Excucise
Jacob Hellberg Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Excucise is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Jacob Hellberg. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated April 21, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 59 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Apr 21
- 2026 · v1.1.0
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About Excucise
You had every intention of working out. Then life happened. You're tired. You only have 5 minutes. You don't have equipment. You don't even know where to start. Most fitness apps weren't built for that moment. Excucise was. --- THE COACH THAT STARTS WITH YOUR EXCUSE Excucise isn't a library of workouts. It's a daily system that meets you where you actually are — not where you planned to be last Monday. Every session begins with one question: what's in the way right now? Tired? Traveling? Only 3 minutes? Back pain? Excucise builds your workout around your real constraints — then tells you exactly what to do. No scrolling through hundreds of videos. No deciding what muscle group. No guilt about what you didn't do yesterday. One card. One plan. Start. --- THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE METHOD Researchers call it "implementation intentions" — and study after study confirms that if-then planning increases follow-through by up to 300% compared to traditional goal-setting. Every workout in Excucise is framed as an if-then prescription: your barrier + your time + your energy = one specific plan. No decision required. That's not just good design — it's behavioral science. --- HOW IT WORKS Tell us what's stopping you today. Choose your available time: 3, 5, 8, or 12 minutes. Get your personalized workout card — instantly. Each card has three tiers: - Minimum: just enough to keep your streak alive (3-4 min) - Standard: the right session for today's constraints - Bonus: if you catch a second wind No algorithms trying to impress you. No content library to get lost in. Just honest coaching matched to today. --- BUILT FOR EVERY KIND OF DAY No gym? Bodyweight, bands, dumbbells, kettlebells — or full gym when you have it. Injured? We work around knee, back, shoulder, hip, neck, and wrist pain. Hotel room? Business trip? Zero-equipment plans ready. Only 4 minutes? That counts. Four minutes of focused movement improves mood, metabolism, and your habit streak. Burned out? Select Low energy and we scale back. No judgment. --- YOUR COACH ADAPTS TO YOU Excucise learns your fitness level, your common excuses, your usual location, and what equipment you have. It gets harder when you're ready, backs off when you need recovery. Not an algorithm selling you intensity. A system designed around one goal: getting you to actually move, consistently, for years. --- "Finally an app that gets that I'm not always at 100%." "I've done more workouts in one month than the entire previous year." "The 3-minute minimum is the smartest thing I've ever seen in a fitness app." --- EXCUCISE PRIME - UNLIMITED COACHING Unlock unlimited daily cards, full adaptive coaching, all workout tiers, and the complete barrier library. - Monthly: $7.99/month - Annual: $59.99/year - save 37% Free trial available. Cancel anytime. No excuses needed. --- Start where you are. Not where you wish you were. Not where you were six months ago. Right here. Right now. Whatever's in the way — that's exactly what Excucise is for. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.1.0 · Updated April 21, 2026
Fixed a few things that could have turned into excuses. Now you have one less reason not to start.
App privacy
The developer, Jacob Hellberg, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: User ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
- Health & Fitness: Fitness
Used for: App Functionality, Other Purposes
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
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