A lightweight iOS app I built for myself, and anyone with a desk job, designed to break up long seated stretches with quick, one-minute movement breaks. A mix of micro-workouts and longer routines to help people build a sustainable, everyday movement habit.
After reading a series of studies on how long, uninterrupted sitting raises health risks, I realized my own workday was spent almost entirely at a desk. The advice was simple, stand up and move regularly. Aim for at least fifteen minutes of activity a day, but I kept forgetting to do it.
1Minute Workouts started as a tool for myself: a way to turn that guidance into something I’d actually follow. Hourly reminders prompt quick, one-minute movement breaks I can do beside my desk, then stack throughout the day. When there’s more time, a library of short and full-length workouts, from five-minute isolation sessions to a 7-minute workout and 30–40 minute routines, makes it easier to hit daily and weekly activity goals without needing a dedicated “gym session.”
Desk worker (primary); wellness coach (secondary).
Started as a scratch-my-own-itch: a desk-bound professional who kept forgetting to move, despite knowing short, regular activity helps. Generalized, the primary user is a time-pressed office worker who wants easy prompts, quick movements that work in small or shared spaces, and optional longer routines. Helping to build a sustainable, everyday movement habit.
Accumulate meaningful daily activity during a primarily seated workday through brief, repeatable movement breaks.
