7 Minute Alternative
June 5, 2018 10:01 PM Subscribe
You know what's better than 8 minute Abs? 7 minute Abs!
posted by OHenryPacey at 10:54 PM on June 5, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by OHenryPacey at 10:54 PM on June 5, 2018 [3 favorites]
Over doing it by a whole six minutes, check out The One Minute Workout!
The book is about interval training but a professor of physiology and most of the workouts a much longer but the title was one experiment that proved that six 10 second intense efforts made a significant change in the health of the test subjects. Excellent pragmatic book with huge suggestions for time constrained lives. Good ideas based on hard science.
posted by sammyo at 6:36 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
The book is about interval training but a professor of physiology and most of the workouts a much longer but the title was one experiment that proved that six 10 second intense efforts made a significant change in the health of the test subjects. Excellent pragmatic book with huge suggestions for time constrained lives. Good ideas based on hard science.
posted by sammyo at 6:36 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
Jumping Jacks always strike me as something that can't possibly be good for you. You're jumping up and landing with your whole weight on your legs, sending shocks up to your shins which are at an unnatural angle rather than the direction they are designed to be used. Any exercise plan that has me doing jumping jacks has generally been a no-go, so it's nice to have alternatives.
posted by tofu_crouton at 6:51 AM on June 6, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by tofu_crouton at 6:51 AM on June 6, 2018 [3 favorites]
check out The One Minute Workout!....."Finally, the solution to the #1 reason we don’t exercise: time. Everyone has one minute."
Does anyone actually believe that? I hate those people who call everything an "excuse", but I don't really believe there are that many people out there who have one minute, but not seven minutes, available to exercise. You really don't waste six minutes, say, on your phone, every day? I think the "#1 reason" is people don't want to.
posted by thelonius at 7:43 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
Does anyone actually believe that? I hate those people who call everything an "excuse", but I don't really believe there are that many people out there who have one minute, but not seven minutes, available to exercise. You really don't waste six minutes, say, on your phone, every day? I think the "#1 reason" is people don't want to.
posted by thelonius at 7:43 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
I think all this moving my eyes back-and-forth while reading the NYT article and this thread are enough exercise for me today, thanks...
posted by PhineasGage at 7:53 AM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by PhineasGage at 7:53 AM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
The "one minute" workout, if it's 6 intervals of 10 seconds, isn't one minute. Because intervals are composed of times of intense effort, and times of rest. Moreover this "high interval" stuff, is it going to make me sweaty? Because then at the very least I need to wash off with a washclothe in the bathroom, and I'll want to change into workout clothes before and after. If one has long hair or sweats a lot (both for me), they probably need to shower too. So now, including everything this 1 minute workout is more likely 15-30 minutes if you're being reasonably honest. 30 minutes isn't something you can just do during a commercial or on a whim.
Don't get me wrong - excluding when I'm recovering from injury, I run an hour a day on my "short" days, and 90-180 minutes on longer days, so I'm willing to make time. But a 60 minute run actually takes me 2 hours clock time from wake up, and try to get dressed while still groggy; bathroom; get shoes on; run; eat; feed dog (who ran with me); myrtle routine or supplementary strength work; ice/massage if necessary; shower; hang clothes to try / put away gear; get dressed again and finally am done with things related to the run. I lose even more time when I'm injured and hitting the gym - now the dog requires a 20 minute walk (and is more high strung during the day than when we run), and I need to commute there and back!
Yeah, some stuff like shower/eat/bathroom is stuff that would be done, but it now needs to be done at a particular time and is definitely an impact to scheduling. Every few months I go through a timing app and time all my categories and try to think if I can streamline anything and the lack of time is madening.
Then there's that throw away part in my second paragraph; "recovering from injury." Yeah, running seems to carry a particularly high percentage of people getting injuries that while not as bad as broken collar bones, still require time off. High intensity work is also more likely to lead one to injury; especially if they're not used to working out. Which always sticks in my mind when I see things preaching high intensity to the untrained.
posted by nobeagle at 8:22 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
Don't get me wrong - excluding when I'm recovering from injury, I run an hour a day on my "short" days, and 90-180 minutes on longer days, so I'm willing to make time. But a 60 minute run actually takes me 2 hours clock time from wake up, and try to get dressed while still groggy; bathroom; get shoes on; run; eat; feed dog (who ran with me); myrtle routine or supplementary strength work; ice/massage if necessary; shower; hang clothes to try / put away gear; get dressed again and finally am done with things related to the run. I lose even more time when I'm injured and hitting the gym - now the dog requires a 20 minute walk (and is more high strung during the day than when we run), and I need to commute there and back!
Yeah, some stuff like shower/eat/bathroom is stuff that would be done, but it now needs to be done at a particular time and is definitely an impact to scheduling. Every few months I go through a timing app and time all my categories and try to think if I can streamline anything and the lack of time is madening.
Then there's that throw away part in my second paragraph; "recovering from injury." Yeah, running seems to carry a particularly high percentage of people getting injuries that while not as bad as broken collar bones, still require time off. High intensity work is also more likely to lead one to injury; especially if they're not used to working out. Which always sticks in my mind when I see things preaching high intensity to the untrained.
posted by nobeagle at 8:22 AM on June 6, 2018 [2 favorites]
Yeah, when you mentally add the time to get to a location where you can shower, showering, then doing the kind of grooming you need to go to the office after, even the one minute workout becomes a substantial time investment.
posted by tofu_crouton at 8:46 AM on June 6, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by tofu_crouton at 8:46 AM on June 6, 2018 [3 favorites]
nobeagle of course total time is not 60 seconds but it never is, just how you explained. But professor Gibala makes a studied case that (something like) three HIIT sessions per week will be the physical equivalent of many long daily hours of low speed slogging. It certainly needs to be customized to each individuals program but look at his studies and historical case histories. A major point is that the exercise community only considered it appropriate for elites but a tailored approach is useful for anyone from the jogger stuck at a plateau to the currently sedate. And it's not just running, it's any exercise that can bring the heart rate up for a short interval.
It's a silly title but he references his and other scientific studies. I'm not a full practitioner but working towards it (grumble hamstring:) and certainly notice at a personal level a difference between a daily aerobic which is already good and a couple days of high effort.
posted by sammyo at 9:17 AM on June 6, 2018
It's a silly title but he references his and other scientific studies. I'm not a full practitioner but working towards it (grumble hamstring:) and certainly notice at a personal level a difference between a daily aerobic which is already good and a couple days of high effort.
posted by sammyo at 9:17 AM on June 6, 2018
I can do the 7 minute work out in 6 minutes.
posted by Grandysaur at 12:03 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Grandysaur at 12:03 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Thankfully I'm still hitting & sustaining close to my max HR while doing a weekly 5-miler with my running group.
posted by grumpybear69 at 2:18 PM on June 6, 2018
posted by grumpybear69 at 2:18 PM on June 6, 2018
The Goth Workout, "because let's face it, gyms are not goth."
posted by rufb at 6:32 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by rufb at 6:32 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Over doing it by a whole six minutes, check out The One Minute Workout!
We should just take this to its logical conclusion with the Singularity Workout: use electrical devices that can cause every muscle in your body to instantaneously contract with ligament-snapping force. The exercise itself is over almost immediately; the vast majority of each session is spent recovering.
posted by a snickering nuthatch at 10:27 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
We should just take this to its logical conclusion with the Singularity Workout: use electrical devices that can cause every muscle in your body to instantaneously contract with ligament-snapping force. The exercise itself is over almost immediately; the vast majority of each session is spent recovering.
posted by a snickering nuthatch at 10:27 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Over doing it by a whle six minutes, check out The One Minute Workout!
No, 7's the key number here.
posted by punchee at 9:12 AM on June 7, 2018
No, 7's the key number here.
posted by punchee at 9:12 AM on June 7, 2018
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