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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by L_226 on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:23AM (#23524067)
I don't know about 7 mins, but personally I have been doing the 5BX [0] (11 mins) plan since the gyms closed here in Germany. Done it nearly every day for about 80 days. Definitely works, I am currently holding above A+ on chart 4. I tried moving up to chart 5, but for me doing >30 clapping pushups in 1 minute seems fairly difficult (got 18 last I tried) even though I can do about 50 wide pushups for chart 4.

I can feel my cardiovascular fitness is far better than before I started, I lost a fair amount of body fat too. I was fairly fit before though. This scheme, as well as supplementary pullups on a doorway bar seem to give me at least some amount of decent exercise. Can't wait for the pools to open up again though, I love swimming.

[0] - https://campbellmgold.co.uk/archive_health/5bx_cmg.pdf

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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by corkmask on Monday June 15, 2020 @08:00AM (#23526406)
Do I start at Chart 1 Level D- even if I am not a complete slob? Even worse do I stay at each level for 4 days (35yo)?

I mean the first exercise is bending forward 2(!!!) times in 2 minutes.

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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by L_226 on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:40AM (#23527173)
When I was starting out I just did as many reps as comfortable in the prescribed time period and then matched the level by the fewest reps completed in any exercise. e.g. I started at A+ for chart 1 for 2 consecutive days, then A+ chart 2 for 3 days, then progressed upwards from chart3 D- as I only did 20 reps of ex. 1.

I failed chart 5, 2 days in a row 30 days ago and have only been doing chart 4 since then, but I exceed the A+ requirements (this morning: 32,24,50,45,450). Tomorrow will try chart 5 again.

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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by corkmask on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:03PM (#23532310)
thanks for that. good luck on chart 5
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Re:Show HN: Workout Daily. We text new 7-minute workouts dai... by jenniferpattee on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:58AM (#23524226)
Definitely going to check this out. Thanks for sharing!
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