hey everyone it's Morgan Yates I'm no stranger to taking on a fitness challenge and I was
recently inspired to do my own version of 75 soft you might have heard of 75 hard where
for 75 days you work out twice you follow an extreme diet with no cheat meals or alcohol
you read non-fiction every day basically it's a full-on boot camp in the name of self-improvement
but I don't have to try it to know that it's not going to be realistic for me then I heard
about 75 soft which is a much more achievable version and it usually includes something
along the lines of what's on screen I love an opportunity to challenge myself physically
and mentally so for the next 75 days I'm making this challenge my own with one 45 minute workout
per day including one active recovery day each week hitting a minimum of seven thousand
steps per day waking up and getting out of bed before 8 A.M hopefully that'll kick my
Tick Tock scrolling habit following a mostly healthy diet drinking only on social occasions
AKA out of my house and with friends drinking three liters of water reading 10 pages of
anything which is always going to be fiction and every now and then taking a progress pick
when I feel like it all of this is definitely a step above what my lifestyle includes currently
so grab a snack and get ready to follow along on this journey of the first two weeks trying
75 soft thank you so much to co-pilot for sponsoring a portion of this video
welcome to day one of my 75 soft challenge today is Wednesday March 22nd so far today
I woke up before 8 A.M I woke up around 7 30.
for the past several weeks if not months I've been in the habit of waking up around 9am
I think I'm in a good place with my water intake for the day oh shoot I brought that
up here I'm just filming something else I'm meant to be drinking that while I was up here
before I let myself go back downstairs let's see how I am on my steps for the day all right
so far not a lot in the step game but I have not done my workout yet whatever steps I don't
accomplish for my workout I'm going to just walk on the treadmill watch a show maybe and
get those in all the way up to seven thousand yeah Welcome to my life of being such an All
or Nothing person I'm actually really looking forward to this I feel like if you followed
along with my content for 2023 you know I've been talking endlessly about movement habit
building I feel like I've been in such a stride with that so far in 2023 however I love an
opportunity to switch things up this is definitely kicking it into a whole new gear as well as
I have kind of gotten off of my habits for a couple of weeks after going out of town
and I don't know why it's so difficult for me to get back into them so I thought give
myself something big to commit to would just be something fun to do welcome to day one
I just walked almost a mile on the treadmill um and then did like 30 minutes of physical
therapy moves because my knee is feeling a little bit weird and just like random weights
and abs and just kind of a full-blown like intuitive assortment of moves and now I'm
at 5 000 steps for the day 2 000 more also more on this in a second but up front I shared
with my co-pilot trainer Olivia that I was starting 75 soft so that she could help me
stay consistent by keeping me accountable in addition to workouts the co-pilot app also
has habit tracking features making it really easy for me to check off the different aspects
of this challenge every day
kicking off day two I got straight out of bed and onto the treadmill because the day
before I was not really feeling knocking out those 7 000 steps in one sitting along with
my workout I don't really think that's something I'd be able to keep up this entire challenge
so at 7 37 am I knocked out around 2 000 steps which I felt really proud of considering I
would normally still be sleeping at this time it's more expensive eyebrows Tick Tock all
right just pulled it into my day two workout which is going to be a boxing class so this
will check off my whole 45 minutes for the day when I get home later this evening I'm
gonna see what my steps are at and then whatever I haven't hit I'm just gonna do like a leisurely
walk so I'm trying my goal like with getting this many steps in for a while when I would
use the treadmill it'd always be like a 12-330 type incline situation which I feel like has
almost like discouraged me from like walking more because like I've just kind of made the
habit of if I'm on the treadmill it's definitely like a workouty type walk so I'm trying to
lift this 75 soft challenge get in the habit of just like walking more just flat ground
steps in all right have a great it wasn't getting quite tired today
waking up early and getting straight into these workouts was turning out to be a big
adjustment these first few days I was really lacking in energy like on day three when I
did my co-pilot workout of the day first thing in the morning after the fact it felt great
to have knocked that out and my day was really only just beginning my gosh the workout I
just finished was 30 minutes almost exactly so I'm gonna go on the treadmill and walk
at a fast pace at an incline for the additional 15 minutes and then later on depending on
my steps as I've said I'll just walk like normally we're getting these 45 minute workouts
in which honestly is longer than I tend to do at home by myself so this is a big deal
that I'm adding on also I discovered a great way to pass the time on the treadmill was
getting my reading in instead of watching a show I've kind of been in a TV rut with
things not keeping my attention lately but give me a thriller book and somehow the time
was passing much more quickly
the next day was my active recovery day where I just got my steps in and then I did some
light stretching that Olivia had programmed for me
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so bringing this into day five I wanted to show you my co-pilot workout of the day you
may have already heard the copilot rundown for me because I've been a member since 2021
but if you're not familiar with copilot it is an affordable Fitness coach app that matches
you with a real personal trainer and provides personalized workouts based on your goals
and available equipment so I've been working with my trainer Olivia for over a year and
a half now throughout that time my goals have changed my lifestyle has changed the amount
of time I could commit to Fitness has fluctuated and throughout all of that Olivia has supported
me in my fitness journey and tailored my workouts to what works for me at a given time so after
getting some morning steps in this is the workout Olivia assigned me I'm gonna get started
on today's workout which is going to be a likes and core day I'll have the workout preview
on screen for starting out with some stretches which are very important and then moving on
to three different Tri sets so it's gonna be three moves and I'm gonna do them three
times each before moving on to the second set and then the third set and then that's
the workout so gonna get started starting with the stretching one lesson I learned over
the past year that I learned in physical therapy from all of my knee problems is the importance
of stretching of warming up your muscles and also of proper form which I'll touch on in
a second my calves and legs and everything used to be just crazy tight because I was
lacking in all of those areas so now I never skip a stretch moving into this first Tri
set something I've been working on for a while now is trying to control my wobbly knees and
squats so we are getting there but one cool feature with copilot is that if you have an
Apple Watch and you're wearing it during your workouts not only does it gather your personalized
stats but it can actually correct your form based on your wrist placement so this doesn't
come into effect with every move necessarily but I frequently get feedback to slow down
on my reps or to reach higher at the top or whatever it is which is cool to get that in
the moment feedback at this point my legs and glutes were dying so here's me realizing
I have to modify this move and lay down instead which I think I speak for Olivia that she
would support this that's one thing about copilot 2 is that your trainers are there
to support you and encourage you this isn't some toxic fitness app with like harsh trainers
like it's very happy and encouraging it's all about doing your best setting your own
goals and equipping you to be able to be consistent 75 of co-pilot clients actually continue to
work out after 100 days which is crazy high that's nine times more successful at sticking
to goals than the average person and I think that can be attributed to the supportive coaching
environment and if you would like to try copilot for yourself I'll have my link below or you
can actually get 14 days for free with your own fitness and health coach and that is a
wrap on my day five I just finished as you can tell I've been through it that was a good
one my legs are dying here's the data from the day 89 exercise minutes 7 500 steps and
these are the muscles I targeted in that workout
for day six and seven I didn't get the most footage but I was staying the course continuing
with my early morning steps and reading combo which was getting a bit easier to roll out
of bed and go do [Music]
today I am adding more protein into my breakfast lately there's no normally like a avocado
toast with egg or gal for breakfast but lately I've been craving Greek yogurt which is under
there with granola fresh fruit I have some sunflower butter in here so I've been eating
this the past few days but today I thought I'd add a little bit more protein in a little
switch up compared to what I would normally do [Music] foreign
[Music] I just did some steps on the treadmill and for today's co-pilot workout it is a Pilates
Vibes routine starting out with some stretches and some AB moves then doing a little glute
circuit and then a shoulder circuit and then a little full body burnout and then ending
it with some stretches as well and so I was talking to Olivia my coach kind of coming
up with some new workouts because I've been in a good routine going to my boxing classes
every Tuesday and Thursday for 2023 and so I want to keep those up so when it comes to
doing that which is also like a lot of weights and then doing like really intense at home
workouts with a lot of Weights my body was just exhausted so I talked to Olivia and she
is programmed and it's more like pilates-esque like body weight workouts for the most part
we do have a few weighted moves on here like some dumbbell curls um actually that might
be literally the only one and everything else is just body weight so that for me takes a
little bit less motivation to like do at home when my body's already feeling very tired
from the workout the day before so I'm gonna get started on this I wish I were mic'd up
for this workout because some of these moves humbled me I felt so goofy recording myself
doing these they just I just think these look so silly but moving on to the fire hydrant
on each side Olivia put a note to hold each rep at the top for two seconds before going
back down so I was feeling the burn and then please look at my face while I'm seeing this
next move demonstrated the app does show you a video of someone doing each move also so
you're never left guessing but like I'm honored that Olivia thought I could do this because
I could do one and then I had to put my knee down here's me looking back like did I see
that correctly yeah I did okay good this move was a challenge for me
so continuing the effort on the other side and then I was hanging on to this glute Bridge
usually the app is telling me I'm not high enough at the top so today I was not gonna
let it tell me that and I did not record the whole workout but you get the picture so here's
me submitting it I ended the day with 54 minutes of physical activity
and then day nine didn't record much besides this cute little mocktail that I made because
I was at home so those are the rules foreign
but I just pulled in for a boxing class which I have not really been doing very many of
these since I've just been sticking to my co-pilot workouts at home for the most part
as well as just getting in so many steps I've just been so tired these past few days it's
been a struggle I've definitely been reeling in a little bit more realistically for a few
days I was doing like 12 3 30 like walking in an incline for 30 minutes every morning
and then doing a workout later my body was just so tired and so I was losing the will
to continue so the past few days I've just been walking like black ground
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[Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] just finished as I'm nearing the end these
first two weeks with only two days left I made day 13 my octave recovery day welcome
to another random morning I've not gotten ready for the day but this morning and yesterday
in the past few days I've just been hopping on the treadmill first thing in the morning
again less intense than I was doing before which has made it it's a lot easier to get
out of bed and like just start doing that in an effort to get more steps in so already
for the day I'm already at 4 267 just from the treadmill and I was on our reading so
I've checked off my reading as well so I'll definitely get to 7 000 in my workouts I would
assume
and for day 14 I had a packed schedule for the day so I did something crazy for myself
and I went to a 6 30 a.m workout class [Music]
just I was like I've never seen you this sweaty my hair is soaking wet the fan was not reaching
me I was in the corner and just like that I'm already 14 days into this 75 soft challenge
I did an update on this but I hit my water intake goal all but one day and all the other
goals I successfully met I pivoted a little and decided I only wanted the up before 8
am rule to apply to weekdays because your girl wants to sleep in on the weekends these
first two weeks were both harder and easier than I expected harder and that my muscles
have just been so tired and this was also easier and that I feel like I've just been
so dedicated to completing this that I just pushed through without a second thought co-pilot
has been instrumental in helping me stay consistent with this goal as well from Olivia's accountability
to The Habit tracking features to the workouts themselves being created just for me I don't
think I would have the motivation to do all these things just on my own again if you would
like to try 14 days of copilot free you can redeem that at my link below thank you so
much for watching and I'll see you guys in my next video
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