Leslie Sansone: Walk It Off in 30 Days

What a Workout - not for beginners
I love Leslie Sansone. She saved my life! Doing her workouts, I have lost forty pounds and have continued to maintain the weight loss. I have ten, maybe fifteen, of her DVDs. I was excited to see the writeup on this latest DVD and preordered it through Amazon. Well, it arrived today and I hit the ground running.

The DVD is in two segments - you are supposed to do segment one on M, W, F - this is the cardio segment with lots of our favorite moves but to a super quick pace. The music is much improved but it is fast. Leslie also does some new moves, bounces, skaters (side steps with a toe touch to the back) and a cha cha move. There are a mix of people with her - none of our old favorites however. There is also a brief cool down.

The second segment is the weight segment. You are supposed to do this segment on T, Th, Sat. (taking Sunday off). After a brief cardio warmup, you pick up your dumbbells - I used two 5 pounders - and you squat and squat and...

2 Workouts to Alternate-- Strength and Cardio!
Leslie's new workout is a nice coordinated pair of 30 minute workouts to alternate--fast paced walking in one workout and strength training in the second workout. The walking workout is 30 minutes, including a warm up and cool down. The pace is consistently fast and the moves include Leslie's traditional four walk moves, plus a few add-ons like skaters and cha-chas. I like the fast pace--it kept my heart rate up. The set is nice and bright and the music is energetic. The strength workout includes a cardio warm up and then a complete set of moves for legs, arms, and abs. She does a fair number of squats and lunges, then moves into work for the arms. The workout finishes on the floor with some additional moves for arms and chest, and then ab work.

The is a good basic set that includes all you need for a good exercise program. I like the 30 minute pacing because you can easily fit in one or do both for a longer workout.

Leslie Does it again!!
I am a longtime Leslie walker, owning many of her workouts from the past 15 years. I recently tried to branch out and get a strength training DVD (NOT Leslie) and was hugely disappointed! The day after it arrived I was back on Amazon shopping, Walk it Off came out that day and I was thrilled to see an entire strength training aspect. About the walk, new faces and new music! LOVE it! Very peppy without being too difficult for a middle aged woman. I workout daily but using the 1 lb hand weights (optional) had the sweat rolling off me. The steps are all familiar with a little bit of difference in that the cha-cha has a "run" in the middle instead of walk and the tap behind is called a "Skater" and is a bit more exaggerated. Easily adaptable for anybody and fitness level. The strength training is a perfect workout. It's a nice 30 min workout that covers the whole body. Leslie mentions a variety of pounds that they are all using for weights. As always, it's a Leslie walk...

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