3 Minutes Every Hour Changes Everything

Science-backed micro-exercise breaks that fit your workday. Track streaks, monitor heart rate with Apple Watch, and build lasting habits.

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Built for Your Workday

Hourly Reminders

Persistent notifications that keep you moving. Configurable schedule with rest days so it works around your life.

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Guided Exercises

6 exercises, 30 seconds each. A new routine daily so you never get bored. Standing and seated options available.

Apple Watch

Real-time heart rate tracking, workout recording to HealthKit, and start breaks directly from your wrist.

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Streaks & Stats

Track daily streaks, total exercise time, completion rates, and calories burned. Share your progress with friends.

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Flexible Schedule

Set your active days and hours. Choose hourly or every 90 minutes. Rest days are truly rest days.

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Science-Backed

Built on WHO physical activity guidelines and research on hourly movement breaks for cardiometabolic health.

Built on Real Research

ME isn't based on wellness trends. It's grounded in peer-reviewed research showing that regular movement breaks throughout the day meaningfully improve metabolic and cardiovascular health.

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2017

Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Diaz KM, Howard VJ, Hutto B, et al.

Studied 7,985 adults and found that both total sedentary time and prolonged uninterrupted bouts were associated with higher all-cause mortality. Participants who kept sitting bouts under 30 minutes had the lowest risk.

Diabetes Care, 2012

Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting Reduces Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

Dunstan DW, Kingwell BA, Larsen R, et al.

Randomized crossover trial showing that interrupting sitting with short bouts of light- or moderate-intensity walking significantly lowered postprandial glucose and insulin levels in overweight adults.

Diabetes Care, 2016

Benefits for Type 2 Diabetes of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting With Brief Bouts of Light Walking or Simple Resistance Activities

Dempsey PC, Larsen RN, Sethi P, et al.

Found that 3-minute bouts of simple resistance exercises (half-squats, calf raises) every 30 minutes significantly reduced glucose, insulin, and triglyceride responses in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Obesity, 2014

Meta-analysis of the Relationship Between Breaks in Sedentary Behavior and Cardiometabolic Health

Chastin SFM, Egerton T, Leask C, Stamatakis E.

Meta-analysis confirming that more frequent breaks in sedentary behavior are independently associated with lower waist circumference, BMI, triglycerides, and improved glucose metabolism.

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2025

Short Bouts of Accumulated Exercise: Consensus on Definition, Efficacy, and Practical Applications

International consensus panel

Comprehensive consensus finding that short bouts of exercise used to interrupt sitting improve over 10 acute biomarkers and, long-term, can improve over 20 health outcomes including blood pressure and metabolic health.

PubMed, 2025

Hourly Movement Protocol for Cardiometabolic Health

Original research protocol

The foundational research protocol that ME is built on, demonstrating the efficacy of structured hourly movement breaks for improving cardiometabolic markers in desk-bound workers.

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