Group challenge template
75 Soft
Seventy-five days of showing up. No restarts, no drama, no excuses about the weather.
75 Soft is the version of 75 Hard for people with jobs, families, and a sense of proportion. Same idea: do a short list of things every single day for 75 days. The difference is that the list is achievable and missing a day does not send you back to Day 1.
It works because the habits are boring. Exercise, water, reading, and eating like an adult are things you already know how to do. The challenge is doing all four on a random Tuesday in week nine, when nobody is watching. Which is exactly why somebody should be watching.
The rules
- 45 minutes of exercise every day. One rest-day walk per week counts.
- Drink 3 liters of water daily.
- Read 10 pages of any book. Audiobooks are between you and your conscience.
- Stick to a diet of your choosing. Alcohol only on social occasions.
- Miss a day? Log it and keep going. No restarting from zero.
That last rule is the soft part, and it is the reason people actually finish. 75 Hard treats one bad day as total failure. 75 Soft treats it as one bad day.
Why do it with a group
Seventy-five days is long enough that motivation will quit somewhere around week three. What gets you to week eleven is knowing that four other people can see your row on the board, and that your empty square will sit there with your name on it.
On ChallengeBoard everyone checks in once a day and the whole group sees who showed up. No group chat noise, no motivational spam. Just the board, keeping score for 75 days.
Run 75 Soft on the board
Create the challenge in about a minute, start solo or invite your group with a link, and check in once a day. Everyone sees who showed up. No chat, no push notifications, no confetti.
Start 75 SoftFree while in early access. No credit card needed.
Fair questions
What is the difference between 75 Hard and 75 Soft?
75 Hard requires two workouts a day (one outdoors), a gallon of water, a strict diet with zero alcohol, a daily progress photo, and a full restart if you miss anything. 75 Soft keeps the daily structure but drops to one workout, 3 liters of water, and no restart rule.
Can I start on any day?
Yes. Pick a start date, get your group in before Day 1 if you can, and go. There is nothing magic about Mondays.
What counts as a check-in?
All four dailies done. If you only hit three, that is a miss. Be honest; the board only works if the squares mean something.