Day 1 – So it Begins, 75 Hard

August 1st, 2023

4:45 am

My usual alarms goes off at 5 but today I woke up on my own at 4:10 am PST. I’m sure this was more due to excitement of starting something new, a new month ready to get after it. Looking forward to the next 75 days of this journey.

Here’s a quick reminder of the task that I must do daily. If I miss even one of these I must start over:

Follow a diet
2 Workouts
1 gallon of water
Read at least 10 pages
Take a progress picture

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Follow A Diet

Below is a list of what I ate today:

Post Workout
- Shake – 3 Scoops of Optimum Nutrition Whey with water
Breakfast
- 2 Hard Boiled Eggs
Lunch
- Chipotle Double Chicken Bowl
Dinner
- Ground Turkey Bulgogi Rice Bowl

2 workouts of at least 45 Minutes (one must be outside):

Workout # 1 5:32 am
- Pull Day
  - ABS
    - 4 x 15 reps Hanging Leg Raises
    - 4 x 20 reps (17 lbs) Pallof Press
    - 3 x 12 reps Superman Holds
  - Back
    - 4 x 10 reps (30 lbs) dummbell deadlifts
    - 4 x 1 minute reps (126 lbs) lat pulldown
    - 3 x 8 reps (50 lbs) dumbbell row
  - Bicep/forearm
    - 3 x 10 reps (30 lbs) reverse bicep curl
  - Farmer Carry
    - 3 x 50 meters (45 lbs)
  - Bike
    - Zone 2 – 45 Minutes
Workout # 2 4:45 pm
- 2 Mile Walk around the neighborhood. My calf isn’t 100% yet so I could only walk.

1 Gallon of Water

Drank the full 128 ounces of water by 6:30 pm today. I’m already been drinking a lot of water prior to starting 75 Hard so I didn’t have any issues with this. I also bought a one gallon jug to make it easier to keep track of how much I have left.

Read at least 10 pages

I am re reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. I read this book over 10 years ago so it was due for a re read. I like to re read books as I gain new perspective on ideas and also tend to pick up other concepts as well.

Summary of what I read today:

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit – Aristotle
- Felt this was great reminder as I embark on this 75 hard journey. The purpose of this program is to become excellent by building great habits for myself.
Another take away was Habits are formed when there is an intersection of 3 things
1. Knowledge – what to do and why
2. Skill – how to do
3. Desire – want to do

Day 1 Reflection:

Takeaway:

As with anything new. The first day is always fun and exciting. It wasn’t very hard but I credit it to some of the habits that I’ve already formed over the last year.
I know some days will be harder, some will be easier but the goal is to stay the course. I must be consistently good over being occasionally great.