[L_226]

I don't know about 7 mins, but personally I have been doing the 5BX [0] (11 mins) plan since the gyms closed here in Germany. Done it nearly every day for about 80 days. Definitely works, I am currently holding above A+ on chart 4. I tried moving up to chart 5, but for me doing >30 clapping pushups in 1 minute seems fairly difficult (got 18 last I tried) even though I can do about 50 wide pushups for chart 4.

I can feel my cardiovascular fitness is far better than before I started, I lost a fair amount of body fat too. I was fairly fit before though. This scheme, as well as supplementary pullups on a doorway bar seem to give me at least some amount of decent exercise. Can't wait for the pools to open up again though, I love swimming.

[0] - https://campbellmgold.co.uk/archive_health/5bx_cmg.pdf

[corkmask]

Do I start at Chart 1 Level D- even if I am not a complete slob? Even worse do I stay at each level for 4 days (35yo)?

I mean the first exercise is bending forward 2(!!!) times in 2 minutes.

[L_226]

When I was starting out I just did as many reps as comfortable in the prescribed time period and then matched the level by the fewest reps completed in any exercise. e.g. I started at A+ for chart 1 for 2 consecutive days, then A+ chart 2 for 3 days, then progressed upwards from chart3 D- as I only did 20 reps of ex. 1.

I failed chart 5, 2 days in a row 30 days ago and have only been doing chart 4 since then, but I exceed the A+ requirements (this morning: 32,24,50,45,450). Tomorrow will try chart 5 again.

[corkmask]

thanks for that. good luck on chart 5

[jenniferpattee]

Definitely going to check this out. Thanks for sharing!