7-Minute Workout App: A Guided Bodyweight Timer
September 13, 2026
7-Minute Workout is a guided bodyweight exercise app. It takes you through ten exercises with 30 seconds of work and 10 seconds of recovery for each, with a timer, progress, and pause, skip, and restart controls, so all you have to do is follow along. It runs locally and keeps only a short completion history on your device.
| Type | Desktop app |
| Category | Personal life |
| What's inside | 1 app · runs locally · no account |
| Author, published on Taku by | Bumhan Yu |
| Adapted from | baadaa/barebone-workout on GitHub |
| Cost to use | Free |
What it does
The hard part of a short workout isn't the exercise. It's the admin — watching a clock, remembering what's next, deciding whether that was 30 seconds or 20. This app takes all of that off your hands.
Ten guided exercises. One after another, so you never have to decide what comes next.
Fixed intervals. Thirty seconds of work, ten seconds to recover and get into position. Ten rounds of that comes to roughly seven minutes.
Controls for real life. Progress through the session, plus pause, resume, skip, and restart for when the doorbell rings or an exercise isn't right for you today.
An optional sound cue. A local audio cue lets you follow the timing without watching the screen.
A short history. The app keeps a bounded record of completed sessions on your device, enough to see that you've been showing up.
A safety reminder. It's shown prominently, not tucked away in a settings page.
Why seven minutes
Short, no-equipment circuits like this became widely known through high-intensity circuit training — the idea, related to high-intensity interval training, of working hard in brief intervals with minimal rest. The original app is based on 7 Minutes to Fit, a book of interval workouts by trainer Brett Klika, who co-authored a widely shared 2013 fitness-journal article on circuit training using body weight.
The practical appeal is simple: no equipment, no gym, and a session short enough that "I don't have time" stops being true.
What it won't do
- replace advice from a doctor or qualified trainer — if you have an injury, a health condition, or haven't exercised in a while, check first
- see you or correct your form
- sync to accounts or other devices — history stays where it is
How it differs from the original
The original is Barebone 7-Minute Workouts, a web app built with Next.js and TypeScript.
| Barebone 7-Minute Workouts (original) | 7-Minute Workout (Taku) | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs as | A web app in the browser | A local app in Taku |
| Session | Choose a timeframe and a target area | A guided ten-exercise session with 30/10 intervals |
| Extras | Workout history in the browser, dark mode | Pause, resume, skip, restart, a sound cue, and a bounded local history |
You can try the original in a browser at workout.bald.design. The Taku version centres on one clear guided session you can start without choosing anything.
When to reach for it
- You have ten minutes and no gym
- You're travelling and want a routine that fits a hotel room
- You're building a daily habit and need the smallest possible version of it
- You want a break between meetings that isn't another screen
- You'd rather follow a timer than count seconds in your head
What's actually inside
One app. It runs locally, with no account, and keeps its completion history on your device only.
Setting it up
The GitHub route (the original). Barebone 7-Minute Workouts runs in the browser at its own address. To run it yourself, clone the repository and start it as a standard Next.js project with npm.
The Taku route. Open 7-Minute Workout in Taku and press start.
Who made it
Bumhan Yu built Barebone 7-Minute Workouts and released it under the MIT license, and also published this version to the Taku marketplace.
You don't need to be technical to use this
You don't need to understand GitHub, Codex, or Claude Code to use this app. A lot of good small tools live in code repositories, and none of that should stand between you and seven minutes of exercise.
Taku is a desktop app built for that: find something useful someone already made, open it in your own workspace, and use it with no setup. Browse the free app library for more everyday tools. For something to practise once you've caught your breath, Guitar Practice Studio covers tuning, tempo, and ear training — or refuel with the Sourdough Companion calculator.
Download Taku and start your first session. Taku is in Beta, and the Mac app is available now; there's also an experimental, unsigned Windows build for Windows 10 and 11.
FAQ
How does the 7-Minute Workout app work?
It guides you through ten bodyweight exercises, each with 30 seconds of work and 10 seconds of recovery, and shows your progress with pause, resume, skip, and restart controls.
Do I need equipment?
No. Every exercise uses body weight only.
Does it track my workouts?
It keeps a short, bounded history of completed sessions on your device. It doesn't sync to accounts or other devices.
Is it safe for everyone?
It includes a prominent safety reminder, but it can't assess your health or form. If you have an injury or health condition, check with a professional first.
Is it free?
The app is free in the marketplace. For what Taku itself costs, see pricing.
Key points
- Guides ten bodyweight exercises with 30-second work and 10-second recovery intervals.
- Pause, resume, skip, and restart, plus an optional sound cue.
- No equipment, no account; history stays on your device.
- Includes a prominent safety reminder — it isn't medical advice.
- Adapted from Barebone 7-Minute Workouts by its own author.