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  • The Scientific 7-Minute Workout

    by Gretchen Reynolds

    12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort — all of it based on science.

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    1. Jumping jacks

    2. Wall sit

    3. Push up

    4. Abdominal crunch

    5. Step-up onto chair

    6. Squat

    7. Triceps dip on chair

    8. Plank

    9. High knees running in place

    10. Lunge

    11. Push ups with rotation

    12. Side plank

  • The Advanced 7-Minute Workout

    by Gretchen Reynolds

    A more demanding nine-step regimen than the original 7-Minute Workout, one that requires a couple of dumbbells but still takes only seven minutes.

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    1. Reverse lunge, elbow to instep with rotation, alternating sides.

    2. Lateral pillar bridge - left

    3. Push up to row to burpee

    4. Lateral pillar bridge - right

    5. Single leg RDL to curl to press - left

    6. Single Leg RDL to curl to press - right

    7. Plank with arm lift

    8. Lateral lunge to overhead tricep extension

    9. Bentover row with alternating arms

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