Product Details

• Actors: Leslie Sansone
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Parade Video
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 35 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305859620
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,266 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Jane Fonda on Valium--that's what Leslie Sansone seems like in Walk & Firm for Older Adults. But that's a good thing, especially if you're the "older" person this half-hour is aimed at. Sansone takes you through her gentle in-home walking program with a peppy (but not too chipper) spirit on a set that looks like a barely furnished living room. She doesn't bother with a cast of dozens--it's just you and your private exercise guru. After a low-key warm-up that includes walking, mild kicks, and mini-squats, the pace picks up. Mild aerobic exercise is interspersed with firming and strengthening, using weights of 2 pounds or less. Throughout, she cautions against doing a move that seems too difficult or using a weight that feels too heavy. This is aerobics for the reluctant exerciser: The only thing that really matters is that you keep moving. --Valerie J. Nelson

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

84 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Leslie, April 9, 2003

By A Customer

I am close to 60 years old and have not exercised in years. I was told about Leslie Sansone tapes by my daughter and bought this one since it seemed suited to my needs. Well, I am amazed. I have been using it for 3 weeks and am feeling so much stronger and energized. I would definitely recommend this for seniors.

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Effictive Gentle Excercise, July 27, 2002

By A Customer

Have been using this video for 2 weeks. It is very enjoyable, gentle on the joints and effective. Leslie's presentation is very pleasant and does nothing complicated. So easy to follow.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For you, if you're out-of-shape, a little clumsy and..., October 9, 2004

By	z_bookworm (Westchester County, NY) - See all my reviews

bored by treadmills.

I'm in my fifties, and have started exercising because I'd let myself get totally out-of-shape. Everything else besides fitness used to take priority. I still don't want to spend big bucks on a treadmill or gym membership. Using this tape, I feel a little like Goldilocks: you know, some videos were too hard, some old people videos didn't do any toning, but this one is JUST RIGHT. Sansone mentions that doing this video is equivalent to a mile and a half walk, calorie-wise. Even better, it only takes 28 minutes including cool down, and includes some mild muscle-building moves as well [lunges and weighted arm motions]. I was actually able to complete the video, even the first time, in my sorry condition, but I did raise a sweat. By halfway through I was wishing I could stop, but it felt SO good afterward.

The simple moves are klutz-proof especially since you have Sansone by herself with no distracting class. And she's such a pro! At exactly the moment I'm thinking "Why am I torturing myself with this exercise nonsense", she's saying "You made such a good choice, deciding to exercise today!" How did she know exactly when I needed to hear that? Her cuing is impeccable and she knows just what errors in form she needs to warn about.

I alternate this video with Winsor Pilates "Endless Fitness for Beginners", more of a straight strenthening workout. After two months this tape is still challenging, but I'm looking forward to the day when it will be my light workout day video and I can use one of Sansone's harder tapes regularly. If I can get into shape with this tape you can too!