Customer Reviews

George Forman: Walk And Box

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This is the second video I've tried from the Walk It Off with George series; again, I found working out with George to be both fun AND a great workout! Walk and Box offers a basic walking workout but adds interest with a few boxing moves--mostly boxer shuffles and basic punches--as well as "boxing blasts," which are four 1-minute higher intensity bursts interspersed throughout the workout.

Although George is a prominent feature during the video, the workout is actually led by veteran instructor Petra Kolber, with George making occasional motivational comments throughout. Petra begins with a basic aerobic warm-up that is approximately 6 minutes long; however, I found that the warm-up quickly raised my heart rate into the fat-burning zone. The main body of the workout consists of very simple steps such as the basic walk (marching in place), side steps, boxer shuffles, and the "Foreman shuffle" (marching forward and back with a tap). Petra relies on George to introduce the punches--jab, hook, and uppercut--and then she incorporates a "fitness" version of each. During the higher intensity drills, Petra gives you various options, including a fast walk/shuffle, jogging, or mock jumping rope. The workout ends with a 4 minute cool-down which consists of two minutes of slowing the heart rate followed by two minutes of stretching.

I am an intermediate exerciser, so this workout was a bit on the easy side for me, but I had no problems modifying the intensity to meet my needs (eg, adding weighted gloves, making the movements bigger and more bouncy, incorporating knee lifts, etc.) and thus keeping my heart rated elevated throughout the entire workout. As compared to Leslie Sansone's walking workouts, I find the Walk It Off with George series to be more fun: the music is more upbeat, George is a big goofball, and he and Petra have a great rapport. Overall, this was a very enjoyable workout that I know I will use often--highly recommended!

This is a great workout. George Foreman doesn't actually lead the workout but he's always up front and a lot of fun. Big George is motivational and he shows off some of his power punches. As a boxing fan this is a workout that is both good for you and fun to do. Any workout that's fun to do is worth 5 stars in my book. This is a great and well structured workout.

Walk and Box is an enjoyable workout that can be modified for every fitness level. It gives an all over workout without being high impact, and also incorporates intervals to help boost fitness level. The intervals are 1 minute periods of running in place, or jumping rope in place and really get your pulse rate up. You can go all out, or keep the workout at a lower fitness level -- Foreman stresses for everyone to do what they can do.

I love this workout because it's fun and also because it's a great workout for my legs, waist and butt. There aren't any fancy moves to confuse the less coordinated. Anyone can do this workout. Just have fun!

My husband and I got hooked on the George Foreman series of walk dvd's and this one is particularly good. The steps are easy to do and although it makes you sweat you can make it all the way through--and we aren't in terrific shape. The boxing burst intervals get your heart rate up but you can do it any way you want--so you make it as easy or hard as you want to workout. Also, they only last a minute so although they're intense they don't last too long. The punches make it fun and I think my husband likes this dvd best because the boxing makes it seem more masculine. George encourages you throughout and seems like a truly nice guy.

I like low intensity cardio workouts like Leslie Sansone, but do get bored of them, so I'm always looking for something new. I didn't really enjoy Circuit Walk, because of the constant squats/lunges, but thought it had promise so I decided to try this one. It was A LOT more intense than I was expecting, mainly because I'm not used to jumping/hopping for a minute straight.

This workout is led by George Forman and Petra Kolber. Mostly Petra just talks about how great George is and George has a great time playing it up for the camera. The steps are fairly simple--marching in place, marching back and forth, step touches, and bob and weaves. Basic punches are also added in (jab, cross, hook), but for a workout called "walk and box" there was surprisingly little upper body work. Interspersed throughout this workout were "boxing blasts" which were short intervals of jumping or jogging in place. I found these quite challenging and my heartrate was up the whole time as a result, even though the rest of the workout was not that difficult.

At nearly 45 minutes, this workout is a bit long and not something I can do on weekdays. I did enjoy it, although I wish there were more variety overall in the steps and I wish there were some kicking. For a walking/kickboxing fusion workout, I prefer Leslie Sansone's Walk and Kick.

Very enjoyable dvd, not too hard but keeps the energy up throughout. George is fun and personable, and the other instructor is great too.
I like that there are different body types in the class and they all are doing a little different intensity so you can pick a choose a person to follow depending on how you feel.

I love this video! I wish there were more of them to buy. My son (who is 12 and very overweight) and I had circuit walk first, we loved it, so we bought the walk and box and now he is excited to excercise monday thru thursday!! Gotta love that! Thanks George

I love the videoIt takes some getting used to at first, but I think it's fun and it really makes you sweat. I love the 30 second burst where you kind of do your own thing. In all I like it.

George did it again with another great exercise program. The boxing moves adds variety and fun. I would recommend it for anyone wanting to get in shape.

I recently obtained this workout DVD and was excited to give it a try. I have various workout DVDS (Leslie Sansone, The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels, etc), but have recently had an interest in boxing style workouts. I was very pleased with the workout. It is what I would consider medium intensity, and it's long enough to make a difference (about 45 minutes), but not TOO long to get boring. George keeps you motivated, Petra is easy to follow along with, and the other cast members/exercisers bring energy to the workout. I would recommend this workout to anyone looking for a fun way to get in shape.