Seven: 7 Minute Workout 4+

Perfect!

No longer do I have to worry about which muscles to exercise on which days and how to balance my workouts. The app isn’t too complicated, nor is it too simple. My triceps are burning from simple exercises you can do on the floor. Keep in mind that your first time doing each exercise you may need to briefly pause the workout and read the instructions for the best posture/form, but it’s worth it and you’ll get a great workout even if you have to stop for a minute to practice the motions of the next exercise.

Edit: I’ve found one thing about this app that I don’t like. If your muscles are too sore to exercise on any given day, there’s no way for the app’s exercise schedule to wait for you. You can’t push the schedule forward. So if you miss a day of leg workouts, well, tough luck because you missed it and tomorrow is a different exercise. Of course, you can manually pick that exercise at any time and catch up but then you have to do 2 separate workouts that day to stay on schedule. There should be an option to have the next workout be whenever you’re ready.

Accessibility for seated/limited mobility is lacking.

First the main glaring issue: Seated exercises are locked behind the paywall. Seated exercises should be made available for free, especially as there are individuals who are disabled or limited mobility who could benefit from a free, daily seated exercise. Please make this available for everyone, and don’t exclude disabled or limited mobility individuals. I have family members with limited mobility who could greatly benefit from this simple exercise app if seated workouts were included for free, and I imagine the user base could grow as well.

I also feel like unlocking workouts permanently should be easier to accomplish rather than unlocking a single one after a 3 month workout-streak. These challenges could be interrupted due to circumstances outside of the user’s control. It seems awfully unforgiving.

Apart from my gripes on accessibility and unlocking workouts, I enjoy this app for getting a quick, high-intensity workout in. The exercises are pretty straightforward, though I modify some of them as they’re too intense for me. The interface is well polished and nice to look at. Be aware that the workout timer has a glitch where the final 3-second countdown either happens to slow or fast. Hopefully this can be addressed.

Developer Response ,

Thanks very much for sharing your thoughts with us - we appreciate it! We'll certainly take your suggestions regarding the seated exercises and timer on board as we make future improvements to Seven.

You'll unlock a free workout every 2 months you stay in the Seven month, and you can pause this at any time you need a break. To do this, tap on the Challenge and then tap the pause icon in the centre of the screen.

If there's anything else we can do to improve your experience, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@perigee.se 😊