Fast, Fun, Dancy Walking Workout!!
I've been waiting for this new Leslie Sansone workout and it's a keeper! This is a new 3 mile workout set to fast paced dance music. Leslie includes her four traditional walking steps, but really mixes it up with a nice variety of additional moves. The pace is fast throughout and the workout includes lots of coordinating arm movements to keep your heart rate up. You can either choose the whole workout or each mile individually on the DVD menu, but the entire workout flows together without any real break between miles so trying to do them separately might be difficult. The total walk includes a warm up and cool down, which are each 4-5 minutes. After the warm up there are several fast walk numbers with music alternating between songs with vocals and instrumentals. The beat of the music remains quick to keep the pace fast and is fun to walk and even dance to. At two points within the workout, Leslie leads HIIT intervals (High Intensity Interval Training). The first set of 4...
Wish I could give it a 3 1/2
I LOVED Leslie's Ultimate 5 Day Walk Plan. Those 12 min miles can be killers! This one, not so much. It was 30 min before I started sweating, and I was using a 3 lb pair of walking weights! The Hiit training was ok. It was really just 30 seconds of jogging, then 2 min of bringing the heart rate down (maybe a little too much), then repeat that a few times. The 1 mile marker came in at 15 min, 2 miles at 29 min, and 3 miles came up after the stretch, which was a little weird to me. Leslie is her usual bubbly self. I love her. But this one just wasn't as good as the 5 Day Walk Plan. She even calls this an advanced walk at the end of the workout. There's lots of bouncy, high-impact moves, maybe that's why, but it was definitely not as hard as the other one. If you are just starting out, this would be a challenge, but if you're used to more intensity, this one might leave you a little disappointed.
Such a fun, different walk with Leslie!
This just came to my house today and I was so eager to give it a try that I did it right away. I have several of Leslie's DVDs, and this one is pretty different from any of them. It's my new favorite!
Some things I loved:
-upbeat music was fun to move to
-large, diverse group of walkers of all ages (some of her recent videos have mostly been very young women, and I like seeing some women my age and some who aren't a "perfect" body shape)
-different moves to shake up the routine, but integrated in with her normal moves so that I never felt overwhelmed by trying to learn a ton of new steps
-they did the whole thing in one long walk, instead of a break/change of people between each mile. I like to see them all get sweaty; it makes me feel better when I'm working my butt off!
-the walkers in this DVD just seem to be having so much fun. I loved that. It really did give me more energy and enjoy the walk more.
-the HIIT section was not...
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