J&J Official 7 Minute Workout

I've been using and appreciating this app for the past eleven months. Some days I do the seven minute workout, some days the smart workout and some days other forms of exercise. My husband does the 7 minute workout every single day but gives it his all. We are living in the Philippines, in one of the hottest and most humid parts of the country, for a couple of years. We don't have a gym or any equipment and rarely the internet and it's too miserable to exercise outside (we do a lot of outdoor humanitarian projects) so this app has been our primary method of staying in shape. There is one change I would like to see made to it. Just prior to the next exercise it would be helpful to see a demonstration of the entire exercise rather than a still shot. This would be done during the countdown before the exercise begins. It would also be useful to see a complete list of the exercises at the beginning of the smart workout. All things considered, I love this app and would recommend it to anyone. Thanks!!!

I’ve used a few 7 minute workout apps and I’ve found this is the best, at least for iPhone users. Easy to bust out a workout anywhere in 7 minutes or as long as you want. It’s a great quick warm-up before stretching. Not only does it have the classic scientific seven minute workout, yet it also has its own “smart workouts” with over 100 different body weight exercises and Five tiers of intro to intense and you get to choose variable motivation levels though I don’t actually know what that does as I’ve always had it on 5! It’s easy to fit in a quickie, higher levels have multiple set smart workouts, and you can start one work out after another if you want to feel the burn of a longer workout. The smart workout will switch up the exercises to target all the various major muscle groups and stabilizers. I highly recommend this app!

The app is a great concept. After using it a few times there are a couple of annoying gripes, but the workouts themselves are fantastic, always making me drenched with sweat. First, with audio on, the instructions for the exercise form etc. are great for the first time, after that I’d like to mute just that and still hear the countdown timer without the instruction. Second, for exercises where you switch sides, a couple extra seconds (3-5) would be great to allow you to switch, the app basically forces you to work one side longer than the other. Third, it would be great to see a video of the next move during the last 3-5 seconds of the break to prepare you for the move, there is text there to tell you the next move, but the video would help on the ones you’re not familiar with and let you know whether you have to be prepared on the ground, on a chair, or standing.

This is a great app. Often times I use the 7M w/o as a great way to warm up prior to my workout program and other days I use the smart w/o feature as a stand alone workout for the day. I love the variation in activities every time I use the smart workout, and therein lies the opportunity to make the app better. The 7 minute workout is always the same workout, this repetition gets old quickly so I move over to the smart workout option; however, the smart workout frequently sets up for a 3 cycle workout (~26 minutes). This is too long for use as a quick warm-up. So I am left with either doing the same old 7M w/o or trying to cut a smart w/o short so I can have some variation to my warm-up workout. I would like to see an option to choose how many cycles I would like to perform in a smart workout or perhaps a “smart warm-up” feature to choose from. This change would make the app PERFECT! Thanks

Update on the May 2017 update. It looks like the "looping" bug mentioned below is fixed - thank you! I like the app. It could use some updating - there are many good suggestions in the reviews, such as tracking across devices. But if you want a no nonsense bodyweight exercise app suitable for beginners to intermediates, at no cost (!), this is a good one. Update May 2017. Still like the app. But latest update seems to have messed it up. Everything repeats. Example (basic 7 minute workout) goes jumping jacks, wall sit, jumping jacks again, push up, wall sit again, etc. And, tried to submit this feedback on the 7minuteworkout website but the comments won't send I use this 2-3 times per week, with a combination of built in workouts and my own. Even 9-10 minute workout (incl warmup) is a great one. If I'm more ambitious I can do 2-3 workouts for a good high intensity workout.