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Topic subjectSeven-Minute Workout
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12753076, Seven-Minute Workout
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-16-15 03:04 PM
Has anyone tried this? It's a basic HIIT workout, requiring nothing but body-weight, a chair and a wall.

You to 30 seconds of exercise, with 10 seconds of rest in-between. The order of exercise is:

Jumping jacks
Wall sit
Push-up
Abdominal crunch
Step-up onto chair
Squat
Triceps dip on chair
Plank
High knees/running in place
Lunge
Push-up and rotation
Side plank

My wife and I have been doing these for about a week and a half now. I JUST got up to 3 reps of this circuit. She's up to two now. Maybe I'm old and out of shape, but I had no idea how hard this shit would be when I started, but less than two weeks in, I'm already seeing results.

I think I'm going to just do this, basketball and running, and cut out all weight training for the foreseeable future, unless, of course, this becomes too easy.
12753089, are you doing the app?
Posted by BabySoulRebel, Mon Mar-16-15 03:13 PM
I have like 3 of those on my phone including the specific one I think you're referring to
I like them because I can switch up circuit workouts at the drop of a hat.

Can you do the push-up w/ rotation? That is the one exercise I skip because I can't seem to do w/o the possibility of not getting back into position in time and falling on my face.
12753104, I do wide-arm for the push-up w/rotation
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-16-15 03:22 PM
12753105, oooooh good one!
Posted by BabySoulRebel, Mon Mar-16-15 03:22 PM
12758844, which app is it?
Posted by KiloMcG, Mon Mar-23-15 07:45 AM
this is something i'd like to get myself and my wife doing.
12753096, learn how to do a kettlebell long cycle(clean and jerk)
Posted by J_Stew, Mon Mar-16-15 03:17 PM
you can do a timed set for 4, 6, 8, 10 minutes and it actually works a whole bunch of athletic attributes that make other things much easier. If I could only pick one thing to do, that would be it.

vfworkout and ickbgirls are a couple of YT channels with good examples of form
12753108, can this be done in conjunction with a traditional bodbybuilding split?
Posted by Dstl1, Mon Mar-16-15 03:23 PM
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12753132, Yeah, it's a good "finisher" type workout, just make sure
Posted by J_Stew, Mon Mar-16-15 03:33 PM
it's on a day where you get to rest the next day, as it works pretty much every muscle in the body. IE don't do it and then have a heavy press, squat, or deadlift day the next day, you'll be pretty worthless.
12753123, thats 1 thing the Bolshies got right: Kettlebells and Eastern Bloc training
Posted by Amritsar, Mon Mar-16-15 03:30 PM
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12753097, Got an online resource for this?
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Mar-16-15 03:18 PM

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're r
12753131, I move the coffee table and pull this up on the Roku
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-16-15 03:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6etLKswjq8

12753102, every day?
Posted by teefiveten, Mon Mar-16-15 03:21 PM
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12753124, 4-5 times a week
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-16-15 03:30 PM
12753107, i used it for about 3 weeks then switched to this....
Posted by dapitts08, Mon Mar-16-15 03:23 PM
http://www.sworkit.com/

i was looking for an app that had stretching so i ended up leaving 7 minute workout behind

there is stretching, cardio and strength training

it is wayyyyyyyy more intense than the 7 minute workout though

also the demonstration videos run in a loop with it not like 7 minute workout where you have to click the link/pause the workout to view the video

12753117, just downloaded, thanks!!!!!!!!
Posted by BabySoulRebel, Mon Mar-16-15 03:27 PM
12753128, np. i saw your post in organix this morning...
Posted by dapitts08, Mon Mar-16-15 03:32 PM
and posted it there too :)

i think you will like it

so far it is my fav out of the ones i tried

12759605, thx
Posted by Riot, Mon Mar-23-15 01:57 PM
12753112, sheeit, maybe i'll try this with my wife.
Posted by Cenario, Mon Mar-16-15 03:25 PM
12753152, Oh, and those side planks are HARD AS FUCK
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-16-15 03:42 PM
30 seconds on each side at the end of the workout kills me every time
12753172, what kind of results are you seeing?
Posted by Niq96st, Mon Mar-16-15 03:55 PM
Maybe I'm old and out of shape, but I had no idea how
>hard this shit would be when I started, but less than two
>weeks in, I'm already seeing results.

12753178, the clear, quantifiable result is that I'm getting in more reps
Posted by John Forte, Mon Mar-16-15 03:58 PM
of each exercise. I've lost 5 lbs (although I've also been eating better), and I can do three sets of the circuit now. I feel like my stomach is tighter, but that could be an illusion.
12753174, awesome
Posted by KosherSam, Mon Mar-16-15 03:55 PM
12753182, I swear OKP is stalking me.
Posted by Niq96st, Mon Mar-16-15 04:00 PM
Was looking for some new HIIT exercises this morning.

I've always done my work on a treadmill but will probably try these when I'm too tired/cold/unmotivated to get to the gym.

And that dang Organix message board. I always forget it's there.
12753183, Sounds similiar to Tabata drills.
Posted by Numba_33, Mon Mar-16-15 04:03 PM
12753199, I'll work this in w/my run.
Posted by spades, Mon Mar-16-15 04:17 PM
Thanks.
12753249, "Oh, that's it?" - Ronda R.
Posted by Cocobrotha2, Mon Mar-16-15 04:59 PM
Btw, Ronda indirectly called you out when she was responding to Laila haha

"If she wants to take me up on that, I’m around," Rousey told the Daily Beast.

"She’s retired and has several kids. I understand why she’d think that because she has a size advantage, but if you saw my last fight it had nothing to do with size or strength at all. That’s not how I beat people."

"So you can’t count having a size and strength advantage as having a real advantage against me."

*shots fired*
12753251, *bookmark
Posted by guru0509, Mon Mar-16-15 05:01 PM
12758485, Finally tried this today
Posted by Niq96st, Sun Mar-22-15 01:44 PM
Did two rounds using an 8lb dumbbell for the crunches, squats and lunges.

I'm dying now. I do want to see if I can get myself up to four reps eventually.

But it's a solid workout. Thanks for sharing.

Gonna get me some Thai food now.
12758624, shit keeps trying to shame me everyday cuz I haven't been using it
Posted by bayoubyyou, Sun Mar-22-15 08:07 PM
12758873, MyFitnessApp hit me with a passive aggressive-ass note on Saturday
Posted by Cocobrotha2, Mon Mar-23-15 08:29 AM
Talking about "These messages don't seem to be working. We'll stop sending them so we don't bother you"

I get enough guilt trips... I don't need that from my apps!
12759629, haha
Posted by tariqhu, Mon Mar-23-15 02:09 PM
>"These messages don't seem to be working. We'll
>stop sending them so we don't bother you"