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sitting for my ITIL-Foundation exam this Friday morning.

After that, was thinking of doing either CEH or SSCP. But during my interview with that bank, they asked my how my SSCP studying was going (it's considered the little brother to CISSP). i said great. they asked why i dont just go for the CISSP. i said i dont have the work experience. they said thats fine, just get the CISSP and you'll be put down as a "CISSP associate" and you get a 5 year span to get your required years of experience to be certified." i knew that already, but i didnt know that in the real world its still a great idea to pass the CISSP exam even if you are years of required experience away from being certified for it!

So i've decided to study for my CISSP next, the "gold standard" cert of information security! it's a 6hr, 250 multiple choice question exam. and i've decided to get it done before my school's career fair in october. yes im crazy. yes this means 3-4 hrs studying daily for 70 days in a row. yes im going to do it, fuck everything.


 


And the best part is, the guy who wrote the sec+ book i read (which was a GREAT book) co-authored one of the CISSP books, so i'll be reading that one while making questions for myself.

^ ha

cant tell if my knee is ever so slightly more swollen today from squatting yesterday. its masked by some VMO soreness right now. well, time will tell!

damn, my quads have atrophied. and my left quad is smaller than my right! its even SOFT when i flex it and push down on it with a finger! they used to be rock hard wtf!!!

def have to try squatting again tomorrow. even if i cant go atg i have to do something...

Week 120

Thursday - 07/14/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 10             >> 2min rests.
95 x 8               >> Wtf happened here? I hit 235x6 comfortably last time.
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 1
235 x 3
225 x 3
225 x 3

DB Step ups
50's x 5/leg             >> These are tougher than lunges. Left leg is weaker than right?!

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 12                    >> 2min rest.
80's x 5                   >> These are always strong even if bench is weak.

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 4
275 x 2
315 x 1
360 x 8

Seated Calf Raises
115 x 5              >> 45sec rests.
145 x 10 PR
145 x 5 PR
145 x 5 PR

S/L Machine Calf Raises
180 x 8/leg               >> 45sec rests.
180 x 8/leg PR
180 x 8/leg PR

Workout was good, except that I was very annoyed my bench was weak. No clue why. It just felt so heavy.
Interesting how my left leg was weaker on step ups than my right. It's always been the opposite


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went to physical therapy today (friday morning) and YES! the cure to my knee is: stretch hamstrings and rectus femoris, activate glutes and abductors. was pretty much 99% pain free after my session. i asked the pt WHY this is working, and he didn't really answer my question. I'll ask him again next time. I really would like to learn what the mechanism behind this stuff is by which it takes my pain away.

remember when i said lunges made my knee feel better afterward? it adds up with what worked today.

i also learned that i have dynamic valgus something. have to ask again. in addition, even if there is only a tiny bit of fluid in the knee, it has been shown in studies that it leads to an inhibition of the quad on that leg. that adds up with my left leg being weaker on step ups.

i should be back to squatting after next weak finally. I'll try some light basketball as well.

interview went great actually. certain i'll get a call back. but i dont think the CISO will hire me after he reviews my qualifications simply because i'm sure the other candidates have way more experience than me. the people that interviewed me are the 2 that i would be working with closely. they liked my personality a lot and whatnot, and that matters since we'll be working together daily. knocked the technical questions out of the ballpark except for a couple where I wasn't taught that stuff yet, but i thought out loud and they liked my thought process. the security+ cert gave me the knowledge to answer the tech questions. woo! i knew it would pay off!

what really helped me is the way i edited my resume to show all the security related stuff that i'm doing at my job. i also brought in 2 assignments to the interview (a pentest on a virtual machine, and a case study on the sony breach) and they ate it up. Especially the case study. the assistant VP was looking over it saying "yep, this is exactly what we are going to have to be doing pretty soon."

on the other hand, the CISO won't be working closely with me, so he'll probably care more about "does this guy have the experience or not?"



overall, great interview experience and I know how to highlight my skills for my next ones.

eh, i think you should ask for $65K. if they want you but don't want to pay you that much they'll counteroffer. if they don't want you, it doesn't matter how much you ask for.

that's a good point. i noticed the job posting was taken down, which means they've already narrowed down their candidates to me and some others. I asked the HR guy for the job posting and he sent me one that seems to be for a senior info sec analyst position by accident. emailed them back to confirm but nothing... the job duties are a ton, and they required 3+ years infosec exp... fake it till ya make it!

Week 120

Tuesday - 07/12/16

-= Workout Log =-

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+25lbs x 4                         >> Slight improvement. PR is 75x8.
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 6
+75lbs x 2
+50lbs x 5
+25lbs x 5

Lateral Raises
35's x 5                    >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3
50's x 6
45's x 10
45's x 6

Seated Cable Rows
195 x 5                     >> 2min rests.
225 x 3                     >> Tons of friction on the machine making this almost impossible today.
255 x 1
235 x 5
225 x 5
225 x 3

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
40's x 3                       >> 60sec rests.
45's x 15
45's x 5
45's x 5

Negative Dragon Flags
5                    >> 60sec rests.
5                    >> Wow I got way better at these. Should record them again soon!
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