Archive for July 19th, 2010

Routine of the Day – Sunday and Monday

Posted by bradinator in Fitness, Routines on July 19, 2010

Sunday killed Monday’s performance.

Sunday - For max reps, do 4 rounds of body weight bench press and pullups

  • Round 1 – 8 and 12
  • Round 2 – 8 and 11
  • Round 3 – 6 and 11
  • Round 4 – 5 and 9

Followed by another hour of free weightlifting at the gym (its been a while since my last visit) left me struggling during the Monday routine.

Monday - Tabata Intervals, with 14lbs training vest

Exercise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
 Best
Pullups 10 10 10 6 5 5 5 5 56 5
Squats 23 23 19 21 20 21 20 20 167 19
Pushups 22 22 20 20 19 16 15 15 149 15
Mt Climb 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 176 22
Dips 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 176 22
GHSU 12 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 86 11

Total reps – 810.

I have done better than this but I am going to chalk up this mornings poor performance to only have about 12 hours of rest between each days exercise. Had it not been pouring rain this morning I probably would have run instead.

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Brew Day – Mild Manner PM

Posted by bradinator in Beer, Home Brewing on July 19, 2010

It feels like its been a very long time since my last homebrewed beer. So before I leave on vacation I figured I would get another English Mild ready. By the time I come back it should be ready for bottles and shortly thereafter ready for drinking.

Here is the recipe

  • 3.75lbs of LME (Draught)
  • 1 cup of Light DME
  • 1 cup of Demerara Sugar
  • 1/8lbs of Black Patent Malt
  • 1lbs of Vienna Malt
  • 0.5lbs of 2-Row Malt
  • 0.5lbs of Brown Malt
  • Tettnanger Hops @75min
  • Liberty Hops @75mins
  • 1/2tsp Irish Moss
  • 1/2tsp Yeast Nutrient
  • 11g S-05 American Ale Yeast

As this was an attempt at a partial mash, I sparged the grains as best as I could though I doubt I really gained much extract from this attempt. The sparge was done at 80c, for 30 minutes.  According to Beersmith my efficiency is still below 40% which is terrible.

Everything else went according to plan. Pitched the yeast dry at around 26c. Original gravity was 1.036.

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