Isaiah Rivera is a Puerto Rican professional dunker known as The Puerto Rican Airbender — and the co-founder of THP Strength, the jump-training company he runs with his own coach, John Evans.
Every number below is attributed to a named source — his own accounts, Wikipedia, or the DUNKMAN league's official athlete page. Nothing here is estimated.
The coaching business is THP Strength. The appearances go through his agency, ProDUNKER.
The THP Strength membership: a custom weekly plan built from “280+ training cycles”, daily coach access in a group chat where staff break down your jump and lift videos, and pain tracks for knee, achilles, shin and tendon issues. Entry is by application — a short form, then a 20-minute qualification call.
ApplyA structured six-week block run through the TeamBuildr app, entered with a refundable deposit. Complete every workout, submit start and end jump videos, gain at least two inches and post a public testimonial, and the deposit comes back as a refund or as store credit toward a coaching plan.
Read the termsTwo YouTube channels and a podcast, all free: @IsaiahRivera1 (372K subscribers) for his own training journey, and @thpstrength1 (16.6K subscribers) for daily coaching breakdowns with John Evans. The THPStrength podcast also runs on Apple Podcasts.
Where to find himIn his own words on his YouTube channel: he started working out to jump higher at 14, hit his first dunk at 16, entered his first professional dunk contest at 18, and at 19 nearly quit because of knee pain.
At 20 he met John Evans, the coach who got rid of that knee pain. At 21 he won his first international dunk contest. At 22 he tested a 48-inch vertical and started coaching full time. At 24 he tested the 50.5-inch vertical he is now known for.
He graduated from UCF with a degree in kinesiology and exercise science, moved in with Evans, and the two of them built THP Strength out of it.
I went from a 24 to a 50.5 inch vertical.
Pulled directly from his own Instagram, @isaiahrivera1.
