EMOM timer
Every Minute On the Minute: one set at the top of every minute, and whatever time is left before the next one is your rest. The faster you move, the more you recover.
OPEN A 10 × 1 MIN EMOMThe timer opens already set up. Nothing to configure, nothing to install.
What does EMOM stand for?
EMOM stands for Every Minute On the Minute: at the top of each minute you start a set. Whatever time is left before the next minute is your rest.
That is what makes the format unusual: the rest is not given, it is earned. Ten burpees in thirty-five seconds leave you twenty-five seconds to recover; the same ten burpees in fifty seconds leave you ten. Fatigue is paid for immediately, round after round.
A worked session
EMOM 10 minutes
Odd minutes — 12 kettlebell swings
Even minutes — 10 burpees
Ten one-minute rounds. The goal is not to be wrecked by round three, but to hold all ten at the same pace.
Alternating two movements is the most common variant: it lets one muscle group recover while the other works, and it holds together far longer than a single movement repeated.
Why this format
- It imposes a pace. Without a forced start, rests quietly stretch as the session goes on.
- It is measurable. The total volume is known in advance: ten rounds of twelve reps is a hundred and twenty reps, whatever happens.
- It is honest. Missing a round is a clean signal, not an impression.
The common mistakes
Picking too much volume
If you do not finish inside the minute, the load or the rep count is too high. A well calibrated EMOM leaves fifteen to twenty seconds of rest; with no rest it is no longer an EMOM but continuous work, and the point of the format is gone.
Assuming a minute is compulsory
The starting interval is yours to set: ninety seconds for a heavy movement, two minutes for a long set, thirty seconds for an E30MOM. Only the principle matters — a start on a fixed beat.
Counting the minutes in your head
That works for three rounds. From the sixth, out of breath, you lose the count and the format loses its reason to exist. This is precisely what a timer settles.
The timer
Round & Rest shows the EMOM as a full-screen block of colour with ultra-bold white digits: the current round and the time left read from across the room, phone flat on the floor, even in direct sunlight. One sound cue at the start of each round, another at the end. Nothing else.
The app works offline, installs on your phone, and asks for no account, no sign-up and no payment.
OPEN A 12 × 1 MIN 30 EMOMOr set the interval and the round count however you like.