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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Anna Bartter

Could 7-Minute Home Workouts be as Effective for Building Strength As the Gym? I Tried Them Every Day

Health Writer Anna Bartter trying 7 minute workouts from home.

Want to know the most frequently searched-for workouts right now? It's all about short, sharp, effective sessions that don't require hours of time. Specifically, 7-minute workouts are trending.

And it's easy to see why: we're all busier than ever, making moving our bodies more of a challenge. Yet research tells us that exercising in this way is as effective as longer workouts (check out this study, published in The Lancet), reducing our risk of all-cause mortality, particularly for women, who benefit more than men from less exercise (see this study, from the JAMA Internal Medicine journal).

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