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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.