What Is Your Thought On The 75 Soft?

[drobi619]

I am considering doing the 75 softs in the new year and, possibly, even doing the 75 hard after that. What are your thoughts on that? That means I would be doing this challenge for at least 150 days or about 5 months. 

75 soft:

- Eat well and only drink on social occasions.

- Train for 45 minutes every day, with one day a week for active recovery.

- Drink three litres of water a day.

- Read ten pages of any book a day.

75 hard:

- If you skip a day, you must start over.

- Pick a diet to follow, with no alcohol or cheat meals.

- Drink a gallon of water daily.

- Complete 2 daily workouts.

- Read 10 pages per day of a non-fiction book

 

[barry1010]

The soft seems reasonable, although I never knew about it, I have been doing all of those things every day for the last few years.  I'm still breathing.

Achievable for most people, and targets are good 

[drobi619]

So you are on the side of the 75 soft for the 75 days, but I am unsure if I should switch to the 75 hard after that or stick with the 75 soft. 

[barry1010]

See how you feel after the soft challenge.  Two workouts a day is meaningless.  I do cardio and yoga every day, some would count that as two.  If it is two long, intense sessions it could do more harm than good.

Feeling like a failure because you have a drink at, say, a wedding is not good for morale.

Disrupting sleep every night because you've drunk too much water is not good for overall health, but if you live in a hot country, do a physical job and exercise hard then you probably wouldn't be affected.

Maybe adjust the challenge to suit you - everyone is different 

[douglas9401]

After exhaustive research I've concluded that we all die eventually, just some of us haven't been slaves to some nonsensical fad.

Be well.

[roopower]

Hadn't heard of this so have just had a quick read. It sounds like another trend but if that's what you want to do, ok.

[ichkeria]

Why a non-fiction book?

[piggynose]

??

[barry1010]

I suppose some people rarely read novels or non-fiction books and for some reason reading is considered to be a 'good thing'. Depends what you read.

 

 

[Cloverjo]

Does the 75 refer to age?

The soft one sounds like a reasonable target for any age.

A gallon a day of water in the hard one is just silly.

You could add doing a Sudoku, crossword, Wordle etc. per day too

[barry1010]

It refers to the number of days the challenge lasts - it's for any age.  The original 75 challenge is the harder one, and the soft is a more realistic alternative - healthier in my view.