
You march. This is going to be a long-ass workout. Go! I feel like I'm in a crossfit
0:15
Yeah. That was terrifying. Okay, that urgency was crazy, though
0:24
I didn't even set up right. You know what? I didn't set up right. Yeah
0:30
No, I just did it for speed. Can we go back on the minute
0:36
In a minute, like on the minute we go? And we, and our last one's at the 24-minute mark
0:43
We have a long journey ahead of us, brother. We have a million squats
0:49
We should just get a timeshare here. You can technically do it earlier
0:57
I would start setting up sooner for the end. Oh no
1:10
My baby hands have deceived me. Oh, nice liquid shot. Where'd you get that
1:18
Listen to this. Let's talk about the laws here. He saw it
1:22
He didn't want to pick it up himself. I grabbed it and he never took it. I stole it and he wants it
1:28
I asked him to steal it. I'm not gonna lie. I'm feeling a small bit of regret choosing this weight, but I have to stick to it
1:38
Wait, did you John did you switch this to sunscreen? That just like sliding
1:48
You can take it if you want to I got chalk I got a real man's chalk. Oh yeah
2:00
How about some stock prices
2:12
Great. Great stocks. I want the people to know I'm fasted for 17 hours right now
2:21
I have not eaten. I've only had one cup of coffee, too, which is crazy
2:27
Emoms, emoms, what you're going to do? What you gonna do when the fatigue comes for you
2:47
I think I just wasn't warm when I do this set I want to go ahead
2:53
I do yeah, I feel like I'm stronger like because I'm heavier Why don't you wait until like the last 10 reps to decide if you guys want to go heavier
3:02
Don't decide rep three because you can't go down. Or we decide now why we have more strength
3:09
No, that's what I'm telling you. I do feel like it's a little too, like it is like the numbers a little bleh
3:21
I feel like I need like 195, 200. Wow, for this? I would wait for the last 15 minutes
3:28
Yes, master. It's weird to see you guys lift up to each other
3:37
It's like a circus show. My power queen's gonna be on point
3:46
That looks good. Yeah, man, shit, we just out here. My queen feels amazing
3:52
I wonder how my back looks. That's gonna be the turning factor. Yeah. You got the close-up to the camera too
4:24
If you go first and then I'll step in for the camera
4:39
Alright, we're about to see how I survive this shit. That was number eight
4:47
We're a third of the way there. You guys will be fine. I think fine
4:51
I think fine, I say. Yeah, no, all green deserts here, this feels like going on a dunk
4:58
Almost identical in terms of specimen. I feel like I should be doing that way
5:04
You might feel that way, but... You can if you want. 265, this feels way too easy
5:09
What concern are you working on? I'm working on 215, doing 70. I'm doing 70
5:15
You'd go 75%, you'd be fine. Just the next week, you're going to have to go 80%
5:19
Okay, maybe I'll stay. What do you think? It does feel easy
5:24
It's gonna get, yeah, it's gonna get harder. It's supposed to, yeah. All right, all right, all right
5:28
When it's 75%, you're gonna be like, no, I wish I didn't do that. Then you're helping me 80% beat too
5:32
All right, Dad, you're right. I'm sorry. Oh, yeah. Oh
5:49
Wow. You see, I go into the gym. I work hard. I leave
5:53
You go first. That felt like more easier than the other ones I don know what the hell I did
6:07
I didn't brush as hard that time. I'm going to try using a lot of arms on this one and see how
6:13
it feels. Like in conjunction with my legs. Oh, weird. I think it ran into this
6:24
Oh, I just slammed my Adam's apple
6:54
Woo! That plane form is looking crispy
7:11
It's because I do titties twice a week, I do shoulders eight times a week, and I do toes
7:19
one hour. I actually hit the shit out of the menu that time. You know EMOMs are really bad when you do like three reps and then you have to go, yeah
7:27
Dude, that's like... I did that in 29. Bro, think about how long it takes to set up
7:32
I would literally finish my third and be like... It just turns into one by 60
7:45
Yas queen. That felt like good technique. all right my back definitely yeah right notice huh I know that's good I like the
8:02
wider grip once I switch the hook grip and then it both start rolling in my fingertips I like your wider yeah well like like if I do the role I are not in
8:10
the role if I do a closer grip I tend to hold on still yeah it's probably really
8:16
hard to hold on with a wide grip yeah like yeah there's no way yes
8:36
that's like a full-time job yeah so he's watching the whole video I'm
9:12
yeah I'm about to hit a 315 power clean and a 50 off too according to that one guy on Instagram
9:17
in my DMs shout out to you I'm not rhyming shout out to kids sliding in on his DMs
9:23
bro there's way too many kids in my DMs wait well not like that oh god lord have mercy on my soul
9:29
do not arrest me do not arrest me do not arrest me people just feel safe with me
9:42
I'm out here, man, doing my thing grinding every day
9:55
It happened. It happened to both of us. What are your thoughts so far
10:02
Bro, that was a- Coach, how's your team looking here at the start of the third quarter
10:07
Bro, that shit just- The CrossFit Games event number one. Yeah, well they just it felt like Tom Cruise just karate chop me that it's bro
10:14
My shit was like I told them. I'm like I'm a woman now my Adam's apple's gone
10:20
Hey, it's that Nick no who concave bro you scared the out of me i'm looking at it i'm looking at it i swear i swear i'm not using chalk
10:50
oh god yeah i swear i'm not using chalk oh yeah bro i just i just did wide grip and i didn't let
10:56
go and all my wrists are like it's conditioning bro it's like no i literally will never do that
11:05
again i notice when i get more fatigue i hold on longer yeah i have to let it take me you need it
11:11
maybe it was supposed to go you need to jump yeah away from safety remember that time i hit myself
11:16
in the chin with one oh this is the last one wait how two three four and then we go up how much
11:21
should we go up i don't know five percent yes yes 75 whatever that is i'm gonna go a little early
11:28
just to do the math yeah yeah So I have to do 235
11:46
You have to do... I'm using 265 as mine. 198. Yeah, that's what it is
11:53
Oh, God. Yeah
12:50
My pull off the floor is really slow nowadays. Just in general
12:56
I'll try pulling fast this time and see what happens. . I did it again
13:04
Wide grip, held on. It's like hard to find what the ideal speed is
13:08
I either go like really fast. Oh no
13:18
Pulling fast me up. I wait for him to go first and then I go
13:22
That way the camera can see it both. Yeah. Pulling fast is completely it up
13:28
Alright, well that's a good lesson for you. Yeah. I yelled that so loud
13:34
Oh, . I was like... I always like intentionally... Oh, go ahead
13:48
Woo! We're done. Man, yeah. Is that it? Yeah
13:59
We're done? Yeah. Eagle. Don't be right through the valley of the Chateau of Death
16:06
This already feels infinitely better from two weeks ago. Yeah
16:30
No, I feel like super healthy. s me. Like this is like, probably some of the healthiest
16:43
I've felt all year, like in a lift. Touch rim. I'm not gonna bring a ball in my..
16:49
Here? No, I don't because we took Isaiah's part of the last thing. Otherwise, I normally do
16:57
Does he have your box? No, it's in my house. You can grab it if you want
17:02
No, I'm not going to. I hate my ears, bro. It just takes time to break hands
17:10
Yeah, but that's the thing. I was like, right through the mouth. I hate that. I hate that
17:14
It's fine. Off the shit. I don't mind yours for like off the dribble two foot other than that or off the dribble club
17:29
Hey, hey, hey, hey Yeah, I'm
17:44
We're heavily, heavily considering it. I was watching more videos of it this morning
17:47
The shoebox? What is it? A true belt box. Oh. Doesn't look like you want it bad enough
18:23
My PFP doesn't want it bad enough. Oh, that's why that one looks different. Yeah
18:28
Is it the PFP on the left leg or the right leg? The left, or the right. Right
18:34
As soon as I went to that, I was like. I'm stalling really hard
18:37
Yeah, you really are. This is a 40 second video already. Oh my god
19:12
Almost. Almost? That's crazy. I think I'm done. Yo, I just thought of a genius idea
19:18
How hard is it to pull your ass cheek? It's kind of hard
19:23
You have to be a beast. I'm going to flex my glutes and they're both shaking. You're like, to the beat
19:28
It's like. All right, come on. I don't think I can do this. Turn me the up
19:31
Yes, you can. I've literally seen you split squat 315, mother
19:37
That was the old days. God, God. That was when I was on creatine. Yeah, now you're bigger
19:43
Yeah, all the ways that don't matter. Come on, the beat dropped, Austin
19:48
It doesn't feel as bad once you start doing it. It's just the ass cheek
19:54
Oh, no. You literally just did that so easy. It was my knee
19:58
Oh. My knee just was like. Was that what it did? Yes. What about the left leg
20:04
It was both. Both? I had PFP here and Patel at the same time
20:09
I need to go lower. If you're listening, it's because you're not an advanced lifter
20:18
and you respond to the wealth of it that you have to have very fundamental
20:23
You're a baby. You're a dunker baby. You are. A good dunker baby
20:28
A very good dunker baby. He's like young Gohan. He's kid Gohan
20:35
I'm looking real tight. I'm done with anything you can get that
21:38
Alright, horse boy. Horse boy? Look at his hamstrings. Look how weird it looks
21:47
That's where all his fat is. That's why I said it's cellulite
21:54
Oh baby. Oh yeah, girl. Didn't put the safeties up again. How do you even..
22:30
I'm not that guy. I've never been that dude. Wow, this workout was way more bearable here
22:47
Doing this alone, with no music, outside in a garage, bro. But there's something beautiful about that at the same time
22:55
Torture. Yeah. It's literally, that's what I should call it, the torture chamber
23:00
The gym. It's literally, that's what it feels. I'm walking into a torture chamber
23:05
Bro, you know what you should do? What? You should just set it up to with extra torture. Broken glass on the floors
23:11
Yeah. A heater. Iron Maiden and shit, like, in the corner. Yeah, there's a, no, there's a heater in there, too
23:16
Wait, what are we, are we done now? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You guys are both done? Yeah. Bro, all right, and then
23:22
All right, that was the second workout of week one. This time, my knees feel good
23:26
Handling everything correctly. Feel way stronger, way healthier. now we have to be disciplined about not jumping
23:33
We're just going to play basketball this weekend and keep the momentum going. Next week, higher intensity, lower volume
23:40
I'm excited. I'm excited to jump high and shit on people again. And where do you go
23:46
Oh, if you want to get coaching, go to THPstrength.com. Use the code THP for first
23:51
For 10% off your first month. All right. Run. Get out the place
23:56
It's too late
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