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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!
5

Should add that I'm doing IF now. i have a pre workout meal at about 6pm, lift at about 730pm, then eat until about 11pm. 5 hour eating window.

my preworkout consists of a protein shake made with milk and ice cream tastes great! I need to buy vanilla flavor whey though. and fat free ice cream, so it'll have more sugar/carbs (they add it to make up for the taste lost by removing fat).

going for something like 30g protein and 70g carbs. should i do more carbs? 100g?

you're 220?! damn!
i remember being 210, but this was when i was much less muscular. never going back there again

 

Week 119

Friday - 07/08/16

-= Workout Log =-

Seated Cable Rows
195 x 5                     >> 2min rests.
225 x 3                     >> The machine was so freakin smooth at this gym!
255 x 1
235 x 8
235 x 5
235 x 3

Lateral Raises
35's x 5                    >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3                    >> Dumbells were weird here and it was hard to do these right.
50's x 6
45's x 8
45's x 6

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+50lbs x 10 PR
+50lbs x 4 PR
+50lbs x 3 PR

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
Incline here was weird, DBs hitting the floor, etc.
Switched to back extention machine and did 45's x 15.

Negative Dragon Flags
Tried 5 reps on bench press, couldn't hold on.
Tried 5 reps on some sit up thing, better but still can't hold on.
Did 10 hanging leg raises and holy crap I felt these good!

I was looking extra cut today. I'm nearly at the weight I want to be and I saw the slightest veins on my lower abs. Almost there. I definitely want to maintain this for a long time.

I also notice that sometimes when I cut, I actually feel better in the gym. It's a different feeling than when I'm not cutting but feel good in the gym. I'm not sure what it is. Even if I'm cutting but I'm still at 200ish pounds and not 190ish I get that good feeling.

Week 119

Thursday - 07/07/16

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 15             >> 2min, 4min rest.
95 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 1
230 x 7 PR
230 x 4
230 x 3

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

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 5                        >> Picked up the bar from the floor for these. Tack on an extra deadlift rep.
275 x 3
315 x 1
355 x 6

S/L Seated Calf Raises
45 x 8               >> 2min rests.
45 x 8
45 x 6

Hack Squat Machine Calf Raises
630 x 12               >> 60sec rests.
630 x 12
630 x 12

Worked out at my friends gym. Of course it means I PR in my bench press. I've done 250x5 before which is more impressive imo, but that's a 7 rep PR today. I'm pretty damn sure the weights at his gym are a tad bit lighter. It's a NYSC. I ALWAYS bench and squat better there than anywhere else.