The 7 Min timer was sparked by the popular “7 Min The Scientific 7-Minute Workout” first published in the New York Times

In short, based on leading sport medicine practitioners, they created a 7 minute exercise that was highly effective AND could be done at home

“An article in the May-June issue of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal does just that. In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room into about seven minutes of steady discomfort — all of it based on science.”

(New York Times)

I started doing the 7 minute workout each day, and quickly found that it is intense, rewarding, can be done at home, and the best part… it’s only 7 minutes!

But following the images on an article was becoming a burden, so we created the 7 Min desktop app to give everyone access to the workout, for free, timer including.