Archive for February, 2010
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.
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.
Routine of the Day – 20, 20′s at 20 Redux
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on February 15, 2010
Warm Up – 3 Rounds for Time of:
- 10 Pullups
- 20 Pushups
- 30 Situps
- 40 Squats
Finished in 4:09. I swapped situps/squats to improve my time. It takes less time to do squats plus the transition from pushups to situps is a lot quicker.
Routine of the Day – 20 20′s at 20
Twenty exercise, twenty repetitions each, with the 20lbs training vest… Go!
- Wide Grip Pullups
- Pushups
- Hop Squats
- Pushups (on Pushup Handles)
- Walking Lunges
- Burpees
- Close Grip Pullups
- Ring Dips
- Box Jumps @ 20″
- Decline Pushups
- Staggered Arms/L-Arm Pushups (left)
- Staggered Arms/L-Arm Pushups (right)
- Commando Pullups
- Alternating Lunges
- Inverted Hand Pushups (fingers point towards your feet, rather then your head)
- Knees-to-Elbows
- Glute-Ham Situps
- Alternating Pushups
- Sumo Squats
- Reverse Grip Pullups
Finished in 11:42. Not a bad time considering the number of pullups included in this routine. It just gets easier and easier to finish them unbroken.
Cash Out - 2 Minutes Heavy Bag Work (punching combos), 1 Minute of Pushups, 2 Minutes Heave Bag Work (kicking practice).
Routine of the Day – Angie (Hard version), again
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on February 12, 2010
Warm Up - 3 Rounds for Time
- 10 Pullups
- 20 Pushups
- 30 Squats
- 40 Chinnies
Finished in 4:32
Routine of the Day – In 20 minutes complete as many rounds as possibly of:
- 5 Handstand Pushups
- 10 Pistol Squats
- 15 Ring Dips
I managed to finish 10 rounds this time, plus a short round of 3 HSPU, 8 Pistols and 12 Ring Dips. I am pleased with my score this time around, more so because I managed to finish all the HSPU’s unbroken.
Update on Apfelwein – Gravity reading taken (finally)
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Hobbies, Home Brewing on February 12, 2010
So over three weeks later I finally got around to taking a gravity reading on the Edwort’s Apfelwein. I wanted to wait until the fermentation had visibly calmed down and until a few days ago it was still very active. I grabbed the gravity reading last night and was happy to see its come down a long way, giving an SG reading of 0.996-0.998, or around 10% ABV. I the carboy a good swirl to stir up the yeast and plan to do once a day for the next couple to see if I can get the yeast to continue working.
The goal is still 0.990 final gravity, but that is a long way off at this point. The plan is still keeping the wine in the carboy for at least another 5 weeks, then an additional 8 weeks in bottles. I may even wait until after my trip before I rack it.
Routine of the Day – Thrusters and L-Pullups
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on February 11, 2010
Today is another triple routine day.
Warm Up – Building the Burpee – 3 Rounds for time of:
- 20 Pushup
- 20 Squat Thrust
- 20 Squats
- 20 Jumping Jacks
- 20 Burpees
Finished in 6:18
This ‘warm up’ sucks. Running through Building the Burpee can be more difficult than the actual routine itself!
Routine #1 - Thrusters and L-Pullups – For Time complete
- 50 Thrusters @ 40lbs
- 25 L-Pullups
- 40 Thrusters @ 40lbs
- 20 L-Pullups
- 30 Thrusters @ 40lbs
- 15 L-Pullups
- 20 Thrusters @ 40lbs
- 10 L-Pullups
- 10 Thrusters @ 40lbs
- 5 L-Pullups
Finished in 10:27. I know I can do better next time.
This is a Crossfit routine (Wednesday 100210) that I subbed 40lbs Thrusters for the 20lbs Wall-Ball shots. Doublt the weight Thrusters are the official sub of choice when you lack medicine balls or the area required to do a Wall-Ball shot. To try to mimic the throwing-catching movement, I released and caught the barbel on each thrust, guiding it with my hands to prevent any mishaps.
Routine #2 - Tabata Intervals – T-Bar Pushups with 14lbs training vest
30, 22, 20, 15, 13, 13, 12, 12 – Total: 137, Best: 12
Wednesday 100210
Routine of the Day – Tabata That! Legs and Shoulders
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on February 9, 2010
Warm Up -3 Rounds of Time
- 10 Pullups
- 20 Pushups
- 20 Squats
- 20 Chair Dips
- 30 Chinnies
Routine of the Day – Tabata That!
Squats @ 60lbs 20 17 14 13 14 14 13 13 Total – 118 Best – 13
Squat Thrusts 20 19 19 15 15 15 15 15 Total – 133 Total – 15
Push Press @ 60lbs 15 15 12 12 11 11 11 13 Total – 100 Total – 11
Boot Strappers 25 20 15 16 17 20 17 20 Total – 150 Total – 15
Total Repetitions - 501