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Week 107

Wednesday - 04/13/16

-= Study Log =-

FlashCards Deluxe - Quiz Questions
Learned 119 of 283 cards

Will read another chapter later today and update. Learned a bunch more practice questions. I got ahead of myself now; the practice questions I know the answers to, I haven't even read about those sections yet in the book.

Thinking of adding more practice questions if I can find some more (free) practice tests online. I want to get up to 500 questions. Chances are maybe 2% of those will be on the actual exam, but hey the exam is only 90 questions! That's a free 10 questions I get correct.

Maybe that site raptor linked me to has braindumps?! I just found out what braindumps were.

Edit: ended up not reading a chapter. did go back over my quiz questions though.

Week 107

Monday - 04/11/16
199.6lbs

-= Workout Log =-
De-load

ATG Squat
135 x 8                                >> 3min rest.
135 x 8                                >> Hit my goal of 385x5! That's about equivalent to 405x3.
185 x 5                                >> I was hyped up from music though (but no adrenaline, just anger).
185 x 3                                >> Also I was nearly 200lbs. So maybe that's why I could get that extra rep in.
225 x 3                                >> Next immediate goal is 385x5 with no hype up, and at under 195lbs.
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
385 x 5 PR
335 x 8 PR

Bench Press
45 x 20
95 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
235 x 3

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 10

-= Study Log =-

Mike Myers Network+ Exam Guide
Finished Chapter 7 of 21
Finished Chapter 8 of 21

FlashCards Deluxe - Chapter Notes
Chapter 7 notes done (31 cards)
Chapter 8 notes done (37 cards)

FlashCards Deluxe - Quiz Questions
Learned 33 of 283 cards

Edit: Just realized my backup sets used to be with 325lbs, not 335lbs. That makes 335x8 a PR! I feel I'll even get to 335x10 later this month, awesome.

Week 106

Friday - 04/08/16

-= Workout Log =-

Cable Rows
180 x 5
200 x 3
220 x 1
240 x 1
225 x 10

Lateral Raises
35's x 5                             >> 60sec rest.
40's x 3
45's x 1
50's x 1
45's x 12
45's x 6 PR

Pull ups
BW x 18 PR              60sec rest.
BW x 7 PR

Short ROM Dragon Flags
6

Back Extension Rear Delt W Flyes
35's x 3
40's x 10

-= Study Log =-

Mike Myers Network+ Exam Guide
Finished Chapter 3 of 21
Finished Chapter 4 of 21

FlashCards Deluxe - Chapter Notes
Chapter 3 notes done (17 cards)
Chapter 4 notes done (31 cards)

FlashCards Deluxe - Quiz Questions
Learned 33 of 283 cards

Awesome workout. It's nice to PR on a deload day. Leave the workout feeling very refreshed.

Also doubled up on my chapter reading. I have a lot of cards to go over now since it's still in the beginning of the spaced repetition and they've started to pile up!

Week 106

Thursday - 04/07/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 8                                >> 3min rests.
135 x 8                                >> ~10x3 fuck it.
185 x 5                                >> Hit 385x4 at least. That's not as good as 380x5 imo but close.
185 x 3                                >> Hope to squeeze in another easy squat day on Saturday, then reap the benefits Monday!
225 x 3                                >> Monday I'm going to add in higher rep squats again.
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
385 x 4 PR
385 x 2
375 x 3
365 x 3
365 x 3
365 x 3
365 x 3
365 x 3
365 x 3
365 x 3

Bench Press
45 x 15                                >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                                  >> Think I've hit 265x1 a long time ago. Max is probably 270.
135 x 5                                >> Screwed up my breathing on 2nd set BAD, weight went straight down to my chest lol.
185 x 3                                >> Had to do a paused rep to get it back up. Nearly failed!
225 x 1
265 x 1
245 x 3
235 x 1 (paused)

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 3                  >> 2min rests.
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 6
365 x 4
365 x 2

Incline DB Bench Press
75's x 8
75's x 8

Calf Raise Machine
450 x 5                        >> 45sec rests.
495 x 15                   >> Dropped a little.
495 x 10
495 x 7

-= Study Log =-

Mike Myers Network+ Exam Guide
Finished Chapter 2 of 21                            >> Just reading the book, about 600 pages.

FlashCards Deluxe - Chapter Notes
Chapter 2 notes done (17 cards)                           >> Taking important notes, reading through them daily based on spaced repetition.

FlashCards Deluxe - Quiz Questions
Learned 21 of 213 cards                           >> Took a bunch of practice questions from the book and online. Learning them all.
Added 70 cards (new total: 283)

Quote from: Dreyth on April 07, 2016, 12:13:49 pm

Started officially studying for Network+ today. Reading one chapter a day of this book:
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Network-All-In-One-Edition-N10-006/dp/0071848223

It's 20 chapters. Found a free pdf of it. Already took all of the quiz questions in the book and made flashcards out of them and put them on Quizlet. From there I download into my phone into my Flashcards Deluxe app. That app makes use of spaced repetition to learn better, as in faster and with less effort and time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition). It'll automatically notify me when I need to study old cards again. Automatically asks me questions that I get correct and less often, and vice versa. I used this app for a huge Cyber Security Essentials midterm I had and I got the highest grade in the class. This was last month. Learned about 165 flashcards in just a week. And some of those flashcards were HUGE. Not one word answers. About 40% of them were  3 to 7 sentence answers. Spaced repetition is the truth!

So I plan to read this whole book in 3 weeks and at the same time know the answer to every quiz question (200+) in those 3 weeks. Then a 4th week of taking practice exams wherever I find them online and reviewing stuff I have trouble with. Then take the official cert exam.

There's a ton of info on this on www.bitspyder.net - the best IT tracker in the world. You need an invite though and it's hard to obtain

Interesting! I haven't even used IRC in over 10 years. Who knows how long till I get an invite lol. The network+ study materials can be found just googling. ProfessorMesser.com is a great (free) tool as well. But I can read much faster than he can explain things to me. I tried the vids for a while but went back to reading.

I may need that site for future certs though! can someone get me an invite 

Started officially studying for Network+ today. Reading one chapter a day of this book:
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Network-All-In-One-Edition-N10-006/dp/0071848223

It's 20 chapters. Found a free pdf of it. Already took all of the quiz questions in the book and made flashcards out of them and put them on Quizlet. From there I download into my phone into my Flashcards Deluxe app. That app makes use of spaced repetition to learn better, as in faster and with less effort and time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition). It'll automatically notify me when I need to study old cards again. Automatically asks me questions that I get correct and less often, and vice versa. I used this app for a huge Cyber Security Essentials midterm I had and I got the highest grade in the class. This was last month. Learned about 165 flashcards in just a week. And some of those flashcards were HUGE. Not one word answers. About 40% of them were  3 to 7 sentence answers. Spaced repetition is the truth!

So I plan to read this whole book in 3 weeks and at the same time know the answer to every quiz question (200+) in those 3 weeks. Then a 4th week of taking practice exams wherever I find them online and reviewing stuff I have trouble with. Then take the official cert exam.

Certs I want to get within 5 months:

Network+
Security+
Certified Advanced Security Practitioner

Hopefully I'll have a job by the time I graduate in December. Depending on where I'm working, I'll see what track I'll go down. Maybe it's IT Auditing (in which case I'll go for my Certified Information System Auditor), maybe its penetration testing (I'll go for Certified Ethical hacker) or maybe something else (go for Certified Information System Security Professional). The CISA and CISSP are very highly revered as far as IT security certs go. Experience is king, yes, but I aint got that yet. So that's what I'm left with. More degrees and certs.