Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
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Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#2Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#3Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
I don't know about 7 mins, but personally I have been doing the 5BX [0] (11 mins) plan since the gyms closed here in Germany. Done it nearly every day for about 80 days. Definitely works, I am currently holding above A+ on chart 4. I tried moving up to chart 5, but for me doing >30 clapping pushups in 1 minute seems fairly difficult (got 18 last I tried) even though I can do about 50 wide pushups for chart 4.
I can feel my cardiovascular fitness is far better than before I started, I lost a fair amount of body fat too. I was fairly fit before though. This scheme, as well as supplementary pullups on a doorway bar seem to give me at least some amount of decent exercise. Can't wait for the pools to open up again though, I love swimming.
[0] - https://campbellmgold.co.uk/archive_health/5bx_cmg.pdf
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#4Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
Depends on the intensity. 7 minutes of push ups is a lot of push ups, for instance.
Plus the convenience probably helps to get people over the initial hump and used to a daily workout, and they can expand from there
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#5Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
We were skeptical too. We've run 3 sets of beta tests so far, and the results we are seeing are bonkers. Our users who show up and do the workouts every day or every other day are reporting gains of 20% in their strength after Month #1 (the workouts include assessment tests). Month #2 they report gains again. By month #6, one user reported he has reached his ideal bodyweight and is in the best shape of his life. I've been a personal trainer for over a decade and prescribing 7-minute workouts goes against everything you're taught re: the "science." I think it's the combination of behavioral science with the actual workouts themselves. Text-based health interventions have legit science backing them as effective. The rest is discussed in the book Atomic Habits. I think there is a compounding effect on our bodies re the daily 7-min workouts that has not yet been studied. I'm trying to partner with a research lab to learn more!
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#6Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
I don't know about 7 mins, but personally I have been doing the 5BX [0] (11 mins) plan since the gyms closed here in Germany. Done it nearly every day for about 80 days. Definitely works, I am currently holding above A+ on chart 4. I tried moving up to chart 5, but for me doing >30 clapping pushups in 1 minute seems fairly difficult (got 18 last I tried) even though I can do about 50 wide pushups for chart 4. I can f…
Definitely going to check this out. Thanks for sharing!
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#7Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
Yes, they do. This article about the science behind 7 minute workouts (it's about intensity, not duration) generated a lot of interest: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-m...
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#8Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
Depends on the intensity. 7 minutes of push ups is a lot of push ups, for instance. Plus the convenience probably helps to get people over the initial hump and used to a daily workout, and they can expand from there
We have a workout called the "Roxanne" where we do a burpee every time Sting sings "Roxanne..." Turns out 4 minutes of burpees is a lot of burpees too!
And yes what we are hearing from folks is "I can't say I am too busy for a 7-min workout.." so that kinda gets them activated. From there we are hearing that people "tend" to make healthier decisions for the rest of their day. "After doing our workout my wife and I decided to go play tennis..." or, "since I already had my running shoes on, I decided to go for a jog." stuff like that. Users describe it as a "springboard" to healthier decisions.
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#9Certainly this is better than nothing, but do 7-minute workouts actually have an large impact?
Yes, I've been doing it for the past few months (not even daily) and feel the benefits. I have 2 young kids, so don't always have time for bigger workouts. You reach a plateau eventually, but it's a nice place to be.
Re: Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts daily to make fitness easy
#10You should improve transparency. "Try it free", without a pricing overview site doesn't look like very trustable.