Hiroko Nishimura's Blog, page 2
December 6, 2023
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (CLF-C02) + Free Study Guide
As may of you may know, the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam (CLF-C02) had a huge update in September 2023, turning it from CLF-C01 to CLF-C02. There was a lot of content added, including a lot of services and a few frameworks and concepts.
I’m currently hard at work preparing the updates for my LinkedIn Learning course series, “Introduction to AWS for Non-Engineers,” but in the meantime, I wanted to create a resource dump for those of you hoping to take the exam before the updates are ...
February 13, 2023
Week 12 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 12 panned out.
Week 12 Workout PlanRun: 2.75 mi run x 1, 3 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 12 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (140 sec), Bike (20 min), Run (4 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (140 sec), Bike (15 min), Run (2 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank (...February 5, 2023
Week 11 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 11 panned out.
Week 11 Workout PlanRun: 2.5 mi run x 1, 2.75 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 11 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (130 sec), Bike (21 min), Run (4 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (130 sec), Bike (20 min), Run (3 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank...January 29, 2023
Week 10 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 10 panned out.
Week 10 Workout PlanRun: 2.25 mi run x 1, 2.5 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 10 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (120 sec), Bike (30 min), Run (2 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (120 sec), Bike (20 min), Run (3.2 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Pla...January 22, 2023
Week 9 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 9 panned out.
Week 9 Workout PlanRun: 2 mi run x 1, 2.25 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 9 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (110 sec), Bike (30 min), Run (1.5 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (110 sec), Bike (15 min), Run (4.05 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank...January 15, 2023
Week 8 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 8 panned out.
Week 8 Workout PlanRun: 1.75 mi run x 1, 2 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 8 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (100 sec), Bike (30 min), Run (3.5 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (100 sec), Bike (10 min), Run (3.6 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank ...January 8, 2023
Week 7 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 7 panned out.
Week 7 Workout PlanRun: 1.5 mi run x 1, 1.75 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 7 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (90 sec), Bike (20 min), Run (3.2 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (90 sec), Bike (30 min), Run (3.5 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank ...January 1, 2023
Week 6 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 6 panned out.
Week 6 Workout PlanRun: 1.25 mi run x 1, 1.5 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 6 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (80 sec), Bike (29 min), Run (3 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (80 sec), Bike (20 min), Run (3.2 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank (8...December 31, 2022
Reflecting on 2022
I don’t think I’ve written one of these reflection posts in years. Not much has happened in 2022, since I haven’t left the state, but the few things that did happen were pretty monumental. I don’t have much time where I have access to both hands and a computer these days, so this is going to be nice and short.
In 2022 I…Had a baby and survived the first 4 months.Wrote and published my first book. It’s even on Amazon!!!! 
I finished my manuscript 1 month before I gave birth.Upd...
December 26, 2022
Week 5 | 12 Week Fitness Challenge
After re-reading “The 12 Week Year” by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, I decided to embark on a 12 week fitness challenge to get back into shape after childbirth. Here’s how week 5 panned out.
Week 5 Workout PlanRun: 1 mi run x 1, 1.25 mi run x 2Stationary bike: x 3Plank: Every dayWalking: Every dayWeek 5 WorkoutsMonday: Walk, Plank (70 sec), Bike (25 min), Run (2 mi)Tuesday: Walk, Plank (70 sec), Bike (25 min), Run (2 mi)Wednesday: Walk, Plank (70 se...
