High Tide Strength Club

Meet recap - Jake at 2026 USAPL The Fall Meet!

This was Jake and I’s first meet together and the biggest win from this prep was honestly how much things started clicking toward the end. Squat depth, balance and center-of-mass control were all improving week to week, and bench strength was trending stronger than it had all prep even with the shoulder issues we’ve been working through. In a lot of ways, we probably just needed a little more time for those changes to fully show themselves on meet day. Even so, Jake still came away with a squat PR, tied his deadlift PR, and still added to his total.

More importantly, we finished the prep with a much clearer picture of what works for him and what we want to build next. In the offseason we’ll be building up Jake’s work capacity with
higher volume and establishing a stronger foundation to build from. Really excited to see what happens when we give these improvements time to develop and address the gaps where we
need to.

Way more to come for the next meet for Jake, 500 isn’t going to squat itself! 🌊