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The point of the 7-min workout isn't to keep you in as good of shape as a 5+ hour workouter, the point is to get 90% of the health benefits in a minimal amount
by pyoung 13y ago
The point of the 7-min workout isn't to keep you in as good of shape as a 5+ hour workouter, the point is to get 90% of the health benefits in a minimal amount of time as the 5+ hour person. The 7-min workout is designed for the busy professional concerned about their health. If you want to run triathlons, you still are going to need to slog it out doing training workouts.
- patrickmay 13y agoI would be astonished if 7 minutes per day provided even a measurable percentage of the benefits of exercising 5 hours per week (say 3.5 hours lifting and 3 30 minute runs). Is there any evidence that it can?
- pyoung 13y agoThe nytimes article listed in the parent, which is what sparked the 7-min workout craze, discusses and links to the study. I am not going to get into too much detail, but the general idea is that working a bunch of different muscle groups at high intensity for short periods gets you most of the benefits of longer endurance based workouts.