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THPStrength — 396 episodes

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1

How This 40 Year Old Got A 50 Inch Vertical (Dunk Chen)

2

Dylan McCarthy And Mason Baker Compete For 500k On DUNKMAN

3

Do These 5 Things if Your Vertical is STUCK

4

Reacting to Dunks from Dunkman

5

He Tested A 40 Inch Vertical... Off A 30 Inch Depth Jump 😨😨😨

6

How Much Upright Sprinting Do You Need To Get A 50 Inch Vertical

7

Cam Hazzard Might Be The Best Dunker In The World

8

How Much Did This Athlete Change His Technique To Break The World Record (53 Inches)

9

The Highest Jump In Human History (53 Inch Vertical)

10

5 Silent Killers of Your Vertical Jump

11

Top 5 Lifts to Improve Vertical Jump

12

World Record Jump Plus Hardest Vertical Jump Workout Ever

13

One Foot Jumping Myths

14

The Real Reason Your Strength Has Stalled

15

What Exercise Translated The Most To Your Sporting Success

16

He Jumped Higher With This Specific Training Cycle

17

Best Ab Exercises For Vertical Jump

18

Reacting to Pro Dunkers at Dunk Camp

19

Barbell Squat Jumps For Developing Power To Jump Higher

20

All Of The Highest Jumpers In The World Have This Bone On Their Shin

21

Arm Swing Breakdown To Hit Harder Ft. Katie Corelli

22

Analyzing The Highest Jump Of All Time

23

The BEST Shoes for Dunking

24

Reacting to Dunk Camp Dunks

25

Is There A New World Record Vertical Jump?

26

This Program Would Make You The Biggest AND Fastest

27

Bilateral vs Unilateral Training: Which One Makes You More Explosive?

28

How to Fix Knee Pain in Volleyball ft. Coach Rich Tan

29

The Biggest Limiter In Isaiah Winning Dunk Man Isn't What You Think

30

Behind The Scenes Of Shaq's $500,000 Dunk Contest

31

Does Doing Half Squats Limit Your Vertical Leap

32

How to Still Make Gains While Working Full Time

33

Why You Will Fail If You Write Your Own Training

34

Why You Should STOP Taking Caffeine To Jump Higher

35

We're Testing A Russian Plyometric Program

36

The Biggest Contest Of His Life (In Front Of Shaq For 500k)

37

How To ACTUALLY Bulletproof Your Ankles

38

Recover Faster From Training Using These Tools

39

Screen Your Mobility in 5 Minutes

40

What Is "Potentiation" And Can It Help You Jump Your Highest

41

The Worst Sports To Jump Higher

42

What Is The Biggest Vertical Jump Mistake (Pro Dunker Q&A)

43

At What Age Do You Hit Your Genetic Potential

44

How Do Drills Fit Into Your Jump Training?

45

Jump Training Gimmicks That Are Killing Your Vertical

46

Tendon Training: The Truth About Tendon Stiffness Most Coaches Get Wrong

47

This One Change Will Help You Reach Your Genetic Potential

48

The Exact Workout And Weights They Did To Get Healthy Knees In 24 Hours

49

Watch This If Your Knees Hurt When You Jump But Not When You Lift

50

50 Jumps Three Times A Week Could Improve Your Vertical By 2 Inches

51

How Much Of Your Vertical Is All Genetics

52

The Best Squat Depth for Vertical Jump (It's Probably Not What You Think)

53

This Type of Cardio Kills Your Vertical Jump

54

This Set + Rep Scheme Can Increase Intent (Which Gives You Bigger Fast Twitch Fibers)

55

We Asked This 50 Inch Jumper Difficult Questions

56

What Is Our Favorite Exercise To Jump Higher?

57

How To Prepare To Jump Your Highest

58

How To Use Pause Squats To PR Your Back Squat

59

We Tested Training 3 Days vs 6 Days Per Week - Here's What Won

60

Getting Stronger But Not Jumping Higher? Here's Why

61

Messing This Up Could Make You Less Explosive

62

Every Time He Got Better At This He Jumped Higher

63

Your Arms Make Up +20% Of Your Approach Vertical Jump

64

Heavy Slow Vs. Light Fast Lifting To Jump Higher

65

We Tested Heavy Lifting vs Just Jumping for Vertical Jump — Here's What Won

66

We Test Every Athlete With This Plyo Test - Do You Pass?

67

Should You Use Knee Sleeves To Jump Higher?

68

How Many Days A Week Should You Train Explosively To Jump Higher

69

How to Have a Dunk Session (The RIGHT Way)

70

How to Jump Higher for Volleyball ft. Pro Coach Richard Tan

71

Every Part Of Your Jump Technique And How To Perfect It

72

How to Lose Fat To Jump Higher

73

How to Find Your Athletic Deficit

74

How Fast Should You Run To Jump Your Highest

75

Will Austin Be The First 50in 1 Foot Jumper?

76

How to Get The Perfect Penultimate Step for YOU

77

Which Technique Will Make You Jump Higher? (Long Vs. Short Penultimate)

78

Isaiah Rivera's Response To The New World Record Vertical Jump

79

He Broke The World Record (52 Inch Vertical)

80

How To Learn Trick Dunks (Even If You Can't Dunk)

81

Why You CAN'T Lift Heavy All Year Round

82

Why Other Jump Programs DON'T Work

83

1 Foot Vertical Test: How High Did Isaiah Go?

84

How Do You Get More Elastic?

85

Can Anyone Get A 40 Inch Vertical? Identical Twins Compare

86

How He Fixed His Back Pain For Good

87

How Long Does It Take To Go Fro A 24 To 40 Inch Vertical?

88

Why Knee Pain Can Be a Good Thing

89

The Mental Shift Every Great Athlete Has Made (And Most Coaches Never Teach)

90

Isaiah Is Quitting Vertical Jumping

91

Tendon Contribution Is 70% Of Your Vertical Jump: Here's Why

92

Should You Train Like A Sprinter To Jump Higher?

93

How to Get Jacked AND Jump High

94

The EXACT Program That TRANSFORMED His Athleticism

95

The Exercise Will Get You To A 36 Inch Vertical

96

How Your Jump Sessions Should Look To Jump Higher (And Stay Healthy)

97

How To Use The 1080 Quantum: Rolf Ohlman

98

How Long Can You Do Specific Training To Jump Higher?

99

This Squat Progression Could Take Isaiah To A 55 Inch Vertical

100

How to Jump Higher Even If You're Injured

101

How to Jump Higher Off Multiple Plants

102

How We Are Jumping Higher Every Week

103

I Asked ChatGPT To Write My Jump Program

104

What Plyos Pair Better: Sprints Vs. Jumps

105

How One Of The Best Dunkers Ever Leveled Up His Vertical

106

How to DUNK If You're Under 6ft

107

How to Jump Higher Off 1 Foot (Full Guide!)

108

How We Would Coach Ourselves If We Were 18 Again

109

Can Stimulants Increase Your Vertical Jump? (Only Listen If You're 18 And Older)

110

You're Training Too Hard Too Soon (How To Fix It)

111

One Conversation Changed Our Whole Jump System

112

How Elite Jumping Is Built: Boo Schexnayder

113

The Number One Recovery Metric That Correlates With Jump Performance

114

How To Get TRULY Explosive With These Lifts

115

Advanced Jump Training: Overcoming Isometrics

116

How To Improve Your Stretch Reflex

117

How To Get Healthy Hamstrings To Jump Higher Long Term

118

How Elite Jumpers And Sprinters Train Part 2 Ft. Mike Young

119

Machine Based Loading Is UNDER RATED

120

How Elite Jumpers And Sprinters Train Part 1 (Mike Young PhD- NBA Performance Coach)

121

Our FAVORITE Squat Protocol

122

The Biggest Mistakes When Writing Your Own Vertical Jump Program

123

Being Tall Makes Jumping High Hard (But Here's How To Fix It)

124

He Ran A 4.45 Laser 40 Yard Dash (And He Has A 50In Vert)

125

3 Tests To Tell If You'll Ever Dunk

126

Sprinting Will Evolve Your Jumps

127

What's Stopping You From Hitting A 50" Vertical?

128

You Need To Understand These Sensations World Class Jumpers Feel

129

You Need This To Reach Your Genetic Potential

130

At What Age Can You Still Hit Your Genetic Ceiling?

131

Improving This Could Get You Jumping Higher FAST

132

Ten Reps Of A Good Plyometric Is Enough To Jump Higher

133

How To Strengthen Your Knee, Achilles, And Back For Jumping

134

What Sports Scientist Got Wrong About Jump Training

135

Copy This FREE Jump Program If You Want To Jump Higher (Full Sets, Reps, And Progressions)

136

How To Your Biggest Weakness To Jump Higher (Deficit Training)

137

How To Use The Overshoot Mechanism To Jump Higher (Fiber Type Shift)

138

You Need More Rest Than You Think To Jump Your Highest

139

Advanced Russian Training System To Fix IT Band Syndrome

140

The Exact Calf Raise Progression We Use On World Class Jumpers (Exercises Included)

141

What Intangibles To All Elite Jumpers Have In Common

142

His 50 Inch Vertical Could Be Gone Forever

143

Strong Athlete Loses Bounce... Here's How To Get It Back

144

The One Question You Need To Answer Jump Higher

145

How Elite Speed Is Actually Built

146

One Of The Best Strength And Conditioning Coaches EVER (Rolf Ohman)

147

These Four Timelines Determine Everything About Your Training

148

Force Velocity Profiling Perfectly To Jump Higher

149

The Best Way To Improve Your Squat And Clean

150

Fast vs Slow Eccentrics: Which One Actually Transfers to Jumping?

151

Do these stretches to jump higher

152

When To Cut A Cycle To Jump Higher

153

How Much Power Did Isaiah Lose Training HARD

154

Do This To Jump Higher In 15 Minutes

155

Isaiah Rivera's Plyometric Workouts Are Supercharging His Vertical

156

He Jumped With 400 Pounds On His Back

157

Does Sprinting Make Your Approach Faster In Jumping

158

All Time Short Approach Jump PR

159

You're Tendon Might Be Lying To You

160

How To Fix Any Muscle Pull

161

Isaiah Is VELOCITY Deficient

162

Isaiah IS Ready To Test 51 Inches

163

Training Harder Will Make You Jump Higher

164

The Number One Reason You Aren't Dunking

165

Is Isaiah Ready To Break The World Record?

166

12 Week System To Completely Fix Your Tendon Pain

167

Which Of These Squats Will Increase Your Squat The Most?

168

ANOTHER 50 Inch Jumper From THP?!

169

The Formula For A 50 Inch Vertical

170

What Makes You Jump Higher: Power Clean Or Power Snatch?

171

Is This KEY Lift CRUSHING Your Vertical Jump Gains?

172

The Key To Jumping High Off One Foot Explained

173

Isaiah Rivera 50 Pound Squat PR

174

Get Your Knees Better By Playing Basketball

175

Best Beginner Vertical Jump Exercises

176

The WORST Workouts We've Ever Programmed To Jump Higher

177

Run Faster To Jump Higher

178

If You Make This Mistake You Will Jump Lower After Training More

179

Being Glute Dominant Will Fix Your Knee Pain

180

You Can't Get Better Without This One Thing

181

Why We Don't Need Strength And Conditioning Coaches

182

The Swamp: Getting Rid Of Tendon Pain In Pre-Season Hell

183

Only The Highest Jumpers Understand This Secret To Vertical Jump

184

You're Losing Inches On Your Vertical By Making These 3 Mistakes

185

Max Strength Isn't Your Vertical Jump Deficit

186

How To Train Your Hamstrings To Jump Higher

187

Left Leg vs Right Leg Strength Differences In Jumping

188

THP213: Special Endurance 2 For ELASTICITY

189

THP212: Bill Russel Elastic Vs. Wilt Chamberlain Power

190

THP211: USSR High Jump Training

191

THP210: Why Being Bulletproof Is A Myth

192

THP209: Isaiah Tries To Break The High Jump World Record

193

THP208: Tempo Running To Jump Higher

194

THP207: Isaiah Is Trying High Jump Friday

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THP206: What To Do When You Don't Jump Higher During A Deload

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THP 205: We Did ATG Split Squats Today

197

THP204: Isaiah Rivera Tells Donovan Hawkins How To Take His Crown

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THP203: How Strong Do You Have To Be For A 40in Vertical

199

THP202: Intensity Vs. Volume

200

THP201: How To Make Your Tendons More Elastic

201

THP200: How To Get An IRL 2k Slasher Build

202

THP199: Why One Set Of Squats At 400kg Is Sufficient

203

THP198: Will Isaiah Break The World Record Next Week?

204

THP197: Myth Busting Muscle Building (To Jump Higher)

205

THP 196: How Jump Training Has Changed Over The Years

206

THP195: Donovan Just Hit The Highest Flight Time Ever

207

THP194: Isaiah Espinoza Was In The Air For A Full Second

208

THP193: Why You Shouldn't (Or Should) Train Your Vertical For Basketball

209

THP192: How Do You Start Jump Training With No Equipment

210

THP191: The Three Best Exercises For One Foot Jumping

211

THP188: Training Law Of Individuality

212

THP187: Should Sprinting Be In Your Training

213

THP186: Why Isaiah's 0.973 Jump Makes No Sense

214

THP 185: What's The Difference Between An Eccentric Vs. Concentric Jumper

215

THP 184: Someone Almost Broke Isaiah's Record Today

216

THP183: How Long Should Your Sessions Be For Max Vertical Gains

217

THP182: Isaiah Is The Best Dunker In The World Again

218

THP181: 3 Things We Learned About Jumping In 12 Months

219

THP180: Shooting The Sh*t While Zay Is At All Star Weekend

220

THP179: Plyometrics DON'T TRAIN Your Tendons

221

THP177: What The Highest Jumper Did To Perfect His Jump Technique

222

THP176: Does Having Bad Tendons Mean You Will Never Be Athletic

223

THP175: How Much Should You Jump At Each Age

224

THP174: Results Of The Last 6 Months Of Training Isaiah

225

THP173: Can I Replicate What It Feels Like To Jump 50 Inches To Jump Higher

226

THP172: What To Do Be A Freak Athlete For Basketball

227

THP 171: Knee Pain Guide + John Crashes Out

228

THP170: Austin Is BACK (46 Inch Vertical?)

229

THP169: Highest Jumper Flys Against All Odds

230

THP168: Is Jumping As Much Genetics As We Think?

231

THP167: How Strong Is Strong Enough?

232

THP166: How To Fix Low Jump Days

233

THP165: New WEIGHTED Plyo To Jump Higher?

234

THP164: Best Training System To Jump Higher Off 1 AND 2

235

THP163: Should You STOP Doing Isometrics

236

THP 162: Does "Fancy" ACTUALLY Work?

237

THP161: How Often Should You Train HARD To Jump Higher

238

THP160: Why Every Other Jump Program Is Worse Than THP

239

THP159: Does Ground Contact Time Predict Your Jump Height?

240

THP158: This Is MORE Important Than Any Jump Exercise

241

THP 157: How To Turn Your Tendon Into A Spring

242

THP 156: Why Not Just Squat And Clean To Jump Higher?

243

THP155: 5 Training Tips To Jump Higher This Year

244

THP 153: Train BEYOND Failure To Jump Higher

245

THP152: Do You Need To Lift To Jump Your Highest

246

THP151: Will I Tear My Achilles Doing Jump Training

247

THP150: Jump Exercises To Get Isaiah Rivera To A 51 Inch Vertical

248

THP 149: What If I Don't Have A Hoop Or Low Rim

249

THP148: Which Type Of Lifting Makes You Jump Higher

250

THP147: F*ck The Haters

251

THP146: Isaiah Hit The Hardest Dunk Ever After This Podcast

252

THP 145: How Confidence Affects Your Jumping

253

THP144: Is The Highest Jumper In The World On Steroids?

254

THP143: How To BUST Through Plateaus

255

THP142: How To Decide What Type Of Jump Training To Do

256

THP141: Two Of The Highest Jumpers Talk About Their Training Ft. Donovan Hawkins

257

THP140: When Do The Full Olympic Lifts Make Sense To Jump Higher

258

THP139: How To Bounce Like A Deer

259

THP138: How To NOT Tear Your Achilles While Jump Training

260

THP137: Sets And Reps For VIOLENT Jump Training

261

THP136: Is Hip Thrust A Key To Jump Higher

262

THP 135: What Is The Scientifically Proven BEST Lift For Vertical Jump

263

THP 134: The Differences Between Mason Baker And Donovan Hawkins (Two Of The Best Dunkers In The World)

264

THP 133: Is Deadlift Worth Doing To Improve Your Vertical

265

THP132: 5 BEST Jump Exercises With 1 Huge Weakness

266

THP131: Who Jumps Higher 1ft Or 2ft

267

THP130: Should You Jump Everyday To Jump Higher

268

THP 129: How To Use Supra-Maximal Eccentrics To Train Your Tendon

269

THP127: How To Shred Your VMO Jumping

270

THP 126: Do Bigger Arms Help You Jump Higher

271

THP125: Does Sprinting Make You Jump Higher?

272

THP124: How To Jump Higher In Season + We Have A New Coach!

273

THP123: How To Never Get Hurt Again Jumping

274

THP122: How To Jump Higher In Ten Minutes Guranteed

275

THP121: Post Activation Potentiation DOESN'T Work?!

276

THP120: How To Use Intensity To Jump Higher

277

THP119: Why Power Cleans Sh*t On Hex Bar Jumps

278

THP119: How Do REAL Elite Athletes Train

279

THP118: How To Train Your Tendons To Become BOUNCY

280

THP 117: Are Plyos Good Or Bad

281

THP116: Why Body Builders Jump Higher Than Power Lifters

282

THP 115: Why The Highest Jumper Stopped Deep Squatting

283

THP114: How Should You Eat To Be More Explosive

284

THP 113: What Does The Perfect Jumping Athlete Look Like?

285

THP 112: 10 Penultimate Tips

286

Austin Is Switching To 2 Foot

287

FRESH TAKE ON Deep Squatting Vs. Quarter Squatting

288

Plyometrics For High Jump Verses Dunking

289

Research Deep Dive On Heavy Sow Resistance Training For Tendons

290

How Donovan Hawkins Became Arguably The Best Dunker

291

Heavy Slow Resistance Training

292

What Intangibles Do All Elite Athletes Have In-Common

293

You Can Get More Type II Fibers

294

What Is The THP Training Split?

295

Does THE MOST INTENSE PLYO Help The Highest Jumper?

296

Do One Foot Exercises Work For Jumping Higher?

297

Strength Standards Of TRULY FREAKY Athletes

298

How To Plan Training Using Specificity

299

How To Get Bigger Type II Fibers

300

How To Warm Up To Jump Higher

301

Why Isaiah Didn't Test 51 Inches At Dunk Camp

302

What Does The Highest Jumper In The World Eat?

303

What Is A "Freak Athlete"?

304

How High Would We Jump If We Had Never Touched A Weight?

305

Vertical Jump Training: The Four Laws Of Adaptation

306

Are you in pain or are you hurt?

307

The Largest Building Block In Periodization

308

Strength Vs. Power Vs. Speed Cycles

309

Are the hip flexors the secret muscle to athleticism??

310

Training the GLUTES to jump higher and be more explosive

311

How to train the hamstrings to jump higher

312

Biggest Mistakes We Ever Made

313

Speed Vs. Power Jumping OFF TWO FEET

314

What Is The Best Exercise For One Foot Vertical?

315

Q and A LIVE

316

nRSI: A Novel Way To Account For The Breaking Phase

317

What we've learned about the penultimate step in the last 10 years

318

How To Adjust Training For Knee Pain For Volleyball (in season)

319

How Austin and Isaiah Got Jacked

320

The Role Of Torque In Jumping And Training

321

Should You Sprint To Jump Higher?

322

The Five Steps For Getting Rid Of Knee Pain

323

Five Tips To Improve Your Penultimate Step

324

Why Plyos Are ACTUALLY Slow Concentric Contractions

325

A Scientific Approach to Training The Tibialis Anterior

326

How To Jump 6 Inches Higher In 7 Days

327

Do Weighted Vests Help?

328

THP Strength Standards

329

How To Train Your Tendons To Jump Higher

330

How Long Should Sessions Be For Vertical Jump Gains?

331

How To Get Better At Dunking (The Technical Aspect)

332

One foot jumping - what we've learned over 30 years of combined experience

333

The Truth About Jumping Higher

334

How to Jump Higher for Volleyball

335

How Important Is Deadlift For Jumping Higher?

336

Can Olympic Lifts Make You Jump Higher?

337

How To Get Stiffer Tendons

338

If impulse determines jump height, why not maximize time? Ep. 7

339

How To Jump Higher AND Stay Healthy

340

How Austin Got A 44+ Inch Vertical Off One Foot AND Two Foot

341

How Often Should You Jump?

342

How deep should you squat?

343

How To Become An Elastic Jumper

344

Why not just lift heavy and jump? Ep. 5

345

What THP would do differently if we knew now what we knew then

346

What happens when you get too strong?

347

Training that is TOO advanced

348

What is PFP (Patella Femoral Pain) and how do you fix it?

349

THPstrength Podcast: Are Chinese Dunkers Better Than Everyone Else?

350

How He Trained To Jump 27ft And Ankle Ending Injury: Daniel Bramble

351

Talking With One Of The Most Powerful Humans On The Planet

352

Is Hip Thrust The Best Exercise For Improving Your 1 And 2 Foot Vertical Leap

353

Should you deadlift if you want to improve your vertical?

354

How we increased our verticals by 8 inches

355

HOW ISAIAH TESTED A LEGIT 50.5 INCH VERT

356

World Class Long Jumper Shares Details About His JUMP TRAINING: Will Williams

357

Does Jordan Wesner Have The Longest Distance Dunk Ever?

358

This SUPER ATHLETIC 6'9" NBA Prospect Can GRAB The Top Of The Backboard! SZN3 EP3

359

How Austin Bourque Added 5 Inches To His Vertical Outside Of The Weight Room? SZN3 EP2

360

Season 3, EP1. How Deep Should You Squat To Jump Higher?

361

THP 36: Use Accentuated Eccentrics To Jump Higher

362

THP 35: Does Adding A Curve To An Approach Make You Jump Higher?

363

THP 34: Using the push-push to get more in game dunks

364

THP 33: Can You Jump Higher Off 1 Or 2 Feet?

365

THP 32: Interview With THP Athlete CJ (@cj_champion)

366

THP 31: Jump Higher With Your Arms

367

THP 30: Q&A #1

368

THP 29: Should You Jump Everyday?

369

THP 28: Interview With Isaiah Edwards

370

THP 27: Fixing Your Low Back Pain

371

THP 26: How Upper Body Training Affects Jump Training

372

THP 25: Transforming Your Athleticism with Travis Reynolds

373

THP 24: All About Sprint Mechanics

374

THP 23: How To Use Pain Scoring To Jump More

375

THP 22: Nutritional Strategies for Athletes with Chris Barakat

376

THP 21: When To Use Load Management

377

THP 20: How To Measure Training Intensity

378

THP 19: How To Dunk In 45 Days

379

THP 18: How To Progress With Bodyweight Exercises

380

THP 17: Matt Watson of Plus Plyos

381

THP 16: How Flexibility Impacts Athleticism

382

THP 15: Weightlifting to Maximize Athleticism

383

THP 14: High vs. Low Bar Squat to Jump Higher

384

THP 13: How to Properly Warm Up for Sport

385

THP 12: Does Tendon Stiffness Matter?

386

THP 11: Plyometrics Deep Dive Pt. 2

387

THP 10: Plyometrics Deep Dive Pt. 1

388

THP 9: Can You Maximize Athleticism On A Vegetarian Or Vegan Diet

389

THP 8: How Important is Squatting for Vertical Jump?

390

THP 7: Results of THP Training with @camydunks

391

THP 6: The Diet of a Pro Dunker

392

THP 5: Baseball Training with Dean Jackson of Driveline Baseball

393

THP 4: What Makes A Perfect Jumper?

394

THP 3: 5'7 Dunker Area 51 Shares His Advice On How To Jump High

395

THP 2: How This Olympic Hopeful Became Bigger And Stronger Than NFL RBs

396

THP 1: Penultimate Step Tips