[Kate Collins]

Jade the changes the past couple of weeks have been insane!! Your waist has just absolutely disappeared!
You and Kuba have done an amazing job- your physique is so balanced and beautiful. You look so healthy and not tired at all.
So excited to see you hit the stage later this year 🙂

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Good afternoon 🙂

I feel like saying “Dear Diary…” haha

Anywho- MY NEW WEIGHTS PLATES CAME YESTERDAY! Honestly, was feeling pretty shit yesterday. Digestion was shocking, and when that happens I just feel miserable, physically and mentally.

Oh- and my Supplements Needs order came too! I got the new JPre Stim and Pump as a wee gift to myself and I also got Join In again. MY LIFE SAVER <3 And a tub of the supplement needs vanilla iso whey. Waiting to taste test. I had run out of my TrainedByJP Whey which seems to be the only one that agrees with my stock and have been relying on Optimum Nutrition whey which is ABSOLUTE TRASH. I’m literally through that sh!t in the bin. I’d say that’s what’s causing my digestive issues too 🙁 I was in such bad form Thursday, despite a really good check in with Corinne. So much so that I didn’t even want to train- mainly because of my digestive issues.

BUT- I got home from work and started unpacking all the things. Mood completely flipped. My plates are SO PRETTY. And I had an excellent training session.
Upper body B Rotation 2 as now I have enough weights and equipment to do this session in my own garage gym. Something I’m actually quite proud of.

Banded Chins x8-10, x12-15
Strict BB Back Rows x10, x8 – I went a little crazy here as per NEW PLATES (can you tell how excited I still am). So we did, 100kg x13, 110kg x10, 115kg x8, 120 x5!
Banded Mid Back Row RP
SA DB Row x20 (45kg x21 ps)
Stretch
DB Lateral Raise x12-15, x12-15
BB OHP 50kg x10, 45kg x14
Tricep Dips x20 (x26)
SA Lateral Raise with bungee bands x15/15, x15/15
SA Banded Pushdowns x26/26
Prone DB Rear Delt 12.5kg x25
Abs x3

Was very happy with this session. Came out of it feeling super happy and accomplished.

THE SUN WAS AMAZING

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Good morning and what a beautiful morning it is. And yesterday too! Day 28 of this Push Up phase.

The heat was cruel in the garage yesterday evening and the sweat was pouring off me haha.

So yesterday evening I trained Lower with the new variations/set up sent by Corinne. The safety bar is scrapped as I was totally breaking down. Was hitting depth alright but it wasn’t serving me any purpose in terms of muscular growth. The sets were starting to look like dog crap.
Honestly my body is battered right now- my hips, glutes, back and shoulders (LOL my entire body) needs some work done to it. I’m in bad need of a sports massage to relieve all the pain I’m currently in. But when that will be – I don’t know.

So anyways, yesterday Lower session went as follows, i.e, The New Set Up:
LLC x8-10, x12-15 (35kg x8, 32.5kg x12)
Paused BB Squat x9-10, x7-8, x12-13 (100kg x9, 105kg x8, 92.5kg x12)
DB Split Squat x9-10 (40kg x15 ps)
Paused Sissys holding DBs x20-25 double rest pause. (25kg DBs x20, x8, x6) [my lower back was SCREAMING at me at this stage]
Paused SLDL toes raised x10-12, x10-12 (100kg x10, 105kg x8) [Again, lower back screaming]
Glute extension x15-20, x15-20
SL Leg Extension double rest pause (22.5kg x17, x10, x8)
Abs weighted crunches x 2sets
SL Paused Calves x2sets

Quite sore this morning, in a good way. But lower back is still an issue. Will have to try figure something out for this.

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Happy Monday ????
So I’ve been feeling just generally un well the last two weeks, especially the past week and I just could put my finger on it. Because I had changed nothing- in terms of diet, medicine, training, etc. And its been getting to me mentally more so than anything because when I feel unwell physically, it just totally messes with me mentally.
Anyways, I was doing my few bits of grocery shopping Saturday after my lower session (which went OK- not great…) Picked up my usual mustard and as I always do, just instinctively now (as I have coeliac disease and pretty bad IBS) and saw that the ingredients label on my favourite mustard, that I HAVE BEEN USING for the last 2 WEEKS now has WHEAT FLOUR in it.
No wonder I’ve been feeling like absolute shit. And its been all my usual symptoms of when I get poisoned with gluten- I should have realized. Brain fog, major water retention, drowsiness, headaches, extra sore joints, skin problems/irritation, not to mention all the bloating, distention, irregular bowel movements. I get super weak in my sessions and can’t connect at all with any movements. Which had been happening, but to a greater extent this weekend.
All of the above had been affecting my sessions without me really realizing the past week or so and now I know why.
Its just super frustrating when you are trying to do everything 100% right and then something so small like this impacts so greatly on my performance and look.
Anyways, now I know. And I can start to feel better sooner rather than later.
So with my session not being as great as I wanted it to be, I threw on my squat shoes and said “HEAVY SINGLES SOUND LIKE A GREAT IDEA”. lol. I was caught for time also as I was training at my friend’s garage gym, so I had like 60 seconds rest between the following, after doing 115kg x11 on the safety bar squat:
110kg
115kg
120kg – all time PB ???? could have been a touch deeper but with how shit I was feeling I’m very happy :’)

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@katiecshallbe_

Sorry to hear that Katie hope you’re feeling better right know !?

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Morning Lara ☺️ I’m doing much better now- thank you! A lot of the symptoms have subsided. Just still feeling quite fatigued but that might be due me needed a deload week soon.

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Wow Sam, what a roller coaster of 2020 its been for you so far this year.

I had read your log from when Ireland went into full lockdown and work was quiet- so happy to see you’re back on here.

Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙂

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

I need to stop being so hard on my self during this push up phase. I keep talking negatively to myself about my condition- but when I look back now at these check in photos from Sunday morning I need to tell myself to stfu ????

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

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@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Happy Monday 🙂

So I’ve been feeling just generally un well the last two weeks, especially the past week and I just could put my finger on it. Because I had changed nothing- in terms of diet, medicine, training, etc. And its been getting to me mentally more so than anything because when I feel unwell physically, it just totally messes with me mentally.

Anyways, I was doing my few bits of grocery shopping Saturday after my lower session (which went OK- not great…) Picked up my usual mustard and as I always do, just instinctively now (as I have coeliac disease and pretty bad IBS) and saw that the ingredients label on my favourite mustard, that I HAVE BEEN USING for the last 2 WEEKS now has WHEAT FLOUR in it.

No wonder I’ve been feeling like absolute shit. And its been all my usual symptoms of when I get poisoned with gluten- I should have realized. Brain fog, major water retention, drowsiness, headaches, extra sore joints, skin problems/irritation, not to mention all the bloating, distention, irregular bowel movements. I get super weak in my sessions and can’t connect at all with any movements. Which had been happening, but to a greater extent this weekend.

All of the above had been affecting my sessions without me really realizing the past week or so and now I know why.

Its just super frustrating when you are trying to do everything 100% right and then something so small like this impacts so greatly on my performance and look.

Anyways, now I know. And I can start to feel better sooner rather than later.

So with my session not being as great as I wanted it to be, I threw on my squat shoes and said “HEAVY SINGLES SOUND LIKE A GREAT IDEA”. lol. I was caught for time also as I was training at my friend’s garage gym, so I had like 60 seconds rest between the following, after doing 115kg x11 on the safety bar squat:
110kg
115kg
120kg – all time PB 😀 could have been a touch deeper but with how shit I was feeling I’m very happy :’)

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

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@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

So recap of yesterday evenings Full Body training session. In what can only be described as a storm/hurricane! Had to turn on the lights in the garage and shut the doors as the wind and rain were pelting in and felt like the roof was going to be blown off haha

Its getting to the point now that I’m getting extremely anxious about my logbook again. Nightmares about it. Anxiety all day thinking about it. Honestly felt like crying going into this session as I was so scared. lol.

And I was still extremely sore from Tuesdays session- my lats and triceps felt like they were hanging on by a thread.

BUT- Progression was achieved in a exercises 😀
My BB Pause Squat was what was scaring me most. 95kg x 15, 105 x 10 last week. Pause wasn’t great last week I’ll admit, as I find myself rushing the set due to being scared/anxious. But last night made the conscious effort to slow down the eccentric and actually pause at the bottom of the rep.
Got 97.5kg x15 , 105kg x11. Happy bean 🙂

Was quite fatigued again by the end of the session but again, I understand that as these sessions are nearly 3 hours long.

Still awaiting plates from Mac Muscles I ordered 2 weeks ago 🙁 hoping they get here soon, because I can’t get more than 105kg load with my York plates :/

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Check in day today 🙂

No changes to plan. Still pretty sore from Tuesday.

Fullbody today. Excited 🙂

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Corinne, may I ask a question re: diet and you and Jordans devolume phases?
Do you reduce caloric intake slightly for devolume/deload phases or keep the same, as a reduction in caloric intake would defeat the purpose of doing the devolume/deload phase?

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

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@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

So yesterday saw another training session in my home garage gym set up. Tuesday and Thursdays are my full body days, but after doing my lower session on Sunday instead of Saturday, my legs weren’t fully recovered on Tuesday. Plus, I’d be short a nights sleep if I loaded legs again on Tuesday. So I trained Upper B of my Lower/Upper program, as it suited with what equipment and load I have. It went really well! In the past I would have just trained legs again as I didn’t know any better, but since joining this sight nearly 9 months ago, I’ve learned so much, just by reading, asking questions and the education section on top of it also. 🙂

Session went as follows. Made adjustments to some movements due to spotters/bench etc:

Banded Chins x8-10, x12-15
Strict BB Row x10, x8 (3 sec eccentric) (95kg x15, 105kg x12)
Mid Back Row RP x25, x16, x12 (Did a rest pause here as I used a heavy band, an EZ bar and an under hand grip)
SA Lat Row DB x20 each side (40kg x25 per side)
STRETCH
SA DB Lat Raises x12-15, x12-15
BB Push Press x8-10, x12-15 (50kg x9, 45kg x12– tried to keep these as strict as possible to standardize form)
Dips x20 (x25)
SA Banded Lateral Raises x8-10 ( Saw the bungee bands that Clare Barks has and I had to get myself a set- worked a treat!)
SA Banded Pushdown x15-20 (x25 per side) (These burned like hell!)
DB Prone Rear Delts x15-20 (10kg x25)
STRETCH
ABS x 3 Hanging Leg Raises

Session took just over two hours. This morning I am feeling the DOMS! Lats, triceps and delts are killing me but in a good way 😀

Check in tomorrow and it will be 19 weeks out mark 🙂

@katiecshallbe_

[Kate Collins]

Well- after an extra rest day yesterday I woke up feeling like I could take on the world this morning. And felt so excited to train.

Today I had to upgrade my pre workout oats bowel to behemoth of a Tupperware bowl ???? wins ????

And I’m just on my way home from the garage gym that I drive to- Trained lower body. And it was INSANE for me ???? progressed every lift in weight and /or reps ☺️

Highlights:

Lying leg curl- 31.25kg +band x9, 26.25kg x14 (up 1, up 3)

Safety Bar Squat- 107.5kg x13, 115kg x10!!!!

Pause BB SUMO Squat- 95kg x11, 100kg x10, 70kg x20 (these were horrid)
(Shoulder twinge hindered mobility under the bar)

BB hip thrusts- 160kg x11, 180kg x10 !!!! with 10sec iso hold last rep

Abductor xFP (up 2.5kg) set up on the cable machine.

Adductor – (up 2.5kg) again set up on cable machine

Abs- hanging leg raises x30,x25

I’m absolutely DEAD after this session.

Extremely happy with today’s session. 115kg was what I wanted going into this session. Getting closer and closer to my goal of 120kgx10 for this year ☺️ which I didn’t think I would hit at all with prepping for so long this year.

Hope everyone has had an incredible weekend ☺️????

@katiecshallbe_