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Pure Cardio HIIT Workout + My Favorite Things

February 25, 2015 by Katie

For those days when you’re full of energy and want to have an awesome, heart-pumping workout, cardio feels amazing. I recently craved the intensity of an HIIT, cardio-focused circuit, so I crafted a new workout. It took me around 25 minutes to complete three times through. The old lady that I am, my hip was sore the next day – that’s when you’ve done more than your body is used to.

Pure Cardio HIIT

I usually like to mix in muscle-focused exercises, like pushups and squats, but this workout is strictly cardio. It was a nice way to change things up, especially on a day when my muscles were really sore from the previous day’s workout.

All the exercises can be found in my exercise guide – butt kicks are a new one to this blog. For the jump rope, I did the invisible version, where I went through the motions without a rope. I like to do this sometimes since jumping rope is such a great exercises, but it’s tricky when 1. I don’t own a jump rope and 2. I workout inside, and I’d probably break things if I jump roped for real.

So there you have it: cardio goodness for an awesome workout that will make you feel ALIVE. Keep reading for some of my favorite happenings as of late.

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Before & After Recipe Pictures – So I’ve been on what seems like an endless journey to improve images from old blog posts before I had an amazing DSLR camera for food photography. Below is a dish that I recently made and re-photographed. I absolutely love looking at these before and after pictures because it’s ridiculous how much a picture can effect people’s perceptions of your food’s flavor. Is the picture on the right perfect? Nah, but I’m quite happy with it compared to the old picture I have on the left (that has blue tortilla chips on it, if you were wondering). Check out my Southwest Chicken Barley Soup in the Crockpot recipe for the details!

Southwest Chicken Barley Soup Before and After

Hot Lemon Water – I’m always hearing about the health benefits of drinking hot lemon water in the morning, and last week I finally came to the realization how friggin’ amazing hot lemon water actually is. I usually drink green tea in the morning, but that could easily be replaced with hot water with some lemons in it because it is delicious. I highly recommend it!

Hot Lemon Water

Winter Brew Fest 2015 – Thanks to a spontaneous Living Social purchase, Matt and I attended the 2015 San Diego Winter Brew Fest. We only paid $25 each to go, and there were 40 local breweries there, including Stone, Quantum, Ballast Point, and …a lot more. We had unlimited refills of our cute little beer mugs. It was held at Balboa Park at the Hall of Champions Sports Museum, hence the picture of Matt getting knocked down by the statue of Muhammad Ali. Twas a lot of fun!

Winter Brew Fest 2015

Shout House Dueling Piano Bar – I took Matt here for his birthday a few weeks ago, from a recommendation from my coworker. It was a lot of fun because the piano dudes were amazing. It’s a restaurant/bar, and they play mostly song requests from everyone there. It involves a lot of audience participation (a bachelorette pretty much lived on the stage the entire night), and the show has a lot of adult humor. Matt joined a bunch of other birthday people on stage for a round of the Hokey Pokey because….why not. Overall, I’d totally recommend the place for a fun get together. Before we knew it, four hours had passed.

Shout House Dueling Piano BarSpontaneous Flowers – Matt surprised me later last week with a bouquet of flowers. This never happens, so I kept asking him what he did that motivated him to get me flowers. Apparently I don’t get the point of surprise flowers. Haha. It was cute, though, because we definitely ran into each other at the store after work unexpectedly, so I caught him in the act. Oooops.

Spontaneous Flowers


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Comments

  1. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    February 25, 2015 at 10:35 am

    That is KILLER! I may have to try it this weekend 😉

    • Katie says

      February 25, 2015 at 10:44 am

      Woo! Do it! I got a bit slower by the third round, but meh, do what you can. 🙂

  2. Melissa @ Freeing Imperfections says

    February 27, 2015 at 10:12 am

    Blarg! Workouts like this taunt me because I can’t really do them right now but they sound awesome. Remind me to do this in about 3 months!

    • Katie says

      February 27, 2015 at 10:54 am

      Haha awww. You’re in the final stretch!

  3. Kelly @ Kelly Runs For Food says

    March 2, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    Hot lemon water is the best! I just started drinking it first thing in the morning with a little bit of honey and I love it. Great workout too!

    • Katie says

      March 2, 2015 at 2:20 pm

      I’ll have to try honey in lemon water. Sounds quite tasty.

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