Happy New Year!

Welcome to HalfHourWorkouts.Com. Day one of the New Year's resolution.

Join me every day for a new half-hour workout to keep you (and me) motivated-- and accountable --to fulfill our New Year's Resolutions!

Why only a half hour? Well, why work out longer?


New guidelines from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services indicate that the harder you work, the shorter your workouts can be.

Today's workout is a standard interval workout on the treadmill, adapted from Shape.com. Remember to really work it!

Warm-up
5 min. at RPE 4-5

Workout

• 1 min. at RPE 7-8 followed by 4-min. "recovery" at RPE 3-5
• 1 min. at RPE 7-8 followed by 3-min. "recovery" at RPE 3-5
• 30 seconds at RPE 8-9 followed by 90-second "recovery" at RPE 3-5
• 1 min. at RPE 7-8 followed by 4-min. "recovery" at RPE 3-5
• 1 min. at RPE 7-8 followed by 3-min. "recovery" at RPE 3-5

Cool-down
5 min. at RPE 2-3

Read more about how interval training helps you lose weight at Shape: Break the Cardio Barrier.

Weight tracker: 35 pounds to go.