A 75 Hard Morning Routine That Fits Before Work

75 Hard is mostly a scheduling problem. Two workouts, the reading, the water and the photo all have to fit around a normal day, every day, for 75 days.

The daily tasks

The program, created by Andy Frisella, asks for the same list every day for 75 days, with a restart from day one if you miss anything:

• Two 45-minute workouts, one of them outdoors.
• Follow a diet of your choice, with no cheat meals and no alcohol.
• Drink a gallon of water.
• Read 10 pages of a non-fiction book.
• Take a progress photo.

What to do in the morning

Evenings are where 75 Hard attempts fail: late meetings, plans with friends, being tired. Moving tasks into the morning removes most of that risk.

1. Fixed wake time. Work back from your first commitment. One 45-minute workout plus reading needs about 75 minutes with a shower.
2. Workout one. Outdoors if you can, since the outdoor one is the hardest to fit in after dark.
3. Read 10 pages in a timed block. Ten pages takes most people 15 to 20 minutes. Do it before the phone gets a chance to pull you in.
4. Progress photo and the first bottle of water while you are already up.

That leaves the second workout and the rest of the water for later, which is far easier to rescue on a busy day than reading at midnight.

Using Rise for the reading block

1. Set your wake-up alarm in Rise. It rings through Silent mode.
2. After your workout, start a focus session sized for your 10 pages, for example 20 minutes. Sessions over 15 minutes need Pro.
3. The timer runs on the Lock Screen, so the phone can stay face down while you read.
4. Each completed morning adds to your streak, a simple visual of your run.

Training alarms piling up? Alarm Clock Planner, from the same maker, groups alarms with tags, so a whole group can be switched off for a rest week and back on after.