My 2 Week Update Of The 75 Hard Program

This is my first time through the 75 hard. 

When I first heard about it I think it was around April or May of 2021. It was on one of Ryan Holidays podcasts and he was talking about his experience with it.

It caught my attention but I also thought that I would never be able to accomplish it.

That was what Andy Frisella, The creator of the 75 hard, likes to call “the little bitch voice”. It’s the voice that tells you that you are not capable or you’re not good enough. It tells you that you are ok with the way you are, it makes up excuses of why not to do something.

I let my little bitch voice get the better of me then.

Fast forward to when I stumbled upon an episode of Andy Frisella’s podcast. This was at the end of December. Andy was talking about discipline and confidence and I felt I was lacking in both departments. It was then and there I told my little bitch voice to shut up and I set the date for the first of the next month, which happened to be Jan.1 or the new year 2022. Looking back I should have just started at that moment but I am still glad I set the date.

Early win - Started My YouTube Channel

So anyways with that little bit of a back story out of the way, I want to go over how things are going with the 75 hard over the first 2 weeks of the program.

First of all within a matter of days of starting I did something I would never believe I would ever do, which is start a youtube channel. Now I don’t know if starting the 75 hard and starting the youtube are correlated but I found the willpower to fight fear and just pull the trigger on it. Did I know anything about YouTube, filming, editing, titles, thumbnails….ect? Not a single thing but I did end up getting a video published. 1 explaining the channel and the other going over the rules of the 75 hard.

I have to say they both are shitty and I am kind of embarrassed by them. But you know what, everyone has to start somewhere and I know each one will be better than the last.

How The Program Is Going So Far

So getting back to the actual program itself.

The diet I set out for myself is going fairly well. I have had cravings and I do think about all the food I have left behind. I thought this would be a breeze but It is definitely more difficult than I thought initially. I also know the food that I left behind was absolute garbage for my body. Sure it tastes good but it is doing nothing for my body and mind.

The gallon of water(3.78541 liters) or I rounded up to 4 liters, has been a lot better than I thought. What I mean is, I only ever drank between 2-3 liters a day on a good day and far less on a bad day so naturally I figured this would be pretty difficult. While I have had some times so far where I had to chug some before bed, generally since I have been consistent all day this hasn’t really been an issue. This will probably become more difficult when I have to travel to do some physio where I will probably be doing workouts for a few hours a day if it is anything like the last physio I have done. Te drive there is about 3.5-4 hours on a good day and the roads are terrible right now so It might end up being a lot longer. Not to mention the piss breaks haha. This is where I will be tested and be a change from the routine of being in my own home.

The 2 workouts a day has been going great. I am pretty sore most days and have been doing some weight training in my home gym, usually in the morning. I have had some sessions where I just hit the punching bag and sit on the cardio bike but those are definitely a good workout. For the outdoor end of it, I have been hiking behind my house with my dog. The snow is deep and there is a good amount of uphill on the route I take. I have a few different routes I can take so have been able to switch it up. Each of these workouts is usually longer than the 45 minutes required. Again I think the challenge will be when I am doing physio workouts away from home. I will figure it out.

The reading 10 pages a day of a non-fiction book. This one hasn’t been a challenge for me and have already crushed 1 book called “show your work” by Austin Kleon. I had the 75 hard book arrive and am almost done with that one as well. Typically I have been reading more than 10 pages each day. In fact, I think I read probably 100 pages of the 75 hard yesterday and another 35 pages so far today. I have already built a pretty solid habit of reading and so far there hasn’t been a problem here. I am definitely not saying this to brag but only trying to be straight up. I don’t think I have gone 75 days in a row before so things may change with this. I still have a long way to go.

I have been on top of the progress photos each day. Usually, I take them before or after a shower or before bed. I have had only 1 time I can recall where I had to get out of bed to take it. I have even thought to maybe take it right when I get up so I don’t have to worry about it. Really trying to be conscious of this one because it seems so easy that it could be easy to overlook.

Overall