Ziggy
Founder of Unbroken
I'm Ziggy. I built Unbroken — a 75-day pact tracker where witnesses see your days and a miss sends you back to Day 1 — and I run everything published on this site: 12 guides across 6 topics, plus the 8 tools in the proving ground.
I'm not a doctor, a dietitian or a coach, and I don't pretend to be. I'm a developer who had to read the actual guidance to build a challenge tracker that does not lie to people — how much water is a lot, what a rest day costs a streak, how long a habit really takes to stick. Most of what I found online was either a rulebook with no evidence or a study summary with no rules. So I write the version I wanted: plain language, with the sources linked so you can check me.
Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then read, cut and corrected by me before anything goes up. Health claims point at a primary source — MedlinePlus and the National Library of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, the World Health Organization, or peer-reviewed literature — and every guide lists what it drew on at the bottom of the page. It also means nothing here is medically reviewed, because there is no clinician on staff to review it. I'd rather say that plainly than imply a credential I don't have.
How I work
- Primary sources first. Health claims come from public-health bodies and peer-reviewed research, not from other blogs.
- Sources on the page. Guides list what they cite, with outbound links, so you can read the original.
- No diagnosis, no training plans. These are guides to a challenge. Anything involving an injury, an illness or a medication belongs with a clinician.
- No borrowed authority. Other programs are named to describe them, never to imply they endorse this one.
- Corrections welcome. If something here is wrong or out of date, tell me and I'll fix it and note the update date.
The full detail is in the editorial policy.
What Unbroken is
Unbroken is a 75-day challenge tracker built on pacts and witnesses. You write the pact, your witnesses see your days, and missing one sends the run back to Day 1 — but the days you banked stay in the Record forever. Run it alone, with a partner, or in a squad.
Recent articles by Ziggy
- 75 Hard vs 75 Soft: Which Challenge Fits You? 75 Hard and 75 Soft compared on daily workload, alcohol and diet rules, and what happens when you miss. Pick on the failure rule, not the marketing. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- 75 Hard vs Unbroken: Rules, Flexibility, and Witnesses 75 Hard is a program with published rules. Unbroken is a pact engine with witnesses. What each one does, what they share, and how to run both together. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 6 min read
- Drinking a Gallon of Water a Day: How to Actually Do It How to drink a gallon of water a day without wrecking your sleep — the schedule, the bottle math, and the overhydration risk you need to know first. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 8 min read
- How Long It Really Takes to Build a Habit (Not 21 Days) The 21-day rule came from a 1960 self-help book. The research says a daily habit takes about two months to feel automatic, and sometimes far longer. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- How to Start 75 Hard: The Complete Prep Checklist A complete prep checklist for starting 75 Hard: rules, calendar, food, kit, water, reading, photos, and the decisions to make before Day 1. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 8 min read
- Missed a Day of 75 Hard? What the Restart Rule Really Means You missed a task and the rule says start over. Here is what a restart actually costs, what it cannot take back, and what to do in the next ten minutes. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- Sick During Your 75-Day Challenge: Push, Pause, or Restart? A challenge has no sick day. Your body does. How to use the neck check, when to rest outright, and what a pause really costs on a strict 75-day run. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 6 min read
- Telling People Your Goals: When It Works and When It Backfires Announcing a goal can make you less likely to do it. Reporting to one person makes you more likely. The difference is what you hand over. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- The 75 Hard Rules, Explained Task by Task The five 75 Hard rules explained one by one: workouts, water, diet, reading, photos — plus the midnight boundary, the restart rule, and the gray areas. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- The Science of Streaks: Why "Don't Break the Chain" Works Why streaks pull so hard: the count you can lose, repetition in one context, and the evidence that recorded, visible progress raises your odds of finishing. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- Why an Accountability Partner Doubles Your Odds The famous 95% accountability statistic is fake. The real research is better anyway. What a partner changes, and how to run one that lasts 75 days. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read
- Your First Week of a 75-Day Challenge: What to Expect What the first week of a 75-day challenge actually feels like, day by day: soreness, hunger, broken sleep, the day-four negotiation, and how to get through it. Last updated Aug 3, 2026 · 7 min read