SEPTEMBER 2020 MACWORLD 75purchases but have plenty to offer without
spending a penny.
SEVEN
Price: Free (in-app purchases) from
go.macworld.com/sevn
Back in 2013, a paper published by the
American College of Sports Medicine (go.
macworld.com/acsm) investigated a
special circuit-training routine for
maximum full-body benefit in minimal time
using only body-weight exercises. It was
featured in The New York Times, and
before you knew it, the seven-minute
workout was born.
These days you’ll see a lot of seven-
minute workout apps. Our favorite is
probably Seven. It’s going to aggressively
push a “7 Club” membership at you, but
just hit the X button in the upper right to
ignore the pitch and you can use the
simple, clear, attractive app to perform
basic seven-minute workouts all you want.
The subscription gives you the ability to
set custom workouts and unlocks a lot
more exercises, but you can do things like
schedule workout reminders and connect
the Apple’s Health app for free.NIKE TRAINING CLUB
Price: Free (in-app purchases) from
go.macworld.com/nike
The Nike Run Club app is very popular
among runners, but stay-at-home orders
are not the best time to work on your mile
pace. Nike’s got another nice workout
app, Nike
Training Club,
that offers tons
of exercise
routines you
can do at
home. Some
require modest
equipment like
dumbbells, but
many do not.
There’s a
nice Apple
Watch
companion
app that helps