Can this be true? A total, sweat-inducing, muscle-bulging, sore-for-the-next-few-days-afterward workout in only … seven minutes? Like, 420 seconds? That’s it?
According to the American College of Sports Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana, yes — this unicorn of a exercise regimen exists, and it involves intervals of intense “go”, with mere seconds to recover (“not go”). There are nine to 12 exercises, and you do them over and over up to — or beyond if you’d like — for six to seven minutes.
Apparently, it achieves two essentials: keeping your ticker pumping, and getting each muscle group to work.
Here’s the whole thing, via GQ:
Perform this plan as a circuit, executing 9 to 12 of the exercises below for 30 seconds each, moving from one to the next within 10 seconds. If you’re aiming to burn major calories, go right into a second and even a third set. Complete it three times a week, on nonconsecutive days, for best results.
00:00–00:30 Jumping Jacks
02:40–03:10 Chair Step-ups
04:00–04:30 Triceps dips on a chair
06:00–06:30 Lunges
06:40–07:10 Push-ups with rotation
Try it out and let us know what you think? Write a few words for us in the comments below. If you have a workout that you think is better, include it. Our fitness-crazed readers will enjoy it — maybe we’ll all learn something?
Blake Hall
