Seven: The 7-Minute Workout App
True story: I'm not a fitness fiend like many other paleo-ish bloggers are. In fact, I'm 100% positive this is the first post I've ever written about fitness.
My sport is tennis. I would legitimately play it all day everyday if I could. (I will be a very happy retiree someday, hanging out in Palm Springs on a tennis court all winter.) Anyway, because I can't actually play tennis all day everyday (at least not until I'm 60)... I'm trying to be a lot better at working out in additional ways this year (real original resolution, I know).
I downloaded this iPhone app called Seven a while back and I wanted to share it here because I kind of like it. More important than that, I actually use it.
Each round of Seven is, not surprisingly, seven minutes long and based on this scientific 7-Minute Workout. The gist is that you can do a lot of good for your body in just seven minutes.
Normally I'd be all, "PFFT, SEVEN-MINUTE GIMMICKS, AM I RIGHT?" I tried it anyway.
Each session includes twelve 30-second circuits with a "coach" who has a charming accent: jumping jacks, wall sit, push-ups, crunches, step-ups, squats, triceps dips, plank, high-knees, lunges, push-ups with rotation and side plank. You don't need any special equipment — just a chair and a wall. I can even sneak away at work to make it happen.
There's an achievement component that I sort of ignore, plus notifications that remind you when it's time to workout (you control when and how they go off).
I like that the workout is intense enough to feel it (usually during the step-ups, which is only the fifth circuit from the top), but quick enough that I can squeeze it in almost anytime.
What workouts actually keep you working out?
This unleavened, naturally gluten-free chickpea bread is one of my favorite things to make for myself (socca for one!) and for having people over because it’s sort of impressive and no one else has to know that it’s basically only one ingredient.