Got back on track tasting wine and blogging about it. 7 wines. I’m still well off the pace to get 100 wines tasted and noted this year, although I will certainly taste 100 wines.
2006 Bodegas Vicente Malumbres Navarra Rosado
2008 Bricco dei Tati Piemonte Barbera
2007 Zind Humbrecht Pinot d’ Alsace
Got some blogging mojo back in August, but I also spent a lot of time writing for Bleacher Report. Trying to get a Featured Columnist gig for the Ravens there, but even when you’re writing for free (and fun) there’s politics involved.
The top three posts in August:
SSB Box Squat
45×5
95×3
135×3
185×3
225×3
245×3 (PR)
275×1
290×1(PR)
295×1(PR)
RDL
45×5
135×5
5×6 @ 230
KB Swing
3×10 @ 24kg
Incline situp
3×9
15 minutes stairclimber
As many of you know, Glenn Beck’s 8/28 rally in DC was this weekend. Haven’t seen all that much coverage (shocking) but I’ve seen estimates that put the crowd at 300k to 500k.
Todays quote comes from a reader of Instapundit
In other words, Glenn Beck’s rally drew more people than Keith Olbermann has viewers.
Probably true.
Bench Press
45×15
95×5
2×3 @ 135
8×3 @ 185
Every set starts on the minute, 3 grips, speed good
225×1
255×1
280×1
Fast singles, the 280 slowed down a little, but was cake.
Barbell extensions
5×12 @ 60
Pulldowns
100×10
5×10 @ 140
Face Pull
5×12 @ 140
Pressdown superset with cable curl
2×10 @ 100
Conditioning:
Getting the hell out of the locker room as fast as possible. It was old naked guy Sunday, apparently. Everyone wanted to talk with one foot up on the bench and their towel around their neck.
Thank you gentlemen, but, no.
Boy do the Ravens look good.
Full article at Bleacher Report
The best way to prevent street robberies like this?
On Tuesday at 1:30 in the afternoon on a busy street, a couple was walking in the 100 Block of Longwood Road when a man came out of a burgundy colored mini van armed with a silver pistol.
He took cash jewelry and the woman’s purse jumped into the van and took off.
Crime does happen everywhere, but in a neighborhood of walkers it’s scary.
“It does because in Roland Park you kind of feel that it’s a safe walk but nothing is safe in our world today.” Roland Park Resident Jane David says.
City police have stepped up patrols in the area so that the robbers don’t think that this area is full of easy marks.
Well, it’s not ‘stepped up patrols.’ It’s carrying a firearm. Unfortunately, the people of Maryland overwhelmingly support being disarmed sheep, as they continue to elect people who support and enforce laws that make it virtually impossible to get a carry permit. Unless, of course, you are one of those elected politicians.
I don’t need permission from the state to defend myself. I suggest the people in Roland Park wake up and realize the same.
A new article at Bleacher Report
Box Squat
45×5
95×5
135×2
185×2
10×2 @ 235
Speed good, all sets started on the minute
Deadlift
135×5
225×1
6×1 @ 285
315×1
365×1
Speed good, 30 seconds between sets
Pull thru
4×8 @ 120
Pull down abs
120×20
2×20 @ 130
Farmers walk 7×40 with sandbags
Floor Press
2×5 @ 45
95×5
135×3
185×3
225×3
245×3
255×3
265×3
Hammer Strength Chest Press
45/side x 10
2×5 @ 90/side
Hammer Strength Row
45/side x 12
3×12 @ 90/side
Lateral raise
3×10 @ 25
3 rounds of sledgehammer on tire and med ball throws
