Archive for February 16th, 2010

Routine of the Day – Lunges, Blah, Lunges, Blah

Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on February 16, 2010

Warm Up – 3 Rounds for Time of:

  • 10 Pullups
  • 20 Pushups
  • 30 Situps
  • 40 Squats

Finished in 4:14

Routine of the Day – Because Lunges are not hard enough already

  • 30 Lunges w/ 25lbs dumbell plate held over head
  • 50 Pullups
  • 30 Lunges w/ 25lbs dumbell plate held over head
  • 50 Pushups
  • 30 Lunges w/ 25lbs dumbell plate held over head
  • 50 Squats
  • 30 Lunges w/ 25lbs dumbell plate held over head
  • 50 Diamond Pushups
  • 30 Lunges w/ 25lbs dumbell plate held over head
  • 50 Pullups

All of the above, minus the final 25 pullups were done with a 14lbs training vest. Finished in 17:08.

Cash Out - 2 Minutes Heavy Bag Work (punching combos), 1 Minute of Pushups, 2 Minutes Heave Bag Work (kicking practice). Got 85 pushups.

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Snowshoeing is fun

Posted by bradinator in Hiking, Hobbies on February 16, 2010

I am glad I got outside this weekend, even if it was only for a few hours. Snowshoeing is a great excuse to go outside, trudge through snow over a foot deep and trail blaze deep into the forest.

For $11CDN we get these for the day from Sports Rent

It looks a lot colder then it was. At this point we stripped down to our t-shirts

Instead of marked trails we wandered through the woods.

Trudging through snow is slow, tiring work.

Bragg Creek may not be in the mountains, but it beautiful none the less.

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Home Brew Time – Bradinator’s Mistake

Posted by bradinator in Beer, Hobbies, Home Brewing on February 16, 2010

What was I thinking? If this turns out to be even mildly drinkable it will be a miracle.

So I dub this brew “Bradinator’s Mistake”

Ingredients -

  • 4.0lbs Light DME (approx)
  • 0.25lbs Corn Syrup
  • 1 oz of Tettnang Hops @ 45 min
  • 0.5lbs 120L Crystal Malt
  • 0.25lbs Roasted Barely
  • 0.125lbs Brown Malt
  • 1 tsp of Irish Moss @ 10 min
  • 1 tsp of Yeast Nutrient @ cold break
  • SafeAle S-04 (English Ale Dry Yeast)

Basic steps were steeping the grain tea at 80c for about 30 minutes, boiling 2.5g of water and mixing in the DME and Corn Syrup adding the hops and boiling for 45 minutes. Cold break went poorly and I did not reach 28c for nearly 45 minutes.

I have a great idea. Lets throw a bunch of ingredients together and hope for beer.

OG reading was between 1.034-1.036 which is what I was shooting for. I have never tried making a beer before out of primarily dry malt extract and I do not think I will ever do it again. It is far to much hassle mixing it and it does not give very good consistency either. It foams up like mad too.

Somehow I managed to avoid a boil-over.

I have no idea if this will actually turn out, but I plan to rack it to a secondary in 2 weeks and have it in bottles with 4 weeks.

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