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Week 123

Monday - 08/01/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 10             >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                >> Bench dropped dammit.
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 1
225 x 5
225 x 3
225 x 1

ATG Squat
135 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 8                    >> 2min rest.
80's x 8

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 4
275 x 2
315 x 1
385 x 3

Seated Calf Raises
135 x 5              >> 45sec rests.
150 x 6
150 x 5
150 x 4

Machine Calf Raises Non-Stop
495 x 20 PR               >> 45sec rests.
495 x 15 PR
495 x 10 PR

-= Study Log =-

Textbook #1
Read chapter 4 of 21

Real Test Questions
Learned 30 cards (130/2,300)

Played ball. Playoff game. Went for 25min instead of the 10min I planned since we needed to win. Other team only had 4 players. We still lost lmao, even though we beat them in the regular season and led for the whole game. I kinda played like crap. Fell and banged both my knees on the floor twice. Was too tired to lift properly afterward. Terrible charlie horse in my hamstring later that night... was dehydrated and didn't realize.

Read a chapter but didn't make cards for it yet dammit. Bumping up the test questions learned per day from 20 to 30. It's manageable.

Week 122

Friday - 07/29/16

-= Study Log =-

Real Test Questions
Learned 20 cards (60/2,300)

Week 122

Saturday - 07/30/16

-= Study Log =-

Real Test Questions
Learned 20 cards (80/2,300)

Week 122

Sunday - 07/31/16

-= Study Log =-

Real Test Questions
Learned 20 cards (100/2,300)

Had the interview...

Killed it. They'l have an answer for me next week.

Lifted yesterday but too lazy to update right now.

Week 122

Wednesday - 07/27/16

-= Study Log =-

Textbook #1
Finished chapter 1 of 21
Finished chapter 2 of 21

Review Questions
Chapter 1 (44 cards)
Chapter 2 (34 cards)

Real Test Questions
Learned 20 cards (20/2,300)

Plan to finish chapter 2 today as well.  Making review questions for myself at the end of every chapter. I review these continuosly every day based on spaced repetition. Also learning real test questions from a selection of over 2k. I plan to learn over 2k over the next 70 days. I'll be ramping up the number on cards learned per day from 20 to 50+ after i finish the textbook.

Review questions on chapters only include things I wasn't already comfortable with already. Some of it seems obvious, like the question "what is data privacy?" But it's not so obvious if you knew that there are also the concepts of data concealment, seclusion, confidentiality, in addition to privacy... it's more because I don't know how to specifically differentiate between them.

I will also start writing down how many of the test questions I get correct on first try as I'm learning them. It'll be nice to see an upward trend as I learn more from the textbook. Passing on the real exam is 70%. Hopefully I'll be getting consistent 85% and up on these after I finish the textbook.

Week 122

Tuesday - 07/26/16

-= Workout Log =-

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+25lbs x 4                         >> Just felt like trying this out lol... I'll stick with it actually...
+50lbs x 2
+90lbs x 3 PR
+90lbs x 1 PR
+90lbs x 1 PR

Lateral Raises
35's x 5                    >> 60sec rest.
45's x 3
50's x 8
45's x 8

Seated Cable Rows
220 x 5
240 x 1
260 x 1
240 x 5

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
45's x 3
50's x 6

Negative Dragon Flags
10

Another de-load. Feeling overworked right now and behind on sleep. Gotta read a chapter tonight. I'm typing this at 11:20pm, going to read for about an hour, and wake up at 6:40 for physical therapy :/

Will have a crazy busy weekend too. Can't wait for next week to get here so I can relax and study properly.

Week 122

Monday - 07/26/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 12
135 x 8
185 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1

Bench Press
45 x 10             >> 2min rests.
95 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
235 x 4

My squat form changed. Now that my quads have gotten weaker, my glutes got relatively stronger. In addition, I've been doing lots of glute activation work plus lunges. So that increases the strength ratio of glutes:quads even more.

End result: i naturally squat with a wider stance, with knees way out as well. Can go full ATG this way with zero pain in knee! I've wanted to become glute dominant for a while now but never really put work for it, so at least now I'm forced to.

Had a really tough day and just couldn't bring myself to lift more.

^ definitely get some footage!

failed my ITIL-Foundation cert exam this morning by a single question

 

if i had finished watching the last 40min video of studying for the exam, i would have passed. or if i just checked over my questions, i probably would have passed. the exam seemed very easy. i knew i got several things wrong, but thought i had more than enough correct answers to just continue (passing = 65%, or 26/40 questions)

ah whatever, taking it again tuesday morning. just annoyed that i spent $223 to learn a lesson about not taking exams so lightly. also annoyed because i wanted to get a head start on my CISSP studying this weekend. instead i have to study ITIL-Foundatino more