20d (edited) • July Challenge 2026!
"The Standard" July Challenge
Buy-In: $50
Prize Structure:
- 50% of the pot goes to the winner(s)
- Winner(s) collectively decide where the remaining 50% is donated
- If multiple men complete every requirement, the winner's portion is split equally among them
Challenge Rules
Day 1-2: 48-Hour Fast
- Only water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, and electrolytes & minerals permitted
- Fast begins July 1st and ends July 3rd
- Anyone with medical conditions should modify accordingly
Daily Commitments (July 1-31)
1. Track Every Calorie
- Log all food and drinks with calories
- Use any tracking app or handwritten journal
- Submit weekly screenshots/photos every Friday
2. Move Your Body
- Minimum 10,000 steps daily
- Steps must be tracked through a watch, phone, or fitness tracker
3. Feed Your Mind
- Read 10 pages minimum from a growth-oriented book
- Recommendations can be found in the classroom's book club
- No audio books
4. Embrace Discomfort
- End every shower with at least 60 seconds of cold water
- Cold plunge also satisfies this requirement
- Must be intentional and completed daily
5. Eliminate Social Media
- No social media apps on your phone for the duration of the challenge.
- Apps must be deleted by July 1st.
- Includes Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, Snapchat, Threads, and similar platforms.
- YouTube may be used only for educational content, podcasts, or training materials.
- Business-related social media use must be done from a computer.
Weekly Accountability
- Submit your steps and calorie log every Friday on Skool
- Check in consistently with your accountability partner*
Rules
1. Three Strike Rule
Mistakes happen. We're all human.
Each missed commitment earns one strike. Upon receiving a third strike, you are no longer eligible to win the prize pool but encouraged to continue the challenge.
The goal isn't perfection. The goal is ownership, honesty, and consistency.
2. No Banking or Borrowing
Each commitment must be completed on the day it is assigned.
You cannot make up missed commitments by doing extra the following day.
Examples:
- Missing 10,000 steps on Monday cannot be made up by walking 20,000+ steps on Tuesday.
- Reading 20 pages tomorrow does not make up for not reading today.
- Two cold plunges today do not make up for skipping one yesterday.
Every day is a fresh opportunity to keep your word.
3. Honor System**
This challenge is built on integrity, not surveillance.
If you earn a strike, take a strike. If you complete a commitment, own it honestly.
The purpose is not to prove something to the group. The purpose is to become the kind of man whose word means something, especially when nobody is watching.
4. Define the Day
A challenge day runs from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM local time.
This eliminates debates like:
- "I did my reading at 1:00 AM."
- "I forgot my cold shower and did it after midnight."
5. When in Doubt, Take the Strike
If a situation falls into a gray area and you're asking yourself whether it should count, choose the path that builds the strongest character.
The challenge is designed to strengthen integrity, not negotiation skills.
Accountability Partners*
Every participant will be assigned an accountability partner.
Your role is not to police one another. Your role is to support, encourage, challenge, and help each other stay committed when motivation fades.
A quick daily text, call, or check-in can make all the difference.
The Honor System**
This challenge operates entirely on the honor system.
There will be no audits. No investigations. No one checking your shower temperature, counting your steps, or monitoring your phone.
Because that isn't the point.
The purpose of this challenge is not to win money. The purpose is to become the kind of man who keeps his word.
The most important choices in life are rarely made when people are watching. They are made in the quiet moments when nobody would know if you cut a corner.
If you skip a commitment and claim you completed it, you haven't cheated the group. You haven't cheated your accountability partner. You haven't cheated the prize pool.
You've only cheated yourself.
Integrity is what you do when nobody is looking.
At the end of this challenge, every man will know whether he honored his commitments or not. Those decisions are between you and your God.
The real reward is not the money. The real reward is becoming a man who can trust himself.
Raise the standard. Keep your word. Finish what you start.
Make the commitment with your buy-in on Venmo! @Turt_mc_gurt
Deadline is June 30th @ Midnight. Accountabilitiy partners will be assigned on July 1.
5
66 comments
"The Standard" July Challenge
powered by
skool.com/men-of-standard-1510
A network of self-led men committed to discipline, growth, and raising the standard in every area of life.
Suggested communities
Powered by