Empire of Chaosium

ADK Hike '08

2008-10-13T17:46:00.003-04:00

JT and I hiked up in the high peaks this past weekend. Awesome weather. Hard hiking. The terrain was rocky, the climbs up were challenging. The decents were punishing on the knees and feet. It was like doing non stop lunges.
Fall foliage in total effect up north. It is kicking off pretty well in the Saratoga Springs area as well.
We hiked, we ate, we drank a lot of water, and boy did we sweat.
We bagged 3 peaks. Upper and Lower Wolf Jaw and Armstrong.
I intend to go back (most likely Veterans Day as I have it off) and do a one day Mt Marcy trip. Have to knock that one out. I am hoping to get in at least one more over nighter before winter sets in, which is going to happen soon up there.

Riiight...

2008-10-01T15:02:00.003-04:00

So, apparently posting the daily work out as a way of keep this blog active really hasn't panned out all that well.
You can see from the post history that I have really let it go. That isn't too say I am not excersizing, I am just not posting about it. So, I won't continue to pretend that I will do it.
Not that anyone even comes here other than me, since no one really knows it is here, the blog that is.
I will add it to my Facebook profile and we shall see if that does anything.

Workout Review

2008-07-18T11:29:00.002-04:00

Ok, so I have already dropped the ball on what is supposed to be daily posts.
I will summarize the remainder of the week.
Wednesday. Rest day
Thursday. Pullups 9,10,11 hrs 12,10,10 @ 5 plates Run at lunch w\watch. 15:10 Not sure what the distance is.
Friday: Picnic day so no lunchtime workout.
0900 incline bench machine 170x12 , shoulder press 90x10
1000 incline bench machine 190x12, shoulder press 90x10
1100 incline bench machine 210x10, shoulder press 80x10
Preceding each iteration was a front plank of 60 secs.

Workout Review

2008-07-15T14:10:00.002-04:00

Today's workout was lighter than yesteday as the lunch effort was put to a run.
0900 Pullups 10 reps 5 cheater plates
Bicep curl on bar 50 lbs x 10
Pullovers 120x10
1000 Repeat of 0900
1100 Repeat of 0900

Lunch: Stretch then run the perimeter fence. < 20 mins, forgot my heart rate monitor so I couldn't time it.
Situps, incline bench to max 25 reps
Front plank 30 secs
Repeat one time.
Hit the showers!

Workout Review

2008-07-14T15:02:00.004-04:00

A new thing I am going to do here is track my workouts. Try and keep myself motivated to keep at it.
Today I did my pullups with the assist at 5 which means I deducted 50 lbs from my body weight. I did a set at 0930 and a set at 1030, I missed the 1130 but started the one hundred pushup program and did those at 1130, wk 1 day 1. You can see the info on that HERE
At lunch time I went to the gym and did the following:

Flat bench. (Note to self, probably not good to do the pushup deal on chest days)
185x8
225x3
205x6
205x6

Shoulder Press.
75x10
80x12
90x10

Dips (on the assist machine)
10 @ 10
10 @ 9
10 @ 10

Tricep pushdowns.
120x10
120x10
140x10

EDIT: Forgot to include the should shrugs
120x10 3sets

Incline Dumbell Press
40x10
30 sec front plank
50x10
30 sec front plank
50x10
30 sec front plank

I have been trying to increase my running but my ankle is really not happy with that, so I am going to hit my bicycle instead. EDIT: Sad to say I did not get to ride last night. Dammit!

Micro Nuclear Reactor

2008-06-13T08:37:00.002-04:00

This is interesting stuff. Micro reactor completely self contained engineered to be fail-safe (hopefully not like the Titanic) and in production with initial installation expected this year.
Very cool stuff. If it works and is as safe as they say.
Here's hoping.

Rekindling obscurity

2008-05-01T15:26:00.003-04:00

I came across an article today that mentioned BMW reviving an old design in a new way. The Isetta appears to be poised to come back as an electric vehicle.
Via Wired: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/bmw-bringing-ba.html
That of course sucked me into a half an hour of reading about the original vehicle, of Italian design, post WWII. How it was licensed and eventually sold off to other auto makers.
Neat concept, and with today's fuel costs and the bleak future of oil sure to continue to drive up fuel costs, I would imagine we will see more of these types of vehicles. Hence the Smart Car and the current generation of hybrids available.
It would be neat to have one of the original Isetta's though. What a cool ride.

Looks like vacation is over

2008-04-15T09:41:00.003-04:00

Well, after quite a few months of "time off" it looks like it is winding down. I interviewed at Watervliet Arsenal with the Army National Guard for a support position yesterday. Today they called to offer me the position. It is through a 3rd party company contracted to the Guard, but I am hopeful that I can go to the federal roles in the future.
There is a 5 week course I have to go to at Fort Robbins Arkansas in the future sometime as well. Looks to be a bunch of IT courses probably harping on security and such.

New Dog Park Group on Flickr

2008-04-14T19:40:00.002-04:00

Dog Park
Originally uploaded by a3matrix

I created a group on Flickr for the Saratoga Springs dog park.
Click the post title to go to the group.

Dog Park photos

2008-04-11T16:03:00.002-04:00

I took some pictures of Stan and his friends at the dog park. Stan goes to this park fairly often and has developed a circle of friends he sees almost on regular schedule.
See comments on the photos for the names of his buddies.

Flickr account is up

2008-04-10T18:06:00.002-04:00

I finally got around to buying a 2 year membership to Flickr. I have started the process of uploading my photos.
Check them out on your own time.
Drew

First Post

2008-04-09T22:58:00.001-04:00

First post to bring the blog online.