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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 30, 2016, 08:34:00 am »
Week 143
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Thursday - 12/30/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20              >> 2min rest.
95 x 8                 >> Whatttttt.
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 6 PR
215 x 5

Pull Ups
BW x 5                      >> 2min rest.
+35bs x 3               >> Only 3 rep with full ROM dammit

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 10                      >> This was really hard for some reason.

Seated Cable Rows
205 x 5
220 x 3
240 x 1
260 x 4 PR

Really happy about my bench going up again. Estimated max is 285lbs, wow! I feel like a 315lb bench is finally going to be within reach one day. But we'll see lol.

I was very lazy this workout (yet PR'd) so I didn't do much. Throwing in lateral raises with lower body tomorrow.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 28, 2016, 09:22:22 am »
skipped lower body yesterday. utterly exhausted from not enough sleep. barely got out of bed after i came home from work. i have to be more disciplined with my sleep


 :(

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 27, 2016, 09:29:47 am »
Week 143
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Monday - 12/26/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20              >> 2min rest.
95 x 8                 >> I may be able to hit 245x6 next week based on how this felt!
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 5
215 x 8 PR

Seated Cable Rows
205 x 5                      >> 2min rest.
225 x 3
255 x 6
225 x 10

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 10                      >> 2min rest.

Pull Ups
BW x 5                      >> 2min rest.
+35bs x 3               >> Hit all 5 reps with full ROM!
+65lbs x 5

DB Lateral Raises
40's x 5                  >> These got even easier.
45's x 3
50's x 16

I was pretty damn lazy and a little sick, so I shortened the workout, yet I have been hitting PRs. This is great.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 27, 2016, 09:27:25 am »
Week 142
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Friday - 12/23/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 10             >> 3min rest.
135 x 5               >> Wasn't even that bad! Moving up to 365lbs next workout.
185 x 5
225 x 3
285 x 1
345 x 1
385 x 1
360 x 4

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 5
315 x 2
395 x 10 PR

Negative Dragon Flags
5

Didn't have much time... well, I did, but I got caught up in great conversation with a gym mate and didn't have time to do much ha. Also a little lazy.

Strength is going up!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 23, 2016, 08:46:54 am »
Week 142
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Thursday - 12/22/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20              >> 2min rest.
95 x 8                 >> Holy shit, finally a real bench PR! It's been so long!
135 x 5               >> No clue why the backup set was so hard lol.
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 5 PR
215 x 6

Seated Cable Rows
205 x 5                      >> 2min rest.
225 x 3
250 x 6
225 x 10

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 10                      >> 2min rest.
80's x 6

Pull Ups
BW x 5                      >> 2min rest.
+35bs x 3               >> 4 reps with good ROM this time.
+65lbs x 5
+15lbs x 9

Skipped tuesday's leg workout. Sleep deprived.

Skipped lateral raises today, will do them tomorrow (Friday).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 21, 2016, 12:50:52 am »
Thanks a ton!

Well, i was born and raised in NYC. I never needed a license ha! But EY required i get one to even apply for the job. I already had my permit for a while. I never even practiced parallel parking or K turns but i happily passed them on the test. Ive been wanting to have one for a while because why not, but thats really the reason i finally went for it.

And yep, the planning and execution was just like i do with my performance goals. It also really helps to post it publicly and have people check up on you.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: December 20, 2016, 02:57:29 pm »
^ Good to hear!

by the way, how do you feel with supersetting jumps with squats? does it make you more tired? Do you find it effective? how much do you rest between them?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 20, 2016, 02:46:58 pm »
 :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record:
Finished my master's degree
 :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record: :personal-record:


I had my last classes on sat and sun. submitted my final assignment last night.

then i went thru to check to see if any new grades came in... got an A in 2 of my classes this semester. waiting to hear from my 3rd class.

Went through some of my assignments because some grades came in, and i was curious to see what i got. Then i looked at the assignments i submitted, 2 powerpoints, and got very sad that it's all over. I really appreciated how this particular professor made us do a lot of presentations, and they were on topics that there were no "real" answers on, at all. He got us to realize that cybersecurity is a constantly evolving field, and that we have to be on the forefront. this means a lot of us are just making it up as we go along. i also really appreciated the simulations we did in class, under pressure. playing out scenarios. it gave us a real slap in the face about how wrong some things can go, and especially if you're not prepared. wonderful professor. he was making probably 200k a year at his fulltime job, yet comes to my uni to teach. clearly he likes doing it, and it certainly has had a very positive effect on us.

then i thought about my other professors and man, so many of them were just great. i would love to come back as a TA and eventually teach a class in this degree. that is definitely one of my goals.

All in all, this year I've been quite successful. started off at a job i really wanted to leave, making shit money. And then:

- started off at a job i really wanted to leave, making shit money
- got my network+
- got my security+
- got my ITIL-F
- had a nice period of unemployment where i got to enjoy life again and escape the 9-6 grind
- passed the CISSP exam
- learned excellent interview skills - this i am sure will help me in life
- got my driver's license
- got 4 job offers. one i'm working at now, and i'm leaving it for deloitte. deloitte is virtually doubling the salary of my property management job
- got my master's in cybersecurity with a 3.96GPA

I laid in bed and teared up a bit. I'm really going to miss going to class and even doing the assignments. My class was the shit too. Diverse, great group of classmates. We were a cohort, which meant we took all 10 classes together (well i had the 1st one waved). Sometimes we had some other people in our class, and at one point we had the choice of an elective so some of us split for just one class. We'll be meeting up for drinks next month at some point.

i'm going to miss this year. my ultimate goal was to get a well paying cybersec job, and i got just that. but forget about the goal... i think i enjoyed the journey more than i'll ever enjoy this goal. i'm very sad that my degree is over.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 20, 2016, 02:38:58 pm »
Week 142
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Monday - 12/19/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20              >> 2min rest.
95 x 8                 >> Both of these are PRs. But I did them at my friend's gym, where I always lift more.
135 x 5               >> 225x10 is pretty sick! Can't believe I'm able to do that now!
185 x 3
225 x 1
240 x 6
225 x 10

Seated Cable Rows
215 x 5                      >> 2min rest.
235 x 3
250 x 6
225 x 10

Pull Ups
BW x 5                      >> 2min rest.
+35bs x 3               >> Got only 3 reps with the ROM I wanted on the heavy set.
+65lbs x 5
BW x 10

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 10                      >> 2min rest.
80's x 6

DB Lateral Raises
40's x 5                    >> 60sec rest.
45's x 3
50's x 16
50's x 6

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 18, 2016, 09:26:50 am »
Week 141
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Saturday - 12/17/16

-= Workout Log =-

Standing Calf Raise Machine
495 x 3            >> 45sec rests.
570 x 10
570 x 8 PR
570 x 6 PR

Negative Dragon Flags
5                 >> 60sec rest.
5

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: The Leg Drain Thread
« on: December 17, 2016, 04:47:42 pm »
Only my glutes are sore today, not quads/hams/calves, so I'll see what i can do


I'm sure chris m will get back at me if he sees this post after what i posted in his log

 :ninja:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 17, 2016, 11:00:20 am »
Week 141
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Friday - 12/16/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 10             >> 3min rest.
135 x 5               >> Hit 10 reps! Moving up to 320lbs next.
185 x 5               >> Should be able to hit 360x4 in 3 workouts max.
225 x 3
285 x 1
345 x 1
385 x 1
360 x 3
315 x 10

DB Lunges
90's x 8/leg     >> Sloppy form this tmie.

Seated Calf Raises
185 x 5            >> 45sec rests.
255 x 8
235 x 10
235 x 8

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 5
315 x 2
405 x 1
390 x 10 PR

Got caught up with some good conversation with other lifters in the gym, so I didn't do my standing calf raises and abs. I'll do them tomorrow. The end result is I left the gym feeling refreshed and wanting to lift more. The same will probably happen tomorrow with my short workout :)

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 16, 2016, 04:27:09 pm »
Finishing up an 8,000 word paper over the next few days, IEEE style. Man, this has been a journey.

Already finished a 5,000 word paper IEEE style a couple of weeks ago and my professor wants to submit it for publication, so that's cool. I don't want to though. I don't think it's my best work at all, and being that it is a tutorial paper (I pull recent relevant research to talk about a topic - no experimenting or new ideas of my own) I feel like its too similar to the articles I pulled information from and I'll get flagged for plagiarizing or something once humans read it over and not bots. I certainly used another article for most of my... inspiration.


 :ninja:

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: The Leg Drain Thread
« on: December 16, 2016, 08:36:23 am »
Well if you feel an immediate difference and this takes no effort to do, I'll give it a try! Doing legs today, will be sore tomorrow and I'll try it.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: December 16, 2016, 08:32:13 am »
Week 141
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Thursday - 12/16/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20              >> 2min rest.
95 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
240 x 4
215 x 8

Pull Ups
BW x 5                      >> 2min rest.
+35bs x 3               >> Got only 4 reps with the ROM I wanted on the heavy set.
+65lbs x 5
+20lbs x 8

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 11                      >> 2min rest.
80's x 4                        >> Finally hit 11 reps here.

Seated Cable Rows
215 x 5                      >> 2min rest.
235 x 3
255 x 6 PR
215 x 11 PR

DB Lateral Raises
40's x 5                       >> 60sec rest.
45's x 3
50's x 16
50's x 5

Unilateral Chest Supported DB Rows
65's x 8/arm

Incline Rear Delt W Flyes
30's x 12

Machine Rear Delt Flyes
170 x 12
 120 x 8

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