Customer Reviews

Walk Away the Pounds: Express - Walk Strong [VHS]

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I absolutely love Leslie Sansone, but a lot of her DVDs can seem somewhat of a repeat of the previous one. This one is different and I am enjoying the strength training I am getting from it. It offers interval trainings of brisk walking and strengthening exercises to the gluts, thighs, triceps, biceps and more with the stretchie band. I love the intervals and find this a very satisfying and fun DVD!!

This is one of the first videos by Leslie that I bought. Before trying her tapes I did not exercise at all. I like that the Walk Strong focuses on specific muscle groups and also pumps it up a bit with walking exercises. You will sweat a bit and you will feel muscles all through your body when you are done. I also like it because its a 30 minute tape and you get a complete workout. The people in the tape doing the exercises with you are very approachable, and are not models. They look like real people. Leslie is very bubbly and encouraging. This is a good tape if you are beginning because you can start off slow. Its also good if you are more advanced because you can shorten the resistance band to make it harder for you. I also did this video with small hand weights when I did not have a resistance band. The "Stretchie Band" is around 8 dollars on Leslie's website. I think shes wonderful and I'e been exercising 5 days a week now for 2 months. You will definitely see improvement in your body and will feel great after working out with Leslie. I give this 5 stars. I can't wait to do her workouts at the end of the day. I also recommend the 4 mile super challenge ( walk away the pounds series) because it is really challenging. Its an hour long work out and really makes you sweat and you get some good cardio in there.

I am a former couch potatoe. I did not like exercise before I tried this DVD. Leslie has motivated me to get up and move. I like the results that I've gotten. I've lost 10 pounds adjusting my eating habits and exercising five days out of the week. I've noticed that my legs and upper back and arms have begun to respond to the toning exercises. This is a miracle for me. The best thing about it is it's do-able! I can't do aerobics--I'm too clumsy. But I've decided that I can do more exercise than I thought I could do. My next challenge will probably be pilates. But I won't abandon Leslie Sansone's tapes. By the way, Leslie is not irritating, she comes off as a genuine, nice person with no diva qualities. P.S. I'm sending a copy to my sister who has diabetes and is seriously overweight.

I loved the tape, only thing is Amazon did not advertise the need for the strechy band. But you can call on the number on back of the DVD and order one or go to Super Walmart and buy it their. Other then that that's not leslie's fault because her site advertises the need for it. WHY I LOVE it.... Well I lost a lot of weight with the tape, I used it everyday and went from a size 14 to a size 6 in a matter of months. That includes eating well and doing some extra push-up and crunches on my own 3 times a week after the Walk strong workout.. NOT dieting.. I hate diets to loose weight... I would definetly recommend her tape to my friends as I have and they love it too... Matter fact I lost so much weight I would love to be in her vidoes as a supportive person letting it be known they really do work... I enjoyed the toning in walk strong, that's my favorite...

I got this tape as part of the whole collection of her "Walk Away the Pounds Express", and am very pleased with it. It's a tape that you may not do every day, I just view it as a supplement to use on days when I want a little something different. The stretchie band may not come with this video on it's own, but I got it with the set. If you don't have it, you can just use resistance bands available in any sports store. I would imagine you could even just use plain old 2-3 pound hand weights as well. I can really feel it in my arms and shoulders when I use it, and she does incorporate squats and lunges into the routine too. You do do some of the walking in it too, it's not all toning and strength training. She even manages to make this count as a "2-mile walk" for the day! It's a good tape to use for those days when you feel like a little variety, VERY easy to follow and doesn't leave you feeling wiped out at the end. Good one for your Leslie Sansone collection.

I have several of Leslie's videos and have worked out a rotating system. While this one may not feel like much of a work out as you do it, the next day you can really tell that you have done resistance work. As a result, I do a "walk only" one the following day. It is also nice to have a few work outs that can be done in 30 minutes instead of an hour.

Yes, you still walk and do the basic four steps, but you have intervals of strength training with the stretchie band. Hand weights work just as well if you don't have a band. Let me tell you, your muscles will be humming when you're done with this one! My kind of strength training! Thanks, Leslie!

It certainly wasn't what I was expecting. I thought I was going to get a GOOD WALKING video but in turn got more strength training with this stretchy band thing that I don't even have. I didn't like how it began with walking only to stop walking and start toning. I would have liked it better if it were strictly a walking video with walking all the time with added toning, not stopping walking while toning. I don't much care for this one and I LOVE the other tapes I own but this one, I was disappointed.

Leslie, Leslie, Leslie! I love her style, she is easy to listen to over and over again without becoming boring. It's a good workout and I'm to the point where I feel guilty if I don't do it, it's so easy to fit in. The girls in the background are average and not annoying so that's a plus.

I think this tape is the BEST! I took it to my 47 year old daughter's house since I had no DVD player. We've used it everyday with my 17 year old granddaughter and are addicted to it, so I gave it to them and am ordering another, since I now have a DVD player of my own! Only thing is that you should have a 'stretchie' for the best use of this tape. I have lost 30# since July 4th by following Leslie's walking videos and healthy eating.