a good deadlift base and then turning that into cleans for power (I only do clean pulls though. no catch). totally transformed my vert by getting my core involved.

I stopped doing deadlift for a bit due to knee and ankle injuries from playing competitive ball. Then I started having back pain now LOL Guess the pain made me wince whenever I try perform movement and cause my form to detoriate, whether it be lifting, jumping or running etc..#truesstory Gotta get back into it, work on the weakest link and start power cleans.

If you don’t want lower back pain don’t deadlift

yup if u workout and have a strong back and core u honestly will get rid of most back pain and problems in ur legs/back

You probably have back pain from the weak core or your abdomen is just heavy compared to your back that's why it's pulling forward. Same pain pregnant women experience when they are at 6-9months.

Holy shit

I know front squats are tough. Man is a legend

Same here

Should’ve been lifting during the season too. Can’t only lift in the off season

@@bendunksdpt fr , some people think you only gotta lift a few months outta the year and expect to keep that strength 🤣

don't stomp your growth, though, this way, I say. use moderate weights only. overall, calistenics might be better till one reaches a certain age, I think, - about 18 )

@@yehor_ivanov you realize that’s a myth right lol weightlifting has been proven time and time again to potential help growth since heavy weights elicits a huge hormonal response and boosts testosterone which will cause growth

This is the most important thing for jumping. It’s not about the numbers, but the numbers relative to your bodyweight.

@@sirkiz1181 like the stronger you are and the lighter you are the higher you jump right? Cause I used to jump pretty high and ive kept about the same lower body strength if not a little more but I’m probably 30-40 pounds heavier. My workouts now are probably not as explosive as they were either which could play a part in different types of leg strength maybe?

@@iamjstew___4473 Yes at the end of the day it’s a physics problem. If a 200 kg man can squat 500 kg, that’s 2.5 times more than he weighs. But if a 150 kg man squats 450 kg that’s less, but more when compared to his body weight, 3x bodyweight. So he would most likely jump quite a bit higher.

Too much non explosive weight lifting can transition your explosive twitch muscle fibers to regular fast twitch.

@@sirkiz1181 There’s more to it too. I feel like I’m pretty weak relative to my vertical jump. I’m 160lbs and only squat about 220lb and front squat 195. Deadlifts about 385, which is comparatively a lot better. But I feel like my squats very low for a 31 inch vertical.

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I have goosebump just thinking about it

You must be kidding. Nutrition has little to do with jumping high. Although it does have a lot to do with building muscle, even big bulky muscle will slow you down and hold that max vert down. Simple short answer is be thin and do a lot of explosive movements such as olympic lifts and plyometric training. Just look around, what do all the pro dunkers and NBA players body shapes look like? Not too many, if any, butter boys or Arnold's out there. Karl Malone was the most muscular NBA player ever and he had no hops.

@@TheJackOfAllTrades777 this is some solid advice!

Some 100 meter sprinters have a bulky ish build. Tyreke hill is explosive as hell. But yeah, too much strength work and hypertrophy will slow down ultra explosive people.

using hookgrip

His arm width also seems sub optimal. Maybe he’s more comfortable with a wider grip but if gripped right next to legs he might save an inch of motion.

Hex bars are really good for hex bars jump. Velocity hex bar deadlifts are also very beneficial for your vertical. Do like 6 sets of 2 reps of hex bar deadlifts and add weight each set

That's absolutely hook grip

Hook grip. That's not an insult, just the technique he's using

@@wilfordbrimley6938 Probably right ✅️ That's tough

From what I’ve seen specifically in 2 foot jumpers, getting stronger almost always helps. The exception are guys that are at an elite level of strength that have lifted for 10-15+ years and don’t have a lot of jumping experience

I was wondering the same thing but, just my thoughts, if you were to only do heavy lifts and not consistently have jumping workouts as well you wouldn’t see much of an increase in your vertical. Isaiah does a lot of jumping as we see lol so the combination of training heavy and jumping consistently shows the biggest results.

Thanks fam 🙏🏾. Since THP also does power cleans as well as some depth jumps, sprints, and of course 🔥 dunk sessions, seems like that combo works both, more emphasis on max strength but also working that nervous system/rate of force development.

@@shakenbacon-vm4eu people forget that jumping/dunking in its self is a power exercise. If your jumping/dunking, sprinting , lifting heavy, and Olympic lifting you WILL jump higher, even for one foot jumpers. I don’t agree with people when they say lifting heavy makes you slow or jump lower. If your doing all the other things I mentioned in combination with lifting heavy you will jump higher. Look at NFL players even heavy lineman dunk with ease. After all jumping is a power exercise and force(strength) x velocity(speed) =power (jumping higher) people who dunk without ever touching weights do so because when you apply force over repeated bouts of efforts and sessions for long periods of time you can jump higher as well, but it’s not the most effective way to increase vert. (Vertical jump training with weights is the fastest route)

Yeah we do hex bar deadlifts as well, will probably focus on it as some point in the next few months

He does hook grip

I use a hook grip, which can be just as good as mixed grip if you’re willing to put in the time to learn it

@@IsaiahRivera1 hook grip is just both hands facing forward and not loosing ur form?

@@IsaiahRivera1 wait no, hook grip is like ur thumb locked in with all ur fingers but it’s like front grip?

1. Low rim dunking 2. Low rim dunking 3. Low rim dunking

@@IsaiahRivera1 damn

@@IsaiahRivera1 damn does it really help that much??

No belt even

I max out only once every couple of months

Try to doing McGill big 3 first and learning to RDL and hip thrust without pain first

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