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Week 125

Friday - 08/26/16

-= Workout Log =-

Seated Cable Rows
195 x 5                     >> 2min rests.
225 x 3
255 x 1
240 x 8
240 x 5
220 x 8
220 x 5
220 x 4

Lateral Raises
35's x 5                    >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3                    >> This may be inaccurate, don't remember it all.
50's x 10
45's x 12
45's x 8
40's x 6
40's x 10

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+30lbs x 3              >> I've done 75x8 before so idk what happened here.
+50lbs x 2               >> I think I'll just stick to really heavy 90lb sets twice a week.
+70lbs x 5

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
40's x 3                   >> 60sec rests.
45's x 12              >> This may be inaccurate too.
45's x 6
45's x 5
40's x 8
40's x 6

Negative Dragon Flags
8               >> 60sec rests.
6                 >> Got even better at these still.
5

Not keeping a strict study log from here on out. Ended up memorizing the cards from the last two chapters of my textbook.

Week 125

Wednesday - 08/24/16

-= Study Log =-

Cybrary Video Course
CISSP Module 6 of 9 finished
CISSP Module 7 of 9 started

Real Test Questions
Learned 225 cards (75 remain)

Week 125

Monday - 08/22/16

-= Workout Log =-

-= Study Log =-

Cybrary Video Course
CISSP Module 3 of 9 finished

Real Test Questions
Learned 173 cards (441 remain)

Will lift and update later.

edit: didn't lift will have to make it up

Week 124

Friday - 08/19/16

-= Workout Log =-

Weighted Pull Ups
BW x 5
+30lbs x 3
+60lbs x 10 PR

Lateral Raises
40's x 5               >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3
50's x 8
45's x 12
45's x 8

one hour break

ATG Squat
135 x 12         >> Will go for x6, then go up 5lbs per week I guess.
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 5

DB Lunges
65's x 8/leg PR

Romanian Deadlifts
225 x 5           >> Felt like loading up 4 plates, why not?
315 x 1
405 x 3 PR

Seated Calf Raises
135 x 5               >> 45sec rests.
150 x 8 PR
150 x 5
135 x 8

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 5             >> 45sec rests.
545 x 10 PR
545 x 8 PR
545 x 5 PR

Negative Dragon Flags
5            >> 60sec rests.
5            >> Still getting better at these. Should record them again.
5            >> I can now do a couple reps after resting at the bottom and slight cheating.

Bent over DB Rear Delt Flyes
30's x 15              >> Should have used 40's.


-= Study Log =-

Cybrary Video Course
CISSP Module 1 of 9 finished

Real Test Questions
Learned 237 cards (600/1,314)

Workout felt pretty good.

Also feels good to have a much lightened study load. Just watching vids and making a final deck of notecards that I'll learn when I finish the video series (around Thursday). It'll have notes from the vids plus all the other areas I'm weak in that I listed in my previous post. I'll have like 5 days to study it all, which is more than enough.

So right now I'm just memorizing the test questions that I got wrong (or got right by guessing). Can do this pretty quickly with the phone app.

Oh and that job that I wanted at Stroz Friedberg? Turns out my professor who's writing me a letter of recommendation published a paper with friedberg himself lmao. Hope I get it. Won't know for a couple months though.

Week 124

Wednesday - 08/17/16

-= Study Log =-

Review Questions

Real Practice Tests
Today: 839/1,170 Correct (71.7%)
Total: 1,190/1,670 Correct (71.2%)

Whew. That's a lot. New test questions were posted so I wanted to go overboard today and still not have as much to do tomorrow. Now I "only" have 545 questions to do tomorrow! It'll seem like cake in comparison to the 1,170 I did today. Literally studied for 10+ hours today. That also includes the cards that are coming up for review on myspaced repetition app lol. I still have to memorize the cards for the last chapter of my book, btw. I'll do it next week... got no time for that right now.

Week 124

Tuesday - 08/16/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 12         >> Had 315x5 in me but too lazy.
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 3

Lateral Raises
40's x 5               >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3
50's x 8
45's x 12
45's x 8

DB Lunges
65's x 6/leg PR

Weighted Pull Ups
BW x 5
+25lbs x 3
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 1
+90lbs x 3

Romanian Deadlifts
225 x 5
315 x 1
395 x 5 PR

Seated Calf Raises
135 x 5
150 x 6

Seated Cable Rows
200 x 5
220 x 3
240 x 5

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 5
545 x 8 PR

Negative Dragon Flags
7

Back Extension Rear Delt W Flyes
45's x 8


-= Study Log =-

Review Questions

Real Practice Test
Today: 351/500 Correct (70.2%)
Total: 351/500 Correct (70.2%)

Did just a couple sets of everything in this workout. No way I was going to do 3 sets of everything lol.

Studying... did a 250 question test and then I realize the test was a bit outdated. Got 79%.

Then did a 500 question test with up to date questions... 71.8%. Not good, really. ~70% is passing (can't really tell since some questions are weighted more). Some sections I SUCKED in. Seems like the book barely covered them at all. Book literally even said at times "but that's beyond the scope of the exam" and what do you know, it was on the exam. This is why everyone says you can't rely on a single source of information for this exam.

I have 1,570 updated questions more to do. Turning the ones I get wrong into notecards and committing them to memory starting Friday... looking to bang out all 1,570 in these next two days. Then have a nice weekend at the beach. Then watch videos starting on Monday while constantly reviewing hundreds of cards lmao.

I've already scheduled the exam for September 1st!

^ ha that would be cool. i would have lost a lot of stuff from my net+ and ITIL-F certs... the Sec+ cert stuff is still fresh in my head as the CISSP just expands on it. I haven't been keeping up with my net+ or ITIL-F cards. screw that, especially net+, i hated that one. hated the networking topics in the CISSP textbook as well, though it wasn't nearly as deep.

However i plan to continuously review my CISSP cards long after i pass the exam until I get a good job. Reason being is that I'm learning all this stuff not just to have the credential, but to actually LEARN. I will kill it at interviews for entry level positions with my breadth of knowledge. that job i almost got at the bank? Half of the stuff they asked me i learned from sec+, the rest from my master's degree!

In total I've made over 900 cards for this CISSP textbook lol. also this cert covers lots of information that my courses in my final semester this september will cover (lots of stuff on risk management, incident response, intrusion detection)




Next steps:

- memorize the final chapter tomorrow
- do ~200 real test questions a day and score myself
- put all the questions i get wrong in a deck and memorize them
- After about 5 days of this, complete the cybrary CISSP video course. 2hrs a day for 7 days.
- Sit the exam at the start of september if i feel ready. if i don't, i'll read a whole other textbook and take the exam at the start of october.