Hi everyone, Im wanting to start a 75 hard but im not sure how Id want to go about it. It seems that the results are mainly weight loss, which I do want, but Im really looking to build muscle during the process. Anyone have any tips?
I finished on April 20th. I took a month off, and decided to start again! I have new goals and I’m so excited to challenge myself mentally and physically.
If anyone else started today and wants to be accountability buddies let me know!
This challenge has been harder mentally than physically. Some days were more difficult than the others.
I’ve never posted on this subreddit before, but I’ve spent a lot of time reading posts here. Honestly, this community is one of the reasons I started 75 Hard. Watching others stay disciplined, fail, restart, and keep showing up has been quietly motivating.
62 days in. Progress made. More work left.
Started 3/18/26; Ending 5/31/26
Greetings from Day 63. This past week has been the hardest week yet. I have had to do my second workout late at night at least 3 times the past week because of events and work. I haven't been able to get to the gym in a few days because I have been so sleep deprived that I need to rely on double walks (with a weighted vest to add some challenge) or my stair stepper machine at home (with or without weighted vest). Other days it is simply too late (think past midnight) for me to reasonably go to the gym.
My results are motivating me well so far. People at work are commenting how different I look lately, my progress pictures are showing me the subtle (and not-so-subtle) changes happening, and I feel generally healthier. But I am fatigued and finding it to be a vicious cycle of getting a lot of the tasks done in the late evenings as life continues to get in the way.
I know I am going to get through this and get to the end, and I am determined not to fail even if it means doing workouts at 1am (like today) or chugging water before bed (which has only happened once so far). But man I am exhausted and in dire need of some better time management.
I could use some kind words of motivation, Reddit!
Only about 9lbs down but I feel like my body is responding well to consistent weight training and cardio. Not to mention dropping from probably 3000-4000 calories of binge eating junk food per day today under 2000 calories of real whole foods.
I failed myself on purpose on day 35 simply because I'm not recovering properly. I could have carried on, maybe I could have finished, but tbh, I'm not sure anything would have improved.
I'm 52, and started 75 Hard two days after a marathon. Sounds stupid but I felt great and would have been working out anyway.
I've been mixing up workouts between callisthenics, jump rope, heavy sandbags, plyos, running, rucking and mobility. In that time, I felt I'd found a fine balance between the strength and conditioning and the more recovery orientated mobility work.
But over the past 4 weeks my hrv status, sleep and recovery as per my garmin have absolutely tanked. I feel drained. I can still workout and give my best but my god I feel drained.
I remind you, I'd just finished a marathon and all the training that included, mostly running 6/7 times a week, and I never felt like this.
I'm going to give it a day or two and see what happens to my stats then start again. This time, I'm going to sit down and write a more considered program. It might be against the spirit if not the rules of 75 hard but I think I'll sprinkle much more mobility in. I do have a tendency, as Dan John would say, to chase too many rabbits. 🐇 💪
Good luck to everyone on their personal missions. 🫡
Side profile says it all. Swimming in my shirts and most of my shorts don’t fit me.
I’ve always wanted to do 75 Hard and always, always talked myself out of it before I even started.
I don’t have enough time, it’s too intense, it’s too hard, I don’t need to be that strict, I have too much travel coming up, I have no one to do it with, I always fail so why even start. The list goes on*.*
I decided to try again today, despite having some weekend travel coming up that would’ve normally been an excuse not to try. I noticed my inner dialogue this morning already being defeatist, and I consciously chose to change what I was telling myself. I can do it. If I “fail,” I can restart. Not trying is the failure.
I’ve done a lot of amazing things in life that I could’ve talked myself out of. Why not this? This is not about weight for me, although that likely by product will be beneficial — this is about doing something hard and showing up for myself on the daily.
Here’s where I’m starting
Weight: 255 lbs
BMI: 46.9
Body fat: 62.2%
Visceral fat: 27
Muscle mass: 90.6 lbs
- My “diet” rules are protein at every meal and take out only once a week, otherwise cooking for the rest; and always making breakfast + coffee at home
- I plan to read The Mountain Is You
Wish me luck! 🍀
I completed 75Hard on April 16th!
I’m so so proud of myself for staying committed and finishing. Will I do it again? Maybe during the Summer. Starting in February was tough.
I learned that I can accomplish what I set my mind to. Discipline is more important than motivation.
I don’t recommend the program for weight loss alone. There are better programs for that. I do recommend it if you need a bit of a wake up call in life.
For those in the trenches right now, it got hardest for me on day 45. Take one day at a time, you got this!
Completed my week 2 and to be honest this was easier then week 1. Waking up at 5 without an alarm in the morning and doing all the activities like my life depends on it . I am enjoying it.
Starting weight : 218 lbs
Weight at end of week 2 : 208.2 lbs
See you next week
Just finished 75 Hard and wanted to share a recap for anyone who likes seeing the numbers behind the process.
I started the challenge at 270.3 lb and finished at 220.5 lb, for a total loss of 49.8 lb over the 75 days.
The biggest change was not just the scale, though. My body composition changed significantly:
Starting point
Finish
Total changes
A few other totals from the 75 days:
The biggest takeaway for me is that the weight loss was obviously great, but the real result was proving I could keep promises to myself every single day. There were tired days, hungry days, travel days, stressful work days, low-energy days, and days where it would have been easy to justify stopping. But I didn’t.
What I’m most proud of is not just losing almost 50 lb. It’s that I built a level of consistency I did not previously have. I now know that if I commit to something clearly, I can execute it even when motivation is gone - regardless of how tough or intimidating that might be in the first instance.
Physically, the biggest wins were the drop in visceral fat, the reduction in body fat percentage, and the fact that most of the weight loss appeared to come from fat rather than lean mass. Mentally, the biggest win was realizing that discipline becomes easier when you start believing that you can - and stop worrying about what you think you can’t.
Humility is crucial. I’ve done 75 Hard 3 times now completely. It’s been second nature and I don’t even consider it difficult anymore. The habits are wired.
Well today I realized that planning trumps all.
On a regular work trip I had everything queued up.
I’ve done trips and vacations while on 75H multiple times.
I knew when I was going to be in the airport. I knew when I would be at the hotel. My meals were planned. I was good.
My first workout was at 5 outside. Simple.
Easy flight and downed multiple Dasani bottles (yuck) to hit my gallon.
Second workout was to be at the hotel - Cinch on the treadmill.
I went to sleep self assured that I had once again killed it on vacation. And on day 32 no less.
Then I wake up to this scree. I scramble to understand it and realize I never read.
Fuck.
Day 1
Hi there, I am thinking of doing 75 hard, do you think it is worth it? I do think that doing this challenge will help me with discipline and keeping myself honest. I have considered 75 medium/soft but I would like to do this and challenge myself.
i’m currently on day 61 of 75 hard. my period is 20 days late. i’m usually very regular, so this is very abnormal for me. my workouts aren’t anything crazy, mainly walks.
to the women, did you experience any changes in your period cycle? if so, what was it and how long did it take to return to normal?
To give some background info, I’m on day 2 of the 75 hard. I’ve lived a fairly sedentary life style as a college student (22M), eating poorly, and not drinking much water. I’ve been pretty good at drinking water and improving eating habits, but I would like some advice on workouts.
These past two days, my workouts have been consisting of running/walking/biking. I’m trying to lose fat in my chest area, and I think this cardio definitely helps, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on chest workouts that could help.
You all are so supportive of each other and I’m excited to join the community on my journey!
I’m on day 6 of 75 Hard with 2 of my roommates! I’m struggling really bad with using the bathroom. I’m experiencing near diarrhea multiple times a day and my stomach is cramping. I don’t know if this is all caused by my period, drinking more water, or moving more. I know it’s likely all 3, but it feels severe idk. and how long does it last???? Almost a week in I’m ready to be feeling better.
I can’t lie, the past 75 days have gone so quickly and I feel like I have gained so much (except for weight, thankfully that’s gone down).
Without a big trauma dump, I lost my dad suddenly at the start of 2025 and as often happens in grief, everything that wasn’t essential fell by the wayside and I went into survival mode. That meant neglecting my fitness that I’d worked hard to build, being inconsistent at best with my diet and allowing bad habits to creep in. I was still working out and eating somewhat okay - but I felt like trash.
By the start of 2026, I’d pretty much only exclusively wear baggy clothes, hadn’t run in almost 6 months and was struggling with what I now know is OCD after therapy and a diagnosis.
After starting to get back into healthier habits in February, I started this challenge on 1 March and now here we are. I’m really proud of my progress and the things I’ve achieved in that time are so cool to me. Since starting I’ve:
- started going to parkrun again, which was once a staple of my weekends
- ran a sub 55 min 10k
- deadlifted 100kg
- hiked a few big hills with friends
- fit into a pair of jeans that when they arrived looked like they could only fit my big toe in
- completed therapy and now have a name for all of the weird thoughts and compulsions in my daft brain
- lost 5kg and taken my BMI from on the cusp of overweight to right in the middle of healthy, but that’s only one win of many
I want to lose another maybe 5lbs, so my plan is to keep to the challenge until then - I’m in a WhatsApp group with some lovely people from this sub who are on about day 50, so I’ll tag onto their challenge now. After that, I’ll begin a maintenance/reverse diet phase with a lot of the workouts/water elements still the same!
It’s nice to not still feel like my head is always stuffed full of cotton wool and someone is running around in there banging pots and pans constantly. I attribute a lot of that to this challenge.
Is anyone starting tomorrow?
I would love to start at the same time as someone else so we can chat about it!
I'm on day 10 today however have been working out 2x per day for around 4 weeks now. No one told me the sheer amount of laundry I would have to do for this challenge!
For context I am walking/running every morning then in the evenings I do F45, pilates, boxing or go for another another run. Each activity requires leggings, a sports bra and a top which ends up being 42 garments worn per week not including socks and underwear (3 garments per activity x 2 workouts per day x 7 days per week).
I've never done so much laundry in my life just to keep up!! I've found shopping for extra activewear has lightened the load since I started off with not that much but not ideal to have to spend even more money in this current economy.