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Leslie Sansone: Walk Away the Pounds - Fat Burning Miles

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Be mindful these are 4 previously release dvds, plus a stretchie band, I don't know why there is a stretchy band, because it is not incorporated, in any of these workouts, but I incorporated it, when using the weights for a tougher workout...so you might already own them. She has the same people in every single workout. Just different backgrounds and I think clothing. Also, I am also an advanced walker, I walk 5 or miles a day...so my level may not fit your level. Do what is right for you and your body.

I wanted to have a couple more of her dvds, for variety, so not as to get bored, but was waiting later to purchase them. I already had one of her dvds "Walk and Kick," but wanted the "Walk and Jog" and "Walk Strong," too. Well this dvd has them all. I use her dvds when I don't want to walk on my treadmill, or walk outside.

Each workout, has it's own warm up and cool down. The dvd is all chaptered, and the workouts do not run, all together. For example Power Mile runs for 20 minutes, and then it stops, if you want to continue exercising, you will have to go to the chapters on the dvd, pick out the one you want and start over. The four basic moves she does, is all on the dvd as well.

Walks on the dvd...
Power Mile 20 minutes, is a 1 mile walk, there is interval training in this, and you have the option of using light, or medium, with this. You can use weights or balls. She is not by herself and has 2 other walkers with her. You will work both upper and lower body. This is a great 20 minute workout!

Walk Strong, is my favorite, it is a 33 minute circuit training walk, which is called interval training. That is you walk for a couple minutes, and then use weights for 3 minutes to tone, both upper and lower body. This is equal to a 2 mile walk. She has 4 other walkers with her. I normally use 3-5-8 lb. weights. You will work almost the entire body.

Walk and Jog is 33 minutes, this is equal to a 2 mile walk. Leslie uses her standard walking for a few minutes, and then you jog, in place, backwards and forwards. She has other walkers with her. You will work the entire body, because she does use arm movements in this as well. She has 4 other walkers with her. Good moderate to fast pace.

Walk and Kick is 33 minutes and equals a 2 mile walk. It's mild kickboxing for about two minutes, with puches of the arms and legs, and then back to walking. You will work alot of the upper and lower body. This is good for someone who has never had any previous kickboxing, but for me, it wasn't intense enough for me, but I do use it for a light day. She is with 4 other walkers.

All in all it is well worth the money, great dvd with previous releases all on one dvd!

I wish it all ran together, now that would be one good workout, but since it is chaptered, I end up doing 2-3 of the chapters, because I walk 5 or more miles a day. Two of her 5 mile walk dvds are still my favorites, and it would be nice if we seen more.

To see if you have the dvds already, here they are:
Power mile: http://www.amazon.com/Leslie-Sansone-Walk-Away-Pounds/dp/B0006213HG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254064644&sr=8-1

Walk Strong: http://www.amazon.com/Leslie-Sansone-Walk-Pounds-Strong/dp/B000CS45II/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254064699&sr=1-1 also comes on another previous dvd, that has a green cover on it with a slipper.

Walk & Jog: http://www.amazon.com/Leslie-Sansone-Walk-Away-Pounds/dp/B0006213IK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254064798&sr=1-1

Walk & Kick: -Away-Pounds/dp/B0006213JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1254064831&sr=1-1

This is a combo of some of her older workouts (very obvious from the set styles and video quality), but it's a great value versus purchasing the workouts separately. The one mile is a good quick one and the other three are all 30 minutes. I purchased it mainly for the Walk Strong workout, she doesn't have many where she uses free weights and I like to combine the strength training and cardio, but I also really like having a 30 minute workout with jogging intervals, since a lot of her fast ones are longer.

Leslie,

Several years ago our rural public library contacted you and requested permission to use your videos in a fitness program at the library. You generously granted permission and I wanted to let you know that we are still going strong. I recently added your two newest DVD's, Walk-away the Pounds Fat Burning Miles and Walk away the Pounds - Burning your Belly Flat to our growing collection. Occasionally we stray from your videos to try a bit of yoga or pilates, but we always come back to Walk away the Pounds. As a group of active, mature women, we find your upbeat nature and encouraging tone infectious. Walk away the Pounds just works for us! I'd like to be able to say that we are all as slim as the women in your videos, but while we are not, every one of us would credit these work outs with increased energy, better strength and stamina, and an improved posture and body image.

Do I have a critique? Fat Burning Miles has three separate miles with a slow down and stretch at the end. You can choose to do 1, 2 or 3 miles, but then have to forward to the end for the cooldown. This works best for those choosing to do all three miles, as some of us might drop out after one or two.
Burning your Belly Flat is a great addition to your collection. I like the increased focus on giving a bit of anatomical information and incorporating moves which engage the abdominals.
Thank you, again, Leslie. For a small, rural community whose main access to exercise is outdoor activities, this set of DVD's is a blessing to those of us who want to keep moving rain or shine.

I am very dissatisfied with this dvd.The cover and the disc inside say 2009 and it looks new,however upon putting in the disc I realize it is old footage form 2001 which the dvd states in the end.Now I love other dvd's from Leslie and I do the workouts every week but I did not want an old production.I would say be aware that they are repackaging old workouts with updated covers to get you to think they are new!What a bummer!Also the stretchy band inside is not even used in the exercises.

As a previous reviewer pointed out, this DVD is actually a set of four distinct tapes previously made and sold individually. It's kind of like "The Best of Walk Away the Pounds" the series. A Stretchie resistance band comes with the DVD but I am not sure why. There are two places where free weights are used (POWER MILE and WALK STRONG) but I used my weighted 2-lb weighted balls (similar to Leslie Sansone's Walk-Away Weights) or a set of 5-lb dumbbells.

The first taped segment is POWER MILE which is a fast and powerful one mile walk. Leslie walks with two of her brisk walking exercisers and uses the weighted balls.

WALK STRONG is, I believe, the most important segment of the four and is the one I like the most. Early on Leslie identifies the "four steps of all in home walking" which she states is walking in place, side steps, kicks and knee lifts. She declares that if you can do these movements you can do any of the program as designed. Here she combines fast walking and weight training. She tells you that you can use 1-lb, 2-lbs, 3-lbs or no weights at all. She herself employs a set of 5 lb weights which she admits is for the advanced walker. This is an excellent segment where Leslie does such multimuscular exercises as bicep curls and lunges, tricep kickbacks and lunges, squats and upright rows, squats and tricep presses and squats and bicep curls. She does one phenomonal exercise where she combines squats, bicep curls and shoulder presses all at the same time. She insists that the tape is done briskly enough, however, to make sure you get the training effect. I agree with her that the addition of strength training really challenges the body. She tells you that "you're going to continue to burn a lot of calories especially after strength training and walking together" because you really have a metabolism boost that is superior. This segment, Leslie tells you at the end, is the equivalent of walking two miles.

The third segment is WALK & JOG which to me is the precursor of some of two of my favorite Leslie Sansone tapes Leslie Sansone Walk Slim: Fast and Firm 4 Really Big Miles and Leslie Sansone's Walk Slim - 4 Fast Miles (2-Disc Set) although she is not yet calling the gentle jogging "boosted walking". There is interval training of sorts where speedwalking for three minutes alternates with gentle jogging for two minutes. Also she demonstrates (maybe for the first time) leg swings.

The final segment is WALK & KICK and here intervals of brisk walking alternate with kickboxing which I had not experienced before doing this tape. I really found this segment to be enjoyable.

This has to be the first of Leslie's segmented DVD's which I really, really like. I don't generally favor a segmented DVD such as this one preferring to exercise with the SAME group of brisk walkers for a 45-minute plus session. In this case, however, I feel it is a real bargain to get such a fine group of workouts all on one tape. My only criticism was that sometimes you could barely hear the music on the tape. Otherwise what a fine product! I can highly recommend it.

I really enjoy the Walk at Home DVDs. I highly recommend them. However, I was once again a little disappointed in that some of the walks were already on other DVDs I already had in my collection. The two that I didn't have though make a great addition.

I love the option of four different workouts. This creates diversity and interest in my workout time. The 30 minute sessions are perfect for a good aerobic workout. Leslie is very encouraging and "real" in her presentation of instructions during the workout. Great workout DVD for all ages and provides visual and verbal instruction for different levels of fitness. Highly recommend for great workout at home.

This is a great dvd that lets me get up and walk in bad weather or when there just isn't enough time! I recommend this!

This is a nice little workout! I used to use the Firm dvds, but since being a little out of shape needed something that I thought would be less intense. I sweat like a pig & LOVE it!! The four different miles allow for variation, which I like alot. Sometimes I get up in the morning & do the power mile before work & then do an addtional couple of miles when I get home. I would suggest this to just about anyone!!

It took me ages to decide which Leslie Sansone compilation to buy - I'm so glad I chose this one. I already had Walk and Jog, but the other three in the collection make it still worthwhile. What I like is that two of the workouts are strength training (Power Mile and Walk Strong) and two are more cardio (Walk Strong and Walk and Kick). I like to combine two of the workouts together, like Walk and Jog with Walk Strong to get a 60 min workout with both strength training and cardio. segments. Power Mile isn't terribly strenuous and I think you're cooling down after about 13 minutes, so I tend to combine that one with another 3 mile walk on another DVD. Note : there's another Walk Strong DVD which, judging by the video previews I've seen, uses the stretchie. This Walk Strong uses dumbbells.

Walk and Kick -for the last year I was avidly doing kickboxing dvds - they are my favourite form of fitness. I particularly love Jeanette Jenkins, Kimberley Spreen, Turbo Jam and the 10 minute Solutions kickboxing workouts. Towards the end of the year, I sustained a severe abdominal wall injury (totally unrelated to exercise) that required surgery and now kickboxing is definitely out. So I have to avoid anything that even vaguely requires rotational movements like cross or hook punches or roundhouse kicks. The kickboxing component of Walk and Kick is pretty gentle and it sure feels good to get back into some of those movements, albeit with major modifications.

At the moment I'm only able to do Leslie's walking dvds as anything else causes major pain. But her routines are effective and do get your heartrate up - I'm sure I'll still be doing Leslie dvds when things improve.