The 18-Minute Workout

The People's Chemist

About this app

My name is Shane Ellison. I am a chemist, author, pilot, husband and father of 4. My FREE 18-Minute Workout is what my family uses to “get more for less.” I used it to win a jiu-jitsu world championship. My wife used it to win The Arnold Amateur, after having 2 kids. It works thanks to a phenomenon called hormesis.

Hormesis means to stimulate or set into motion. It’s an evolutionary adaptive response - a change that your body makes after being challenged. This is a survival mechanism hardwired into your genetics. The 18-Minute Workout triggers this biological phenomenon to produce positive adaptive changes.

In a matter of weeks, The 18-Minute Workout will optimize hormone balance, output and sensitivity to help incinerate fat and build muscle. It utilizes the perfect combination of aerobic and anaerobic stressors among key muscle groups so that anyone - at any level of fitness - can harness the power of hormesis. The beneficial effects include greater strength, endurance and optimized lean body mass, as verified by enhanced gene activity and mitochondrial health. Learn more at www.thepeopleschemist.com

Ratings and reviews

As a beginner on app, at 58, it went very well. Although I didn't have the bouncing ball, I grabbed a large bag of stuffed animals in a hurry to keep up and threw them up in the air and caught them. They got tossed around a bit, but had a good workout too!!! lol! I came away with breathing deeper and feeling good. Ready for another w/o tomorrow! Thanks PC

Love this app. I've been foing this workout since December of 2019. 18 minutes is perfect for a busy schedule. I have changed up the routines using my various sized kettlebells. I started this workout after an ankle brake from an auto accident. It is good for strengthening and giving back range of motion.

Content is great but there is a few things that can improve from an app's perspective. 1. Sound should have mute option. 2. I wish the countdown can be ran as a background as well, since once I switch the app to a different app during the middle of break time, the app countdown stops (Countdown only happens when the app is the most top app that is running) 3. I wish there is skip option and redo option between the sessions. 4. It would be even better if this can be synced with Google fit.

What’s new

Updated underlying libraries for more modern support.