Get 7 FREE Days of Training to our Strength Training App - Peak Strength 👉 https://www.peakstrength.app/?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=APP&utm_content=IsaiahRiveraandJohnEvansPODTry our FREE Max Rep Calculator 👉 https://peakstrength.app/training-progress-calculator?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=TPCalc&utm_content=IsaiahRiveraandJohnEvansPODSubscribe to Isaiah, John, and THP on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IsaiahRivera1 - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnEvans - https://www.youtube.com/@thpstrength1Follow Isaiah and John on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isaiahrivera1/ - https://www.instagram.com/johnevans_thp/Strength and Conditioning Coach Dane Miller sits down with Vertical Jump World Record Holder Isaiah Rivera and his Coach John Evans to discuss the best ways to get explosive and jump higher in the gym.#garagestrength #speed #strengthJoin Our SubReddit and Discord 👉 https://www.reddit.com/r/GarageStrength/👉 https://discord.gg/hGs2AHHxq20:00 – “I Want to Dunk for the First Time”: Setting the Problem1:06 – Meet Isaiah Rivera: World Record Vertical Jump (51”)2:00 – Isaiah’s Athletic Background & Early Jump Development4:18 – Coaching Path: Track, Altis, Weightlifting & Dunking6:00 – Multi-Sport Youth Development & Jump Foundations7:28 – Basketball vs Volleyball for Vertical Jump Development9:45 – Culture, Play Style & Why Some Athletes Jump More12:08 – The Big Question: How Does a 6’ 200lb Athlete Learn to Dunk?13:10 – “Mass Is the Enemy”: Bodyweight, Strength & Reality Checks14:56 – Strength Benchmarks: Squat, Clean & Why You’re Not Jumping16:29 – Training Expectations: Why Verticals Don’t Increase in 3 Weeks17:20 – Weekly Training Split for Vertical Jump (High / Low Model)18:57 – Sprinting, Jump Frequency & Load Management21:01 – Jump Technique vs Track Progressions22:48 – Key Lifts for Jumpers: Squats, Cleans & Posterior Chain25:03 – Tendon Health: Isometrics, Slow Strength & Injury Prevention26:35 – How to Spot Poor Eccentric Ability in Jumpers29:55 – Why Most Athletes Can’t Handle Speed or Breaking Forces34:48 – Two-Foot Jump Technique Explained (Penultimate Step)37:03 – “Throwing Your Body at the Ground”: Tendon Recoil Explained38:55 – Weight Room Exercises That Transfer to Jumping39:14 – Depth Jumps, Heavy Cleans & Extreme Eccentric Loading44:38 – Loaded Jumps, Hex Bar Variations & Transfer Debate47:20 – Ground Contact Time vs Training Adaptations50:41 – Periodization: Concentric vs Eccentric Training Cycles56:00 – VBT, Velocity, Cleans & Why Data Can Backfire1:01:00 – Power Clean as the Best Jump Performance Indicator1:06:24 – Sprint Speed, RSI & One-Foot vs Two-Foot Jumpers1:16:23 – Why Jumping Too Much Wrecks Tendons1:20:15 – Upright Squats, Belt Squats & Quad Dominance1:22:20 – Why Olympic Lifts Matter (Even If You Hate Them)1:27:32 – Plyometrics: Why Less Is More for Jumpers1:32:24 – Youth Jumping, Early Exposure & Long-Term Outcomes1:36:13 – Isometrics for Knee & Achilles Health (Practical Guidelines)1:38:57 – Where to Train with Isaiah & John (Programs & Resources)