This is awesome. Just yesterday I was doing a 7-minute workout in my room, just because I was waiting for dinner to finish heating up.<p>The main problem is that the standard timer app on iOS only acts as a stopwatch...so the final ten seconds of each interval, I'm watching the clock so that I can hit "Lap" and move on...this is awkward when I'm also wearing headphones to listen to music.<p>What would be ideal for me is to have a simple timer that would alert me when the interval was done and automatically move on to the next one....like a repeating event on a calendar. I'm sure there's an app for that but I just didn't feel like downloading a bunch and doing trial and error.<p>One more twist: I can't do all the exercises in the 7-min workout (as made famous in the NYT)...jumping jacks would annoy the shit out of the people below me. So I make up my own. A timer that would allow me to set up my own sequence would be fabulous.<p>Anyway, this is just a longwinded way of saying that there's a need for a niche app here, and it would definitely be a fun coding project...I'm glad someone else thought of it first :)
Thanks again to everyone. I'm going to keep the webapp completely open and free as long as anyone is using it, and I'll definitely open up the code once I clean it a bit. If anyone would like to port it to IOS, I'd be happy to chat. lgsilver (at) gmail.com -- Lindsay
This is wonderful.<p>Can you make a way to skip sections?<p>Living in a house built in 1840, jumping jacks are out of the question...<p>(Also if you click rapidly on the 3/2/1 countdown you can <i>kind of</i> skip things, because the app goes to all madness.)
Great idea, you could make a pretty cool app out of this: let people create routines by letting them associate pictures with exercise names and amount of seconds.<p>They could then create workouts by creating a list of exercises and rest periods and play their routing with the timer you created.<p>Does this exist? I want one.
Ha ha, I decided to try the 7-min workout last night for the heck of it and I basically wanted something exactly like this. Nice job, it does its purpose perfectly.<p>One small suggestion: Perhaps a louder audio cue for transitions between exercises in case you aren't looking at the screen.
Works on mobile devices which is perfect when on the go. Give me a pause button so the timer doesn't go before I'm ready or make the clicking sound. Then I'll be at the site every day.
Shameless plug: We built a workout app for iOS (PumpUp) that makes it easy to build a personalized workout routine for home, the gym, or on-the-go. You can customize things like equipment, goals, muscles, etc. Check it out if you're interested! (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pumpup-workout-coach/id573070442" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/pumpup-workout-coach/id57307...</a>)
Very cool! You got me off my butt and moving for 7 minutes and it was a great work break.<p>A few notes for you and others:<p>1) There are a few that switch sides/legs and I would handle them differently. For the lunges and step-ups, I think alternating sides is good. For the side planks, I think it would be useful to give the other side a whole segment. Splitting it in half wouldn't be much of a workout.<p>2) This is awesome because for the most part, you can modulate the workout however you want. In fact, keeping a log of the number of pushups/situps/high knees/etc would be cool because people could see progress. This might be a nice extension for the site!<p>3) It may be good to balance things out as far as muscle groups go. Pushups are repeated multiple times, as are squat related exercises. It is important to balance these out with the muscles that oppose these exercises.<p>4) Even better (at least for me) would be to have a series for desk workers that open up your body. We spend so much time crouched forward that a series of exercises to counteract this would be awesome.<p>Thanks and I hope you keep building on this!
I emailed a link to your 7 min workout timer to my girlfriend. This was her response. Nice job.<p>"THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!<p>That's. The. Most. Ingenious. Thing. Ever.<p>Now, I just have to bring my phone with me. Woohoo!<p>When I play it on the computer it ticks down, my phones doesn't so I'll have to pay attention to it, which could be tricky, but that's sweet. Thanks!"
It seemed like most of the comments when the article was on HN were saying that this is not a very good workout... Having said that, cool site, looks great!
this is great, just what I was looking for after I read the article - for those confused by what this is <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/" rel="nofollow">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...</a>
Love it! The suspense is fantastic - it forces me to concentrate on the current exercise and not worry about whats coming up next. Really great! I hope you will add more exercises, more compound exercises, lots of body weight exercises, from beginner to advanced, logins, tracking.. etc.. etc.. all while keeping the core simplicity of it all intact! =)
So funny, I just started designing something similar a few days ago, here is a shot of the dashboard <a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/1067433-Flat-Workout/attachments/131665" rel="nofollow">http://dribbble.com/shots/1067433-Flat-Workout/attachments/1...</a>
Nice job.<p>I don't want to presume anything. Did you purposefully shorten the workout from that described in the ACSM article? It indicated 30 seconds on and 10 seconds off. (Your total duration variable should be 480--don't ask me how they added that up to "7 minutes"!) This has lead to some confusion in the comments here. And, although their intervals are somewhat arbitrary, and asserting this routine is "scientific" is debatable to begin with, it would be more accurate.<p>Again, great job.
Nice job! Little bit of feedback:<p>1. The images don't update until after the first tick of the new exercise. It would be nice if the updated when the rest screen changes to the new exercise screen with the timer and the text.<p>2. It would be cool if for exercises like the side plank (I think that's the only one in this set), where you hold something on each side, it gave you a halfway warning to tell you that it's time to turn over.<p>3. The rest period at the end isn't really necessary.
I love it, thank you! I just tried it now. I have one suggestion, at the end when it's time for side plank, it is not clear when you should switch sides. I thought I would rest, and then the timer would tell me to do the other side, but at this time the timer was done. It would be better if the timer indicated when to switch sides, or had two segments, one for each side. Other than that, it was perfect!
This is really great! I was telling my fiancé about this workout just today. I read the NYT article but it was very sparse on details. Where can I find more info? About the research, more details about the workout itself (for example, during intervals is it full-on 100% all the effort I can muster, how many reps am I aiming for, is it done every day), etc?<p>Thanks for this. I'll give it a try in about an hour!
I do wonder, what number of 7 minute workouts per week is appropriate? I'm clueless, really - I've heard that you should not work out more than once in two days, and to me it does make sense to apply this rule here, since it advertizes itself as full workout. But yeah, I'm not really sure - it would be great if someone could elaborate. PS The site is great - simple but very useful.
Hi everyone. I made some updates today based on your awesome feedback:<p>1.) You can now change the length of the workout
2.) Sounds now work (as well as they can) in IOS
3.) Changed duration of the breaks to 10 seconds no matter how long the workout
4.) Added a sound-effect to tell you to switch on exercises that need it
5.) Made some UI tweaks to improve the look<p>Thanks for making my week.
I'm using a slow Internet connection, so I notice when transitioning to a new workout, it shows the old workout picture for a second or two before the new workout picture loads. Perhaps you can load it during the rest period and just have it hidden?<p>P.S.: Great job! And great website idea!
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Awesome!
What would be nice is a choice to confirm between exercises so you can hit spacebar to continue and a multiplier for the speed of the tick.
I'm not sure I can do 1 push up/sec for half a minute as a first training session. :P
Here is a link to do all these exercises properly:
<a href="http://lifehacker.com/these-12-videos-show-the-proper-form-for-a-7-minute-ful-499199366" rel="nofollow">http://lifehacker.com/these-12-videos-show-the-proper-form-f...</a>
I forwarded this program to my coworker when I saw it on HN yesterday. Now, I'm going to forward him this link... he refuses to go to the gym because he's too busy so hopefully this will help him kickstart some fitness in his life.
On Chrome on Win8, the background is white, but Firefox and on Dolphin browser on my Nexus 10, the background is black. You probably meant to keep a black background (eg. Workout timer on the start page is invisible on my chrome)
If it had the amusingly dramatic music and crazy horn between sets like this video the I would definitely use it. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRni0ctIeFE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRni0ctIeFE</a>
Great work! I tried the workout for the first time after a run this afternoon... it kicked my butt! As I was following along on the ipad I was thinking a simple app would be perfect for this. Love the implementation and visuals!
You should specify a different tone for the last 3 "bips". We can't be looking the screen 100 percent of the time, so a different "bip" to indicate that the end of the current countdown would be a good addition imo.
why routine start at 26 sec mark and rest at 8 sec? Some don't want it but I really like to anticipate what's next, like in this app <a href="http://7minworkoutapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://7minworkoutapp.com/</a>
This has pretty pictures. I built a command line version:
for i in `seq 16`; do echo -ne '\007' && sleep 30 && echo -ne '\007' && sleep 1 && echo -ne '\007' && sleep 10; done
After the 1st excercise it starts at 7 seconds rest and then 26 seconds for the next excercises (Chrome/Win).<p>I also wonder why the images or better the whole site isn't responsive? I would also add a link to one of the sources.
I'm wrecked! Should be called the 1 minute work out :-) Nice idea and love the way you implemented it with the simple graphics on top of the countdown. The dots idea is also cool. Well done!
It is splendid, something I was looking for. You could now concentrate for a better UI/phone app. A suggestion, You can also look for customizing/substituting workouts for the exact duration.
Great! Bookmarked!<p>Feature request: a nice sound when each section is finished. Sometimes I'm not looking at the screen while doing the exercise, so a sound marking the section changes would be nice.
Short exercise routines are a hit in today's world of busy people. I love this thanks. Still feel sad that we have to opt for these things in order to get our asses up.
This is great! Although I'm not quite sure the pace of the tasks. For example, for push ups, is it down on one beat and up on the next or one complete pushup per beat?
Many people involve themselves in weight training and cardio exercises because of which they miss out on ground exercises. I am sure this app will help them a lot.
To all programmers, please: get out of your room and run outside for a while. Taking a breath of fresh air feels much better than sweating in a closed space.
nice work on the site......cheeky bit of self promotion for my iphone tabata timer app <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tabata-hiit-timer/id441600468?mt=8" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tabata-hiit-timer/id44160046...</a>
I didn't know what a wall sit was, so I looked it up ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_sit" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_sit</a> ).<p>According to wkiipedia, it's safety is disputed: might be injure someone with bad knees... something to keep in mind.
i don't get the excitement for this 7 minutes workout, can't you just go in the gym for 1 hour 3 times a week and do some squats ?<p>aside from this the site looks good, simple and to the point, props for it.
It would also be pretty sweet to have the ability to move exercises around. I tend to throw in pull-ups and other stuff at the end (with things around the house). Possibly even creating custom 7-min workouts that fit the guidelines of upper/lower/upper/lower, etc.<p>EDIT: but this is an awesome thing, regardless