NYT Games - Aug. 26, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Perfect! Wordle - Splendid! Sudoku - Solved in 3:11! How did you do?

Acceleration/ Deceleration - day 65! This was a challenging workout for my 62 year old body! Mainly because some of the moves are impact moves and I have old joints! I don’t have to modify too much and got through the workout!

Happy First Contact Day to my husband! 16 years ago I made the brave move of asking him for his phone number after seeing him off and on at the gym for a few months. Little did I know we would get married 4 years later and be together 16 years later! Happy First Contact Day husband (he’s not on

NYT Games - Aug. 25, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Perfect! Wordle - Great! Sudoku - Solved in 3:29! How did you do?

Day 64 - Full Body Strength! Tough workout with a 9 minute AMRAP finisher! 2rounds, 4 moves each round (45 seconds on / 15 seconds off) repeated 3 times! The AMRAP was 6 moves - uurgh!

Running late! Gotta get my workout in before work starts! Had to re- record my puzzles video this morning! Workout is about 45 minute long… should be plenty of time before work starts!

NYT Games - Aug. 24, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Solid! Wordle - Splendid! Sudoku - Solved in 2:47! How did you do?

Week 9 - is done! Day 63 is a myofascial release day and it feels great! The fact this trainer has us doing 2 active recovery days every week after these extreme workouts is absolutely fantastic!

Parking Lot Chronicles: Costco edition! Got to my Costco at 8:48am and my parking spot was taken! How dare they!!! Only had a few items to pick up but we still have to go to Whole Foods and Dollar General!

NYT Games - Aug. 23, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Perfect! Wordle - Great! Sudoku - Solved in 2:56! How did you do?

Cardio Boxing - NOT my type of workout. You’ve probably seen my videos complaining about boxing workouts - since we do this a few times in the workout calendar! Today is no exception - still don’t like it! But I can still do a “tuck jump” at 62 years old on day 62!

Seriously- best “clean finger” hack ever! I almost took them to the movie theatre- my husband wouldn’t allow it! Why did it take me this long to consider using chopsticks for rating Cheetos?!?! #chopsticks

NYT Games - Aug. 22, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Great! Wordle - Great! Sudoku - Solved in 2:53! How did you do?

Today’s workout should be titled “Around the world!” We had Suitcase Squats, Romanian Deadlifts and Bulgarian Splits Squats! One of the toughest workouts in this calendar- Lower Body Strength!

NYT Strands Aug. 20, 2026 - Explanation! Theme was Split Superlatives. The superlatives were “Bees Knees,” “Cats Pajamas,” “Gold Standard” and “Very Best.”

NYT Games - Aug. 21, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Perfect! Wordle - Splendid! Sudoku - Solved in 3:36! How did you do?

Active recovery is important and I love that this trainer has 2 days dedicated to active recovery every week! Today was active flexibility - which uses a foam roller to help keep me flexible!

Parking Lot Chronicles: Thursday at Costco edition! Having to go to Costco during the week for 1 item! But start prepping your Halloween candy now! Join us and be the “full size candy bar” home - start buying now! Don’t be the “bite size - take only one” house!

NYT Games - Aug. 20, 2026 - Strands - Perfect! Connections - Perfect! Wordle - Great! Sudoku - Solved in 2:33! How did you do?

Why aren’t these workouts getting easier?!?! I’ve repeated this workout several times- it’s still tough! The trainer continues his 2 blocks, 4 moves, repeated 3 times format with a pyramid finisher! This was tough!