Scientific 7-Minute Workout
Trend & aesthetic · 2013 · Viral
An illustrated workout column spawned an industry of 26 smartphone apps.
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How it worksNumbers
- Peak date
- May 2013
- May 9 ’13 to May 2013
- Platforms
- 7
- Started on Press
- Origin
- Seeded
- Health & fitness
How it spread
Trace the originThe Times turned a journal circuit into an illustrated column. Readers shared it on Facebook and debated it on Hacker News. ABC counted 26 derivative apps; Johnson & Johnson and the Times later released their own tools.
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May 2013
Gretchen Reynolds seed · May 9 ’13
Reynolds published the illustrated Scientific 7-Minute Workout in the New York Times.[1]
Good Morning America platform jump · May 13 ’13
Claire Shipman tried the circuit at Sterling Gym for Good Morning America.[2]
tilt platform jump · May 14 ’13
tilt submitted the Times article to Hacker News, where readers debated the workout.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
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