Soooo many people are commenting about knee pain. I have a knee pain video on my channel uploaded recently!! Go check it out. I also cover knee pain on my podcast here: THPstrength.com
Bro Isaiah...., you’ve inspired me so much to keep pushing myself to try harder, jump higher, never give up.... you’re amazing, thank u so much and in my opinion ure the best dunker in the world. 😁
Isaiah, I'm 17 years old 5'6", i want to do weights to increase my vert, but i wanna know how lifting affected ur height, and how much did u grow after starting to lift?
2023: how i went from a 45 vertical to flying. Edit: he got pretty close to flying but not there yet. Flying video will be out in 2027, see you then. Time goes so fast:((
Isaiah I’m 16 right and I’m currently training to get my first dunk. I’ve learned so much from you and I literally binge watch you just trying to jump higher.
Time for the 45 to 50.5" video!! Would be interesting to show us the evolution of your lifts throughout your journey. I am wondering whether you are within John's "strong as fuck" area 😀
I think everyone should do rehab workouts with their regular strength workouts. Don't sleep on those, they make your muscles and tendons healthier people. And GREAT JOB Isaiah!
hopefully you get to 50 in vertical. It kinda sucks now with the covid 19 situation we can't train like we used to. But we keep pushing tho. Kudos to you my G
So I just want to mention how important a proper landing technique, you could basically argue almost all knee problems come from not having a proper landing technique, and notice how when he is done with josh’s training program where he stops having pain, he’s landing technique is way better, he is flexing his knees a lot more and dissipating more force, instead of how he did this entire video, where he just landed with almost straight and stiff legs, putting a ton of stress in his knees.
Plus before the program, all the times he bent his knees, they were going in front of his toes, if you don’t have the proper sheer muscle strength, that causes a lot of stress on your knees also
I’m 16 and 6’1 I wish I had your vert. Since I was young I watched people dunk and I thought it was amazing. Ever since I’ve been looking at work outs and now I’m at the point where I can grab rim. I hope one day I can dunk like you bro💯
Isaiah you're my inspiration, to me you're what Jordan Kilganon was to you in the beginning. By the end of the summer, i WILL have a 35 inch vertical or higher, as of right now last time i tested was maybe a month ago and i was at 32".
I think being specific with training is always the most important. If you want to get better at jumping/dunking that should be majority of your training.
This video really inspired me, what would be really cool and helpful is if you make a video explaining what we need as dunkers and tips🔥. Btw im 17 5’10 and never dunked, this whole year i went from not being to touch the board to grabbing the rim with only pylometrics and a little gym training but i feel like I don’t know what im even doing
Awesome vid! My son is starting to get into dunking hes 14 and 5'10 same issue as you has had Osgood slaughters for years played sports through the pain and we really want to get his vertical up since he loves basketball...we are always outside on the hoops outside and he lowers it to 8 and 9 feet and dunks on that! Will have to check out the training vids.
Be careful, I was obsessed with dunking too and jumped every day. I healed too, but one day I was playing a pickup game, I stole the ball, went down the court to dunk and when I planted my left leg to go up, I completely tore my patella tendon. I had to get surgery and had to keep my leg straight for 10 months and then 6 months of physical therapy. I haven't jumped since...
@@navi1372 Knee is still weak and my knee cap is higher than the other leg. I will probably never play basketball again unless it's just me shooting 3's. No driving to the basket, thats for sure.
oh I got my left knee cap a little bit higher than my right too, I ma start training with isometric and stop jumping, e3 rehab and Kneesovertoesguy have some good exercises and I'm doing joint mobility from calimovement and some other guys, I started having the pain after playing volleyball hard for 3 months at the last training of the season, that was one year ago, right now is kinda hurting but can push through it, tho my mobility in all my body sucks, use or lose it but don't destroy it, I ma document my progress and put a video in the future so subscribe for an update I'm 19, 5,8ft and around an 20 inch vert with two feet and my goal is to dunk on a 9,2ft rim in 6 months and be move athletic in general, good luck me
If you have knee pain , look at your landing form and if you land on your heel that causes knee pain so try and land on your fore foot because that lowers knee stress .
Thank you Isaiah! Super motivating for me, cause I'm 18 and 6'0 with the same vertical and max lifts you had at 18 years old! What standing reach did you have at 17, 18, or 19 years old?
Note how little weight he squats with a 36' vertical. I was squatting that weight when I first started lifting in HS. I remember after I touched rim, which is about a 31" jump for me, people said I'd need to get stronger to dunk, but after putting a solid 100 pounds on my squat I saw no improvement. Since then I've been able to grind out another 3 or 4 inches which I attribute more to the technique and explosiveness of actual practice and basketball. Also the fact that I reduced my body fat percentage (although I've gained 20 pounds since then as I've gotten considerably more muscular)
For anyone with knee pain, go look up Ben from Knees over toes, his knee training program is insane, it will help stop your knee pain and increase your vertical as well.
oh shit i didn't click on the video when i first saw the thumbnail, cause i thought it was the old one😂 (P.S. I just found out about your training program, bro that's exactly what i needed, i've been looking for such a program for a long time thnx)
I'm 5feet 8 inch how many days it take to dunk a basketball and now working 4 days in a weeks for last 3 weeks but my vertical jump is not improve. Want i want to do man please comment my brother
i relate to this so much i have Osgood schlatter ever since i had knee surgery and im trying to bring my vertical up and im just jumping through the pain.
I actually also had osgood schlatters... It's not really that bad you fought through it, there is like no treatment, all my coaches and doctors told me just to fight through it LOL
I’m 5’11 and can barely dunk on 9’5 hopefully I can learn something from this... I also had surgery on my left knee so it hurts to jump with two feet but I feel like I get higher like that than with jumping from one foot
I’m trynna get a 48 inch vert. before I join a team because I’m short and jumping is the one thing I’ve got to get good at. But it’s going to be super hard because mine’s only 28 right now but hey you gotta start somewhere 🤷🏼♀️
Same man osgood-schlatters is rough man, especially when you're body's in the process of growing. Bones and muscles ain't fully matured. Had it for like 8 months so I stopped playing ball for a year rip. But I guess we gotta live w/ it yurr
Should we do this everyday even the same days we do heavy plyo and strength or just on the rest days so 2-3 times a week? Great vid by the way he me burning lol
was obsessed as a kid/ teen. now i'm 30. had jumpsoles, air alert everything. then college and life etc. BUt as a woman at 5'11 I touched the rim consistently in HS. I still play (trying to get my first pro contract overseas), but it amazes me how i've never seen vids from women working on their hops for basketball. I guess I should've kept going *sigh* I am starting a program now though to get in shape and I'm sure my vert will come back to improve my all around game
Bro hooper to hooper when u said u had osgood-shlotter that hit me so hard because being a three sport athlete and going through a growth spurt in my 8th grade year the pains got so bad threw all of aau and school ball I was playing on three bball teams at a time and I just remember limping to the car after every game.
Remember when I came out of the crowd to push you at the one dunk contest and everyone was like “uhhh does he know that guy” + front row at the UCF dunk contest
i wanna be like you one day, dunk on my friends and they be like "fuk, guard ruben" and its and ez point when i get the ball so im working on my hops rn i can dunk a volley ball on 10ft rim rlly ez i just need more and jumping power so im lifint and lifting, never gonna stop the grind, this is all because of you. you motivated me to do so so never stop these vids bro keep up the grind
Its 2020 man, youtube and google is your best doctor, first research to find out what exactly you have then look up videos on how to cure it.. good luck!
had/have osgood to this day, and I am 50. I had it when I was in 7th grade, would get home from football practice and my knees would be so bad I couldn't lift my leg to put on the coffee table, they were that weak. Was told to sit out a year, but never did, to this day I still have huge knots on both knees that still cause me problems. It difinately affected my jumping ability, but I could still get about 1-2 inches below the rim (back then, not now.. :) ).
Excellent video man you deserve millions for all your work. I have a question . I barely landed a self alley oop dunk at 5"10 I am no where near one handed dribble dunk any tips. Because my my vertical goes lower due to going up with the ball
I have osgood schlatter too and most days I can’t jump or do leg exercises because it hurts my knees too much and also I’ve played in the court that you did the Utah dunk contest at
Hey Isaiah, I was wondering if you do pylo workouts the same day you days strength workouts such as squats and hang cleans, if so do you do them before or after your strength workout
Colby Savich do your plyos before your workout, it will activate your nervous system for the lifting session. If you do it after, you might be too fatigued to hit true max effort/intensity on your plyos. The one time you can do plyos within your workout is if you are doing french contrast training to peak for your season or a competition or something
I have Jumpers Knee rn also I just feel like I’m not jumping as high as I can or have before because of the stiffness and the pain. My coach even told me he’s seen my head get to the rim before but after 3 months of untreated osgood schlotters I can barely dunk on 9’5 rim
Hey everyone in the comments. I'm trying to become the best version of me and I'm not too sure where to begin? Should I implement vertical jump training into my exercises or start with basic strength? A bit lost...
I'm 6'1 and i can only touch the rim. I am going to make 2 edits, 1 is for when i get grip on the rim and the second edit is when i dunk it wish me luck👍
Thanks for sharing Isaiah. Just one question: Did stretching play any role? Is mobility also important? I feel like my quads and hamstrings have bulked up but I have horrible flexibility (I'm not even close to doing the splits for example) and I'm seeing zero improvement to my vertical.
Soooo many people are commenting about knee pain. I have a knee pain video on my channel uploaded recently!! Go check it out. I also cover knee pain on my podcast here: THPstrength.com
Bro Isaiah...., you’ve inspired me so much to keep pushing myself to try harder, jump higher, never give up.... you’re amazing, thank u so much and in my opinion ure the best dunker in the world. 😁
Isaiah, I'm 17 years old 5'6", i want to do weights to increase my vert, but i wanna know how lifting affected ur height, and how much did u grow after starting to lift?
It don’t inhibit ur growth but help in fact. Get enough sleep tho
2023: how i went from a 45 vertical to flying.
Edit: he got pretty close to flying but not there yet. Flying video will be out in 2027, see you then.
Time goes so fast:((
ha funny
emirhdb olteanu 🤣🤣🤣
LOL
Lmfao
😂😂
When will you make a video "How i went from 45 to a 55 inch vert."??????
naa je will make a video from 45 inch to flying
Love to see this! The passion for dunking is insane
Hey please share the workout of Anthony the guy who is just 5'6 but he's flying.. please
More than dunking alone, there's a lot of information in this video that could really help anyone! Great video man!
Yeah man, a lot of this stuff applies to just life in general
Yup, Isiah sure is a great dunker, right brother from another mother?
Love it! Great video, Zay!
Everyone should definitely listen 👂 if they want hops!
You were a huge inspiration to me during those early years!
I love how you can feel how much excited he gets when he's talking about his first dunks♥️♥️
I turn 39 in September this year, I have never dunked, ima dunk by my 40th birthday
Ahh
Did u do it
YO U SUCCEEDED??
I can touch the rim but no dunk ☹️
@@memitoruiz7069 keep trying!!
dude i have the exact same kind of knee pain: it really sucks and makes my jumps hurt insanely on my left knee
Me too
Yeah same
same
El Cino mines the left knee also, but the pain has gone down
I think most jumpers get it honestly. Just gotta take it easy for a bit
Isaiah I’m 16 right and I’m currently training to get my first dunk. I’ve learned so much from you and I literally binge watch you just trying to jump higher.
how tall are you
i'm Giles I’m 5’10 or 5’11
Hope you get it. I'm too old and beat up now. Always wanted to.
Jowly U got more bounce then me, I’m getting rim stuffed 💀
I'm 14 and I'm insecure about my height, so I'm doing the same as you
Time for the 45 to 50.5" video!! Would be interesting to show us the evolution of your lifts throughout your journey. I am wondering whether you are within John's "strong as fuck" area 😀
Next Tuesday I will get my own basket I'm so hyped about that. I can't wait to practice every day after school❤️🏀🏀
AYE BOY I WATCHED THIS A COUPLE TIMES BECAUSE I LIKED IT SO MUCH
10:27 - Tacko!
fall!
i’m tryna be like you one day💯
Too❣️🏀🏀
N imma be better then both of you
I’m 13(6’2) and my vertical is 30 inches but I’m still working on it.Guys like you really inspire me.
Bruh im 14 5”10/11 crazy
Bruh I’m 14 and 5,4
3 years later I’m 6’5
Where is my 1:00 am gang
g-man prospects yerr
How bout 4😂
Yesir
Me
Mg- Brazil
Omg omg it’s here! Can’t wait to watch!🔥
Yes! The progress over the years is crazy!
I think everyone should do rehab workouts with their regular strength workouts. Don't sleep on those, they make your muscles and tendons healthier people. And GREAT JOB Isaiah!
hopefully you get to 50 in vertical. It kinda sucks now with the covid 19 situation we can't train like we used to. But we keep pushing tho. Kudos to you my G
So I just want to mention how important a proper landing technique, you could basically argue almost all knee problems come from not having a proper landing technique, and notice how when he is done with josh’s training program where he stops having pain, he’s landing technique is way better, he is flexing his knees a lot more and dissipating more force, instead of how he did this entire video, where he just landed with almost straight and stiff legs, putting a ton of stress in his knees.
Plus before the program, all the times he bent his knees, they were going in front of his toes, if you don’t have the proper sheer muscle strength, that causes a lot of stress on your knees also
I’m 16 and 6’1 I wish I had your vert. Since I was young I watched people dunk and I thought it was amazing. Ever since I’ve been looking at work outs and now I’m at the point where I can grab rim. I hope one day I can dunk like you bro💯
how did it go bro?
The long awaited sequel, keep up dawg
Isaiah you're my inspiration, to me you're what Jordan Kilganon was to you in the beginning. By the end of the summer, i WILL have a 35 inch vertical or higher, as of right now last time i tested was maybe a month ago and i was at 32".
Lmao this is insane. I’m almost 20 grinding for a simple two hand dunk and this dude is absolutely slamming 🥲
He was looking down into the rim on that opening dunk... Excellent work!
13:11 Lmao Steven and I had the exact same reaction 😂😂😂
I think being specific with training is always the most important. If you want to get better at jumping/dunking that should be majority of your training.
This video really inspired me, what would be really cool and helpful is if you make a video explaining what we need as dunkers and tips🔥. Btw im 17 5’10 and never dunked, this whole year i went from not being to touch the board to grabbing the rim with only pylometrics and a little gym training but i feel like I don’t know what im even doing
Can u write your workout here? I'm 5'9" and the maximum I've clocked in is a 2'10 vertical and I can't even touch the rim...
If you have Osgood PLEASE TAKE A BREAK, I didn’t take a break and while going up my knee just exploded.. just got surgery 2 weeks ago
Awesome vid! My son is starting to get into dunking hes 14 and 5'10 same issue as you has had Osgood slaughters for years played sports through the pain and we really want to get his vertical up since he loves basketball...we are always outside on the hoops outside and he lowers it to 8 and 9 feet and dunks on that! Will have to check out the training vids.
Loved the way you took us through that journey dude! Thank you for sharing this amazing story.
Be careful, I was obsessed with dunking too and jumped every day. I healed too, but one day I was playing a pickup game, I stole the ball, went down the court to dunk and when I planted my left leg to go up, I completely tore my patella tendon. I had to get surgery and had to keep my leg straight for 10 months and then 6 months of physical therapy. I haven't jumped since...
how you doing now?
@@navi1372 Knee is still weak and my knee cap is higher than the other leg. I will probably never play basketball again unless it's just me shooting 3's. No driving to the basket, thats for sure.
oh I got my left knee cap a little bit higher than my right too, I ma start training with isometric and stop jumping, e3 rehab and Kneesovertoesguy have some good exercises and I'm doing joint mobility from calimovement and some other guys, I started having the pain after playing volleyball hard for 3 months at the last training of the season, that was one year ago, right now is kinda hurting but can push through it, tho my mobility in all my body sucks, use or lose it but don't destroy it, I ma document my progress and put a video in the future so subscribe for an update
I'm 19, 5,8ft and around an 20 inch vert with two feet and my goal is to dunk on a 9,2ft rim in 6 months and be move athletic in general, good luck me
Great video, well spoken and narrated. Inspiring to see and hear you persevere and learn through the years !
I'm 60 now but at one time I could jump really well....I wish I had this kind of training back in the day, that would've been fun!
I feel you on the osgood schlatter. It sucks
If you have knee pain , look at your landing form and if you land on your heel that causes knee pain so try and land on your fore foot because that lowers knee stress .
Cristian Andrade that’s good advice, but the way you land isn’t the only thing that can cause knee pain
Thank you Isaiah! Super motivating for me, cause I'm 18 and 6'0 with the same vertical and max lifts you had at 18 years old! What standing reach did you have at 17, 18, or 19 years old?
Note how little weight he squats with a 36' vertical. I was squatting that weight when I first started lifting in HS. I remember after I touched rim, which is about a 31" jump for me, people said I'd need to get stronger to dunk, but after putting a solid 100 pounds on my squat I saw no improvement. Since then I've been able to grind out another 3 or 4 inches which I attribute more to the technique and explosiveness of actual practice and basketball. Also the fact that I reduced my body fat percentage (although I've gained 20 pounds since then as I've gotten considerably more muscular)
I have the same knee pain as you, it’s really tough especially as an athlete. But happy to see you get through it.
For anyone with knee pain, go look up Ben from Knees over toes, his knee training program is insane, it will help stop your knee pain and increase your vertical as well.
oh shit i didn't click on the video when i first saw the thumbnail, cause i thought it was the old one😂 (P.S. I just found out about your training program, bro that's exactly what i needed, i've been looking for such a program for a long time thnx)
I'm 5feet 8 inch how many days it take to dunk a basketball and now working 4 days in a weeks for last 3 weeks but my vertical jump is not improve. Want i want to do man please comment my brother
Story that come from heart keep it up man
Thanks Isaiah I just did a windmill on a 8.5 rim without you I’ve would’ve never completed it
Love the podcast bro! Keep up the hard work!
Thanks for listening bro!
i relate to this so much i have Osgood schlatter ever since i had knee surgery and im trying to bring my vertical up and im just jumping through the pain.
U was noob, but fucking PRO now, gg wp 💪🏾
Didn't know a "low rim session" 2:21 was a thing. Glad I'm not alone. Unfortunately I'm still there....
He improved a lot and so will you 💪💪💪
I actually also had osgood schlatters... It's not really that bad you fought through it, there is like no treatment, all my coaches and doctors told me just to fight through it LOL
I’m 5’11 and can barely dunk on 9’5 hopefully I can learn something from this... I also had surgery on my left knee so it hurts to jump with two feet but I feel like I get higher like that than with jumping from one foot
Dam! His dunks are top notch 🔥
Can you do a video on how to improve hand speed
This deserves a BIG like
I’m trynna get a 48 inch vert. before I join a team because I’m short and jumping is the one thing I’ve got to get good at. But it’s going to be super hard because mine’s only 28 right now but hey you gotta start somewhere 🤷🏼♀️
Bro this video is inspirational
Same man osgood-schlatters is rough man, especially when you're body's in the process of growing. Bones and muscles ain't fully matured. Had it for like 8 months so I stopped playing ball for a year rip. But I guess we gotta live w/ it yurr
36 inch - 44 inch in 3 years, thats 8 inches gain.. around 2.7 inch per year..
I hope i can do it ..
You beat Porter Mayberry!? Holy mother!! 😱😱
Yeah during my second contest ever haha
@@IsaiahRivera1 Woah! Awesome dude!!
Should we do this everyday even the same days we do heavy plyo and strength or just on the rest days so 2-3 times a week? Great vid by the way he me burning lol
was obsessed as a kid/ teen. now i'm 30. had jumpsoles, air alert everything. then college and life etc. BUt as a woman at 5'11 I touched the rim consistently in HS. I still play (trying to get my first pro contract overseas), but it amazes me how i've never seen vids from women working on their hops for basketball. I guess I should've kept going *sigh* I am starting a program now though to get in shape and I'm sure my vert will come back to improve my all around game
Yo that's great! I would love to see you get up and dunk!!
Osgood schlatter is the worst man. I feel you. High flyers could relate
Bro hooper to hooper when u said u had osgood-shlotter that hit me so hard because being a three sport athlete and going through a growth spurt in my 8th grade year the pains got so bad threw all of aau and school ball I was playing on three bball teams at a time and I just remember limping to the car after every game.
How tall were you at 17?
Just under 6’1, I’ve grown an inch since then
Isaiah Rivera how tall are your parents?
Remember when I came out of the crowd to push you at the one dunk contest and everyone was like “uhhh does he know that guy” + front row at the UCF dunk contest
I have the same knee condition it sucks i gotta do PT too😩
How did you set up your week for your lifts / dunking. appreciate the vid
i wanna be like you one day, dunk on my friends and they be like "fuk, guard ruben" and its and ez point when i get the ball so im working on my hops rn i can dunk a volley ball on 10ft rim rlly ez i just need more and jumping power so im lifint and lifting, never gonna stop the grind, this is all because of you. you motivated me to do so so never stop these vids bro keep up the grind
Aye bro, what did you do to overcome your knee pain because im 16 and really getting into dunking but I’m also jumping through the pain
Its 2020 man, youtube and google is your best doctor, first research to find out what exactly you have then look up videos on how to cure it.. good luck!
great storytelling I will rembering your contributions to dunk community - Love from Hong Kong - AsianFoodNerd
had/have osgood to this day, and I am 50. I had it when I was in 7th grade, would get home from football practice and my knees would be so bad I couldn't lift my leg to put on the coffee table, they were that weak. Was told to sit out a year, but never did, to this day I still have huge knots on both knees that still cause me problems. It difinately affected my jumping ability, but I could still get about 1-2 inches below the rim (back then, not now.. :) ).
Started getting “my strange addiction” vibes at some point
next video: how i went from 45 to floating.
yooo i have osgood schlatters too. very painful and annoying for active people
36 at 17???? I'm 17 and i have a 26 inch vert. But I guess I've never trained my vertical
So inspiring. plz keep climbing up
but how did he go from a 12 to a 24 inch vertical?
Mr. RIVERA, Can you please tell me the popular jump program you used right before you got with Mr. Evans? You are an inspiration, thank you
I have an osgood schlatter too but that won't stop me from hitting my first dunk.Working on it.
Excellent video man you deserve millions for all your work.
I have a question . I barely landed a self alley oop dunk at 5"10
I am no where near one handed dribble dunk any tips. Because my my vertical goes lower due to going up with the ball
yeah dude your my inspiration i am 5'11 and almost 15 and i can standing reach like 7 foot 8 and i can grab rim
You got your act together !
I atm suffering from osgood schater desease and it hurts but I’m never giving up
I have osgood schlatter too and most days I can’t jump or do leg exercises because it hurts my knees too much and also I’ve played in the court that you did the Utah dunk contest at
2029 how I went from a 68 to a 82 inch vertical
I'm 5'5 would love to just be able to dunk in general haha. Always been a goal of mine
Great vid man
durooo!!
Hey Isaiah, I was wondering if you do pylo workouts the same day you days strength workouts such as squats and hang cleans, if so do you do them before or after your strength workout
I never did plyos, just dunking
Colby Savich do your plyos before your workout, it will activate your nervous system for the lifting session. If you do it after, you might be too fatigued to hit true max effort/intensity on your plyos. The one time you can do plyos within your workout is if you are doing french contrast training to peak for your season or a competition or something
Bro I’m so happy I dunked on 9 1/2 for the first time
how i went from 45 inch vert to lil uzi vert
I saw taco fall on the ucf film
Imagine having a 37 inch jump and still cant dunk a ball....
Thats me :(
If that's true your prob a midget, or prob lying
Powerbounce u 4’10”
If that were true you’d have to be 5’5 at the tallest I very much doubt you have a 37 vert
Powerbounce cap
I have Jumpers Knee rn also I just feel like I’m not jumping as high as I can or have before because of the stiffness and the pain. My
coach even told me he’s seen my head get to the rim before but after 3 months of untreated osgood schlotters I can barely dunk on 9’5 rim
Hey everyone in the comments. I'm trying to become the best version of me and I'm not too sure where to begin? Should I implement vertical jump training into my exercises or start with basic strength? A bit lost...
I'm 6'1 and i can only touch the rim. I am going to make 2 edits, 1 is for when i get grip on the rim and the second edit is when i dunk it wish me luck👍
Good luck. Tell me when you get there
@@zice209Update: I can now touch the rim with 3 fingers.
- Stealthy - ooh shit you getting close mate
Very informative, thx man
Thanks for sharing Isaiah. Just one question: Did stretching play any role? Is mobility also important? I feel like my quads and hamstrings have bulked up but I have horrible flexibility (I'm not even close to doing the splits for example) and I'm seeing zero improvement to my vertical.
Look up kneesovertoes guy. Really helped me stretch out my quads, hipflexors, and hamstrings while making them super strong as well
whether without weight training can not jump as high as 40 inches