Why don’t people think about anything these days?
Here’s your challenge: show me ONE PERSON that has transformed their body doing the 7:00 workout. Just ONE. You can’t, right? Why not? I thought it was fantastic? It’s “scientific” isn’t it? Everyone today likes that word “scientific.” As soon as they see it, they immediately turn their brains off and get stupid.
Oh, so you did a Google search and say I’m wrong. You mean this guy? (Please notice the overhead lighting in the “after” picture) The guy who did the workout daily for 50 days…..and apparently got zero results? Or how about this top search result. Hey, she’s hot, right? 30 days of the 7:00 workout…….and no change. Umm…..er…..yeah, there you go. Deal with reality.
First of all, all these articles and “workouts” were written with the general public in mind and the public hates exercise so the “7:00” thing is the hook. The author knows most people won’t even read the whole article, they’ll just think “I can get the sexy abz in 7:00 a day” and pass the article on social media. Did anyone bother to read that you should do the workout 2-3 times a day? Of course not. So it’s not just 7:00, then is it? Details, details.
Second, it’s “scientific”? Really? It’s supposedly based on studies but those studies don’t suggest exercise like this. Many of those studies were based on WEIGHT TRAINING. Whoops. See, the general public doesn’t want to hear that you need equipment or that it can help you in any way. They want to think that fitness is free, just like they want to hear you can get fit in only 7:00 a day. Imagine lifting weights for 7:00 versus lifting your bodyweight only for 7:00. Which is likely to be more effective? And BTW, no study ever looked at this workout. They didn’t tell you that either, did they?
Third, this workout is completely devoid of posterior chain work — you know, all those muscles you don’t see in the mirror. Again, this is done to pander to the public. They WANT what they can see in the mirror, not what they NEED which is to pull their rounded shoulders back after doing 8 hours of computer work and to strengthen their weak glutes and hamstrings after using them as cushions all day long. But to do those things requires people to learn how to do pullups and deadlift motions and that’s hard and requires you actually learn how to do something — which the public doesn’t want to hear. Tough. Posterior chain work is the best type of exercise for normal people to learn.
The 7:00 workout is a crock of lies. It leads no where. There are no progressions to the exercises, it doesn’t make you better at anything, and be honest — no one sticks with it long term. These workouts pander to the public by telling you all the things you want to hear, while not telling you that this stuff doesn’t work. If you want a second opinion, look here.
So put down the viral garbage, learn some real exercises, and get on a REAL workout plan that will actually take you somewhere! Don’t just exercise, train!