Seven is a fitness application that aims to improve peoples wellbeing, exercise daily and develop strong habits in just 7 minutes a day.
But is the Seven app any good?
Today we are going to take a deep dive into the Seven brand and tell you our experience using the Seven platform, weighing up the pros and cons so that you can decide if Seven is the right fitness app for you. Let’s dive in.
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About Seven
Seven was launched in 2013 by the Perigee, a health and fitness company that specialises designing playful, impactful technology to improve users wellbeing built on pillars of authenticity, craftmanship, passion, curiosity and impact.
Seven was originally developed to not only provide users with guided workouts, but help them develop exercise into their daily routine and cementing it into habit by taking small actions each day.
Over the years Seven has seen amazing success being named the 2016 Apple Watch App Of The Year and currently sport 43+ million downloads, 600,000 + reviews for a 4.7 star rating and in their words they are ‘only just getting started.’
How Much Is A Seven Subscription?
A monthly subscription of Seven costs $14.99 and a yearly subscription costs $79.99 per year, working out around $6.67 per month.
Seven offer new users a 7-day free trial, which heaps of time to sample everything Seven has to offer. After that you will need to upgrade to a paid subscription.
What Does A Subscription To Seven Give Me?
A membership with Seven gives you access to:
- Personalised Workout Plans
- Exclusive Access To Trainers
- 100s of Motivating Ways To Stay Fit
Our Experience With Seven
When you sign up to the Seven app you will be asked three basic questions.
- What is your goal?
- What days do you want to trai?
- What time do you want to workout?
This is a simple no nonsense introduction to the Seven platform. Addressing the absolute basics, avoiding the overwhelming feeling of anxiety when you are faced with to many questions or decisions.
Workout Tab
The workout acts as your home page. Presenting you with:
- Weekly Plan
- Goal
- Workout out of the day
The simple interface, with the black background means your eyes are drawn to the key information on the screen, so that every time you are remined of your goals and plan to get there.
Library Tab
The library tab allows you to wade scour the Seven database for just the right workout for you. The workout library includes:
- Full Body
- Upper Body
- Core
- Lower Body
- Morning Wake Up
- Apple Butt
- Yoga And More
Once selected each section opens up to a sub library of beginner, intermediate and advanced workouts that you can chose from.
The Seven Workouts
The Seven utilises 7 minute body weight workouts, constructed around a working period followed by a short resting period.
Seven effectively uses an animated trainer to demonstrate each exercise combined with a computerized voice over providing instructions and a information tab next to each exercise to provide users with technical cues for each exercise.
The short and sharp nature of each workout makes getting a workout into your day achievable. This would be extremely beneficial for complete beginners who are struggling to find the time, or simply do not have the stamina for a 20-60 minute session. Helping users incorporate exercise into their routine before they build into more intense sessions.
However, besides complete beginners the application for more advanced users is limited as you are restricted in the amount of load you can get in just seven minutes of body weight exercise.
Making the Seven app more of habit building app rather than an exercise app that will generate physiological adaptations (e.g. fat loss, muscle growth etc.).
What We Like About Seven
Great For Absolute Beginners
The 7 minute body weight workouts are an excellent way to introduce users who are new to exercise and working out. It allows users to build from the bottom up without being overwhelmed.
Great Design
Seven utilises simple and well placed colourful buttons on black background to draw your attention to the key components of each page. Leading you through a journey without literal instruction.
Digital Demonstration
Seven effectively uses animated video to demonstrate exercises combined with a computerized voice providing basic instructions. This gives basic instructions effectively without the use of a trainer.
It’s Cheap
Whether you decide to to join for a month, or for a year. Seven is incredibly cheap costing you around $1.5 – $3.5 per week.
Hard To Skip A Workout
With workouts being just 7 minutes long. It is incredibly easy to do no matter where you are. Enabling you to make exercise a part, albeit small, of your daily routine. Great For Building Habits
Achievable Expectations
Seven gives new users an achievable exercise target. Many other fitness apps will expect you to train for 25-60 minutes per day to see results. Whereas Seven attempts to make a difference in just a fraction of the time.
Seven Limitations
Not Great For Weight Loss
You can use the Seven app to aid in your weight loss however, there is a hard ceiling on the amount of calories you can burn in a 7 minute window making the benefits limited.
Does Not Offer Human Instruction
Users who really enjoy that human element that a real trainer brings to a workout may not enjoy the animation and computer voice that Seven uses.
Limited Improvements
The 7 minute workout structure limits the amount of calories you are able to burn and the amount of load you are able to lift in a session drastically reducing the physiological benefits.
Seven: The Bottom Line
Seven is a subscription based fitness application that aims to improve peoples wellbeing by enabling them to make daily exercise an habit starting with exercising for just 7 minute per day.
But is the Seven app any good?
The answer is absolutely! Seven is the perfect fitness application for absolute beginners trying to implant exercise into their routine.
Giving users an achievable target each day of just 7 minutes of exercise in one simple and easy to use platform, taking the stress and anxiety out of those first few weeks and giving you the perfect platform build on before you launch into more intense and longer sessions.
Seven FAQ
Is Seven Available On Android And iOS?
Yes, Seven is available to download on Android and iOS.
Is Seven Good For Weight Loss?
Although Seven can be used to help you burn more calories each day. The amount of calories you are able to burn in 7 minutes is small. 7 is a great platform to help you develop good habits and make exercise apart of your routine before moving onto more longer, more difficult workouts.
How To Cancel My Seven Subscription?
Apple Users:
- Go to settings.
- Click your profile at the top of the screen.
- Click Subscriptions
- Click Seven
- Click Cancel Subscription/Free Trial
Android Users:
- Go to the Play Store.
- Click your profile at the top right corner of the screen.
- Click ‘Manage your Google account’.
- Click Payments and subscriptions.
- Click Seven
- Follow the prompts.
