Jacob Youn on Dunking vs Powerlifting, Lucid Dreaming Dunk Sessions, and How to Land an Elbow Dunk

The From The Jump Podcast

Nick Ozuna

March 8, 20251 hr 1 min
Basketball

Jacob Youn on Dunking vs Powerlifting, Lucid Dreaming Dunk Sessions, and How to Land an Elbow Dunk

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Episode Notes

Welcome back to the From the Jump Podcast. Today I sat down with Jacob Youn who is a well known 5'8 Dunker/Powerlifter in the community, and we had a great conversation about objectivity in both Weightlifting and dunking, Lucid Dreaming Dunk Sessions, and even stuff like how to properly land an Elbow Dunk. Thanks for listening and I hope y'all enjoy.

0:00 Intro

1:20 Journey to Dunking

8:09 Low Rimming is Game Changing

9:25 Lucid Dream Dunking

11:28 The Power of the Thought

14:52 Weightlifting is a No BS Sport

19:35 Lifting Numbers

24:55 Lifting Weights Will Level Up Your Vert

29:22 Goals for Dunking and Weightlifting

32:09 Dunking is a Sport Full of Injuries

37:43 Jacob vs. Dylan H in Low Rim

38:51 Dunking With Your Elbow

45:25 The Biggest Thing That Increase Your Bounce

47:27 Meeting Jacob for the First Time

48:14 Dunking in the Olympics