Here's Why the Soft 75 Challenge Is the 2025 Wellness Trend You Need to Try

One of the most challenging aspects of adopting a lifestyle change that involves diet and exercise is maintaining consistency. We’re ready for that first day, and we have every intention of sticking it out, but sometimes we quit. Extreme fitness challenges like 75 Hard can be too much for many people, leaving them physically and emotionally exhausted. That can lead to frustration and ultimately, giving up. But a fitness trend called 75 Soft hopes to make the transition into a healthy lifestyle a bit easier.

Sarah Campus, PT and founder of LDN MUMS FITNESS, shared a bit of insight into 75 Soft with Cosmopolitan.

"The 75 soft challenge is a more flexible and balanced alternative to the popular 75 hard challenge," Campus explained. "It aims to promote healthy habits without the strict, all-or-nothing mentality of 75 hard."

This challenge does not have strict rules. Instead, it focuses on getting healthy and sticking to it, the Cleveland Clinic explained. The 75 soft plan encourages healthy eating and avoiding alcohol. Then it adds an exercise component of 45 minutes a day and a water goal of three liters daily. But maybe one of the most interesting parts of 75 Soft is that it encourages reading 10 pages a day. This isn’t just about physical health but also keeping our minds sharp.

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“When you’re trying to make improvements, it’s better and more helpful if you try to tackle one small thing at a time until you start to feel comfortable and get better over time,”  Health and sports/performance psychologist Matthew Sacco, PhD, shared with the Cleveland Clinic.

“The goal is not to push yourself so hard that you think of failing. The goal is to help yourself feel confident enough to keep going. And it feels really good when you accomplish a goal.”

We like the 75 soft approach. It gives reasonable goals that many can accomplish. And if we fall short, there’s no need to feel guilty. This is definitely something to try.