Customer Reviews

Leslie Sansone's Walk At Home - 5 Mile Walk (With Fitness Band)

5 star:		(57)
4 star:		(27)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I am new to Leslie Sansone in-home walking, although I'm certainly not new to exercise DVDs and tapes. I have not been working out regularly for the past couple of years and was kind of skeptical about the walking DVDs, yet curious because they're so popular. I picked up the Walk At Home 5-Mile Walk and here's what it includes:

1-mile walk w/firming band
1-mile walk w/hand weights
1-mile walk w/walk belt
1-mile fast walk
1-mile walk like a runner
7-Day Healthy Weight Loss Meal Plan

You can select from four different walking programs. All four include the Walk Like a Runner and Fast Walk, but you have the choice between three-mile walks (those two plus one of each with the "extras") or the Super Challenge, which is all five miles. My DVD also included the firming band. Even though I would consider myself a beginner, I was able to successfully complete the five-mile walk on my first day. It was a great workout but not overwhelming. I don't have a walk belt, so I used the firming band for that segment and it worked fine.

I did take one point off of my rating because I can see Leslie getting a bit annoying if doing this DVD over and over again. She interjects a lot of motivational comments that have nothing to do with exercise. Personally, I wish she'd stick to talking about exercise, but if you enjoy her motivational talk, you'll probably find this DVD a five-star since the workout is great.

I absolutely love this DVD because it's chaptered! I think this is the first chaptered Leslie Sansone DVD! There are 5 walking segments: walk with weights (15 mins), walk with belt (15 mins), walk with bands (12 mins), 9 minute walk, 13 1/2 minute walk (yes I timed all segments!) I really don't know why some people are concerned about the supposedly lack of warm up because I find that 3 of the 5 segments have a gradual active warm up. That means, the workout starts off slowly and gradually builds up the pace. The 1 mile walks that use the weights, belt and bands all have that gradual active warm up. The 9 minute mile and 13 1/2 minute mile starts off at a pretty brisk pace and I love it! If one is concerned about the warm up then just program your player to start the workout with either the walk with weights, walk with belt or walk with bands. Then you can just add the 9 minute mile and 13 1/2 minute mile thereafter. I don't use her premixes, I make my own! The DVD is well-chaptered that you can just mix and match to your hearts content. I would recommend this: Program your player to do: walk with bands, walk with weights, 9 minute mile, 13 1/2 mile and finally walk with belt. BTW, I find that you don't actually need the belt and bands. Hand weights are just fine! My only complaint is that the music is rather faint. All in all I give this DVD 5 stars! Happy walking :)

Like alot of others...I'm a big fan of Leslie workouts. This is one of my favorite since it so easy to customize the order of the miles walked -- there are markers so you can skip to the next mile or go back by just using the "skip" button on your remote. Most of her workout DVDs don't have this feature. This routine is fast paced that's geared for the intermediate or advanced walker. I have workouts of Denise Austin, Kathy Smith, and others but always come back to Leslie. I've been using Leslie's workouts for over 3 years with incredible results. Just turned 55 and have am as just as fit, flexible and strong as I was 20 years ago. But you have to workout consistently 4-6 times a week to get great results along with watching what and how much you eat. What I do to keep things interesting with her workouts is increase the pace and add my own moves for variety, do my own warmups beforehand, and use weights, stretchie bands, as well as the belt throughout a good part of the workouts. As Leslie says, you don't have to follow her moves exactly -- the nature of her workouts makes it easy to customize to your fitness level. No workout DVD and no instructor is perfect so I don't focus on the imperfections -- I just do it because it's your attitude that counts. Obviously, some workout DVD's are truly horrible and should never have been made but Leslie workouts don't fall in that category. This DVD is one of her best.

I love, love Leslie Sansone! She has helped me go from being obese, slow, and lethargic to being slim, energetic, curvy, and fit! Before, I was always on a diet, but I just kept getting fatter! Now I eat like a regular person and I'm enjoying life! My husband keeps saying "you're so slim! You look like you're 16!" Everyone else just keeps saying "you've shrunken!" I'm wearing belts again! Now, I have a slim, tiny, waist and a closet full of beautiful, youthful clothes! I can fit all of me into one leg of my old pants!! I like so many things about Leslie's walks: they are fun, the time flies, you can do it anytime YOU want to--5 a.m. or 10 p.m., and if you are somebody like me who had a lot to lose, these walks use every muscle in your body and you can keep changing them up so that you don't plateau. I love Leslie's talking too--she gives you good health and fitness information, keeps you motivated, and she has an excellent sense of humor and outlook on life! This 5-mile walk is one you should use, if you want to get the weight off fast, want to break a plateau, or if you just want to challenge yourself! I just love it! "You will reach your goals if you don't quit." Keep 'em coming Leslie!

I am a fan of Leslie's - this is a very nice compliment to her 4 mile walk. If you are a beginner or someone who does not want to "jog" or "run" she has a person you can follow and still work up a good sweat. I like the fact she gets winded in this work out and even kids - that's enough aren't we done yet! I can relate to that - but she bounces right back with we can do it! LOL hey it works for me!

This DVD is awesome. I really works you out. I love the faster pace and I feel like I've really burned calories and fat. I'm 59 years young and I can finish the entire workout. Thanks Leslie for inspiring me to "walk away the pounds"

Sheliah English
Killen, Alabama

Tried this DVD one time - doing the 10 day challenge on the 4 miles. Defintely fun workouts - time goes fast and feel awesome!

I have just recently started excersising again for health reasons. I should say preventative reasons. There is diabetes in my family and I'm afraid of getting the disease that killed my mother. I'm turning 68 this year and this workout is quite a challenge, but well worth the effort. I've lost quite a few inches so far and that coupled with a Wellness Food class, I have lost about 20#. Feel and look much better plus, my Blood Pressure down.

Some of the talk on the DVD is a little bit silly. Leslie babbles on with some of the people on the DVD. But, I think that even if it is a little silly, it makes you feel more part of the group also. All and all I would recommend it for anyone who is stuck inside during all the rain & snow days.

This is set up so well. You can chose from several different exercise programs. You can pick a 5 mile including a mile with weights, a mile with stretchy band, a mile with interval training and a mile with the belt. Or it gives you a selection of three mile work outs with any combination you chose.

I have many Leslie Sansone DVD's and enjoy them, even if they are basically the same. This one, though, does not, despite what the cover says, have mile markers that let you choose. You can only choose the "packages" of 3 or 5 mile walks. That wouldn't be so bad if the cover explained what is in each walk, but it doesn't. You have to listen to Leslie's intro at the beginning and take notes. You would think the convention would be clear by now: give us a menu that tells us how long the mile is, what aids it uses, and let us choose each mile individually. Are you listening, Walk at Home?