Last night I went to bed really late, consequently, today I was not able to get out of bed early enough to go to the gym. I usually go at night, but tonight we have other plans. I still wanted to exercise, even if it was for a couple of minutes. I had heard great things about HIT and "7 minute workouts". Of course I could spare 7 minutes working out; right? RIGHT?
So, I took my iPad, logged into the App Store and found tons of apps promising amazing results in minutes. I was confused. Which one should I download? So I recurred to google to look for "top ten 7 minutes workout apps". I was absolutely overwhelmed just with the top results. Then, I realized that spending time finding out which was the best app was against my objective: to do something with the little time I had. That how I decided to go back to the App Store and download the very first free app I saw.
I downloaded "Seven" made by Perigee. The first thing that struck me was that there was no level settings, no first time configuration nor instructions. While I wanted the app to know that I needed a workout for begginers who begin to begin, all I got was a big button inviting, nay, commanding, to just begin with it.
Of course I struggled through the exercises. I discovered that continuous jumping jacks are pretty difficult when you're an overweight-undertrained adult. But, all in all, things were going fine until the app showed that, for your next trick, you needed a chair. Wait a minute, nobody told me I had to have a chair available! Much less a chair suitable for standing on or making tricep dips.
As expected, seven minutes go by really fast. At the end of my workout I did break a sweat and felt fairly agitated, but I also felt dissapointed. I'm sorry, but I feel that just a "7 minute workout" is not enough. You should probably make the same circuit a couple of times (and then you would spend 21 or 28 minutes working out).
I tried this app because I had little time to work out. As a first time user, it took me about 5 minutes to choose and download an app. It took me another seven minutes go through the workout. I would have had better results if I had taken another 7 minutes to watch the whole workout animation before doing it. Adding it all, I'm concluding that a proper first time experience takes between 16 to 20 minutes. Next time I'm in a hurry, I guess I'll just go out and jog for 20 minutes and leave the 7 minute workout for when I have time.
I downloaded "Seven" made by Perigee. The first thing that struck me was that there was no level settings, no first time configuration nor instructions. While I wanted the app to know that I needed a workout for begginers who begin to begin, all I got was a big button inviting, nay, commanding, to just begin with it.
Of course I struggled through the exercises. I discovered that continuous jumping jacks are pretty difficult when you're an overweight-undertrained adult. But, all in all, things were going fine until the app showed that, for your next trick, you needed a chair. Wait a minute, nobody told me I had to have a chair available! Much less a chair suitable for standing on or making tricep dips.
As expected, seven minutes go by really fast. At the end of my workout I did break a sweat and felt fairly agitated, but I also felt dissapointed. I'm sorry, but I feel that just a "7 minute workout" is not enough. You should probably make the same circuit a couple of times (and then you would spend 21 or 28 minutes working out).
I tried this app because I had little time to work out. As a first time user, it took me about 5 minutes to choose and download an app. It took me another seven minutes go through the workout. I would have had better results if I had taken another 7 minutes to watch the whole workout animation before doing it. Adding it all, I'm concluding that a proper first time experience takes between 16 to 20 minutes. Next time I'm in a hurry, I guess I'll just go out and jog for 20 minutes and leave the 7 minute workout for when I have time.
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