High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) strength training is the most effective way to achieve a well-defined body – here lies the importance of bodyweight training. It need not take hours and hours to improve toning; one just has to use your own body to target specific muscles. No longer is it required to travel to the gym or do heavy weight lifting as bodyweight training is seen to be the best method to tone up and gain strength. All that is necessary is a thirty minute mix of cardio training and strength moves to burn more fat in general and prompt your metabolism to burn fat throughout the ..read more

We have thousands of people that use our site daily. Over the past few months, more and more of you have asked for different workouts, to mix things up. We listed and created the 7 Minute Alternate Workout a few weeks ago. Today we are announcing The 7 Min Summer HIIT Workout. This is another alternate workout that only takes 7 Minutes to complete. It’s based on The 7 Minute Scientific Workout and designed to give you the best workout for the least amount of time. We are planning on developing more workouts in the future and we would love your feedback. Below is an overview of t ..read more

We have thousands of people that use our site daily. Over the past few months, more and more of you have asked for different workouts, to mix things up. We listed and created the 7 Minute Alternate Workout. Click here for exercise explanations of  The 7 Minute Alternate Workout ..read more

Have you ever wondered the significance of knowing your heart rate while working out? Trainers and fellow gym goers are not just attempting to seem all important and knowledgeable – heart rate zones actually have a very practical use for everyone who exercises. Your heart rate can help measure the intensity of your workout and show the amount of effort exertion you need to achieve certain goals, such as weight loss, speed or improved endurance. The most used method of utilizing your heart rate as a measure of your exercise is the five ‘zone’ method. This can be applied to workouts such as runn ..read more

The increasing popularity of High Intensity Interval training is due to the effectiveness of the workout in relation to the short amount of time spent on them. High Intensity Interval Training involves short sessions of high impact, strenuous movements. There are varying approaches to this type of exercise. The first method involves completing just a single sprint (or similar exercise) for four to five minutes at 100 percent exertion, sustaining the level of exertion throughout. Others may choose the more traditional route, and perform short sessions of exercise at an incredibly high intensity ..read more

What is HIIT? HIIT is the acronym for High Intensity Interval Training. HIIT is an exercise method in which you separate short intervals of high intensity exercise with short recovery periods. Research shows that HIIT is a suitable, effective method of training for all kinds of athletes from sprinters to endurance runners. HIIT can be tailored to suit the needs of any training regime, whether it is for weights, rowing, climbing, or any other sport specific workout. HIIT isn’t great for isolation exercises and won’t be very effective; however, if you choose exercises that wo ..read more

The maximum rate the human heart can beat per minute is 220 times per minute, however this can only be reached by a child. The bpm (beats per minute) of adults is known to decrease with age, albeit for reasons that are unknown. The bpm of your heart actually isn’t linked to stamina or fitness. For example, marathon runners are known to peak in their late 30s but their hearts generally have less bpm than an 8-year-old or someone in their early 20s. You can approximate your maximum heart rate, the maximum bpm of your heart, if you subtract your age by 220. So for example, say you are a 20-year-o ..read more

It’s a tough way to work out but the results speak for themselves – HIIT training is an efficient way to achieve a lean, conditioned physique. High intensity interval training (HIIT) refers to the alternation between low and high intensity exercise. It may also refer to the alternation from high intensity exercise to a short resting periods repeatedly. There are many examples of HIIT training combinations, some of which will be explained further in this article. Anybody who has tried HIIT can attest to the fact that alternating body weight conditioning exercises for 15 minutes can be far ..read more

If you want to loose weight and get or stay fit, it’s really important to know how your body works. How and why does your body store fat The there are a number fat cells in your body which is based on the eating habits you had as a child and when you grew up. The number of fat cells you have stays the same during your life, they just compress or expand based on your energy requirements. Your body will not use energy from your fat cells if it still has lots of energy available. This means your body will only start using fat (or burning fat) once it doesn’t have energy available to it. Humans ba ..read more

2 Years ago, we launched The 7-Minute Scientific Workout Website, and soon after, we launched the iPhone App. I had a problem with working out while traveling, and that caused me to develop a website (7-min.com) and an app. 1.3 million people have used our tools to date, and we have big plans to take them to the next level. One of the latest things we are doing is The 7 Minute Independence Day Workout. The idea behind it  is that everyone has the day off on Independence Day and no-one has an excuse that they don’t have 7 minutes. We basically want to get people moving for Independence Day ..read more