Archive for May, 2010
Routine of the Day – Tabata This! w/ 14lbs training vest
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on May 30, 2010
Tabata Intervals, no breaks, 14lbs training vest. Made sure to only count pullups where chin came over the bar. Pushups to lockout at top. Dips full extension. Lower final score, higher final ouch.
Pullups 20 13 11 8 5 4 4 4 Total: 69 Best: 4
Squats 25 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 Total: 173 Best: 21
Pushups 30 20 20 16 15 15 13 13 Total: 142 Best: 13
Mt Climb 23 23 23 23 23 23 20 20 Total: 178 Best: 20
Dips 27 22 22 22 20 20 20 20 Total: 173 Best: 20
GHSU 11 10 10 11 11 10 8 8 Total: 79 Best: 8
Total reps – 814
Beer Review – Fischer Tradition Biere Blonde Speciale
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography on May 30, 2010
Name: Fischer Tradition Biere Blonde Speciale
Origin: France
Style: Pale Lager (6.0%)
Appearance: A pale, yellow, clear coloured lager. It pours with a medium head, but suffers from poor retention.
Taste: The aroma reminds me of a white wine. The initial tastes are slightly metallic, sour and grassy. There is also a definite note of white wine like tastes. The beer finishes ashy and bitter.
Mouth Feel: This beer has a thin body and is easy drinking.
Final Thoughts (2.5 out of 5): I love the 650ml swing top bottle, but the liquid that came in it leaves much to be desired.
A gorgeous lake an hour south-east of Jasper
Bottling Day – Molasses Porter and English Mild
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Experiments, Hobbies, Home Brewing on May 29, 2010
Just a quick update on my last two home brews. I racked both of them today which required me to use every single bottle I own. I could not begin to tell you how many bottles I got, but its probably around 70 pints between the both of them.
Too be honest I kind of rush both of them and did not take an accurate measurement for the priming sugar. It should have worked out to about 1/2 cup of dextrose each, but I kind of eye-balled it.
Molasses Porter –
- Born May 2, Secondary May 16th, Bottled May 29
- Original Gravity: 1.056
- Final Gravity: 1.020 (S-33 SafAle yeast sucks)
- ABV: 4.7%, Calories/Pint: 250kcal
- Cost per pint: ~$1.00-$1.25
English Mild –
- Born May 8, Secondary May 16th, Bottled May 29
- Original Gravity: 1.034
- Final Gravity: 1.009 (S-04 SafAle yeast rocks)
- ABV: 3.2%, Calories/Pint: 150kcal
- Cost per pint: ~$0.70-$0.80
Finally I will give both 7-14 days to bottle condition. I have so much beer downstairs right now I do not even know what to do with it.
And here is the real crazy thing… I created an experimental cider today too. I used 2 gallons of cranberry cocktail, 1 can of frozen pineapple juice concentrate and topped it with water. Worst of all I just pitched this on top of the yeast cake from my molasses porter! What was I thinking!? Original gravity is 1.038 and god have mercy on my soul for this monstrosity I am creating.
Routine of the Day – 21-15-9 Pullups and KB Swings
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on May 29, 2010
Routine #1 – Max Rep Pullups, 2 rounds – Managed to get 30, 20.
Routine of the Day - For Time complete 21-15-9 of
- Pullups
- Kettlebell Swings (1 pood)
Got a time of 2:09
Routine of the Day – 21-15-9 Forearm Curls and Burpees
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on May 28, 2010
Warm Up - 3 Rounds for Time
- 10 Pullups
- 30 Pushups
- 30 Situps
- 30 Squats
Routine of the Day #1 – For Time
For time complete 21-15-9 of
- Fore Arm Curls w/ 60lbs
- Burpees
Finished in 3:01. These 21-15-9′s are quick, but brutal.
Routine # 2 - Death by Acronyms – Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of
- 5 Handstand Pushups (HSPU)
- 10 Turkish Getups w/ 12kg Kettlebell (TGU – 5 left arm, 5 right arm)
- 15 Knees-to-Elbows (K2E)
Managed to get 7 rounds, with 45 seconds to spare. Those last 45 seconds I decided to rep out kettlebell swings, 15 double arm and 5 1-arms left and right.
Beer Review – Ise Kadoya Beer’s Triple Hop Pale Ale
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Japan, Photography, Travel on May 28, 2010
Name: Ise Kadoya Beer’s Triple Hop Pale Ale
Origin: Japan, Ise-Shi
Style: Pale Ale (5.0%)
Appearance: This beers is incredibly foamy to the point that it is obviously over carbonated. As soon as I popped the top the head begin to crawl right from the bottle. The retention of this foamy head is excellent. The actual appearance of the beer is a cloudy, pale peach colour.
Taste: The aroma of this beer is very powerful. It smells of incense like flowers. The palette of this beer is quite rich and floral. It starts sweet, with notes of honey and sugar. It finishes with a bitter and strongly hopped aftertaste that lingers.
Mouth Feel: Despite its obvious over carbonation this beer is both soft and non-filling. The beer itself leaves the mouth feeling coated.
Final Thoughts (3.5 out of 5): It would seem that I only picked out what was immediately wrong with this beer in my above review, but for all of its faults I actually really enjoyed its flavour. I love ales. I love hops. I love heavily hopped ales. And that is exactly what this beer is.
Willow Park Spirits got a shipment of micro-brews from the Japans! Its my goal to try them all.
Not sure where this temple was, but I am pretty sure it was near my old apartment in Himeji
Routine of the Day – Bran
Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on May 27, 2010
Warm Up - 3 Rounds for Time
- 10 Pullups
- 30 Pushups
- 30 Situps
- 30 Squats
Routine of the Day #1 – Bran
For time complete 21-15-9 of
- Push Press @ 60lbs
- Burpees
- Pullups
Finished in 3:47, breathless. I don’t like Fran, mainly because I don’t like Thrusters and I don’t own a proper barbell to do them. So Bran is the grainy replacement for Fran.
Routine # 2 - Complete the repetitions below, moving from each exercise after reaching failure for the set.
- 100 Pullups
- 200 Pushups (On pushup bars)
- 300 Squats
- 400 Chinnies
Finished in 20:19 (I was shooting for under 20 minutes…), using 14lbs training vest.