Do you want to be able to see muscle in your arms, legs and abs, but feel like you’re just spinning your wheels with your efforts? Want to feel strong and capable, and excited to work out?

Specifically, do you avoid long “dreadmill” sessions at all costs, and skip the joint aches and pains that often accompany traditional cardio exercise?

Last year, the New York Times’ fitness story of the year was that short, intense workouts are incredibly effective for getting leaner, stronger, fitter and healthier overall. The type of sessions they covered ran the gamut from one (yes, one) minute to 30 minutes. (Insert joke about six- versus seven-minute abs here.)

In the vast majority of cases, something is better than nothing, sure, but a fast-paced workout can be better than just about anything.

No kidding. Some of us have known for a while now that doing super-short metabolic-resistance-training sessions — in other words, lifting weights faster — can burn more fat, build more muscle, rev your metabolism, and improve your work capacity better than typical aerobic exercise sessions (which often take much, much longer and deliver less of a payoff). In other words, strength training is pretty unapologetically awesome.

But nobody has time to work out. Or at least, that’s the refrain. Lack of time is the single most common reason given for not following a regular fitness routine.

And it can definitely be tricky to fit it in. Our lives are also often jam-packed with nonnegotiable obligations — working long hours or multiple jobs, taking the kids to their various activities, plus doing the general errands, tasks and upkeep of life in this century — that can send us careening through our days from dawn to dusk. Fitting fitness in on top of all that can genuinely seem like a daunting or even impossible task.

That means making it quick. Like…super quick. So quick that everyone has time to do this workout. No exceptions.

I’m Jen Sinkler. I’ve spent more than 13 years as a fitness editor, writer and personal trainer, with another two full decades also training as an athlete (many of those on the U.S. national rugby team). I’ve learned hands-on about what works and what doesn’t — not to mention what’s an absolute blast to do. My passion is providing information that will change your life in a way that won’t patronize or bore you (unfortunately, these often seem to be your options).

I want to tell you why so many people work their butts off, with nothing to show for it. I want to tell you why so many people just like you hate exercise, why it feels full of drudgery and “shoulds.”

I get it. I’ve been there: miserable in my own body, not making time for workouts, toiling away and not making a dent. In fact, it’s only because I’ve been there that I know how you can…