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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: After sitting on the shelf for weeks, I decided to start exercising and boy am I glad I did. I was expecting to be discouraged after the first routine, but Leslie keeps you motivated. She targets key problem areas of the body and those lunges really [work]! You're not bopping all around your living room doing this video. This is definitely for the low key exerciser. You do get a great workout and work up a nice sweat. The length is approximately 30 minutes. Just enough time to not bore you after awhile. She moves into each exercise at a steady pace which allows you to keep up with her. I highly recommend this video to anyone just starting out.
Rating:
Summary: Fabulous!
Review: After sitting on the shelf for weeks, I decided to start exercising and boy am I glad I did. I was expecting to be discouraged after the first routine, but Leslie keeps you motivated. She targets key problem areas of the body and those lunges really [work]! You're not bopping all around your living room doing this video. This is definitely for the low key exerciser. You do get a great workout and work up a nice sweat. The length is approximately 30 minutes. Just enough time to not bore you after awhile. She moves into each exercise at a steady pace which allows you to keep up with her. I highly recommend this video to anyone just starting out.
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Summary: It works!
Review: Before I got this video I was not really into "exercise", but her commercials always looked upbeat and relatively easy, so I gave her a try. All I can say is WOW! Im so glad I did. Leslie Sansone's workouts have changed my life, and it all started with this one! It was extremely easy to follow, and I felt great everytime I did it. I also started to see results immediately. I had been dieting for 10 weeks before I got her video, and I had stalled in my weight loss. Once I started doing her workout every other day, the pounds started coming off again. I was able to meet my goal, and keep that goal maintained. She opened up a whole new world for me. Now I go to a health club several times a week, and work out with weights. Although I haved moved on to the next level of fitness, her videos are the best place for a beginner who is struggling with weight loss, to start. Believe me, her system works!!
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Summary: Great workout for beginners!!!
Review: Before I got this video I was not really into "exercise", but her commercials always looked upbeat and relatively easy, so I gave her a try. All I can say is WOW! Im so glad I did. Leslie Sansone's workouts have changed my life, and it all started with this one! It was extremely easy to follow, and I felt great everytime I did it. I also started to see results immediately. I had been dieting for 10 weeks before I got her video, and I had stalled in my weight loss. Once I started doing her workout every other day, the pounds started coming off again. I was able to meet my goal, and keep that goal maintained. She opened up a whole new world for me. Now I go to a health club several times a week, and work out with weights. Although I haved moved on to the next level of fitness, her videos are the best place for a beginner who is struggling with weight loss, to start. Believe me, her system works!!
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Summary: Great Workout!
Review: I just received my Fat burner Walk 2 Miles Leslie Sansone DVD. I personally think this is a great work out. Years ago I had her one mile walk aerobics vhs tape...no longer have a vcr so I decided to buy a few of her DVDs.
I just did the routine...about 30 minutes. I wasn't out of breath but I am sweating! Make sure you have one or two pound hand weights...fortunately I had some but didn't realize it when I ordered.
I just started trying to get back in shape...I'm 42 and I followed every step and kept up! I work too many hours to go out walking so I'm hoping this will be a wonderful alternative. This video works your legs and arms and lots of other parts. We'll see how sore I am tomorrow...lol.
Anyway...I'll give it 5 Stars! She does the routine by herself...talks throughout the whole video...and brings up some good points. Some people find her talking irritating but I decided to take the "glass half full" way and look at it as motivation. This is the best 30 minutes I could devote to exercise! I'll report back after I get further into this. I also bought the 4 mile Walk Away the Pounds Express DVD...and when I'm ready I'll do that one and review it. Good luck everyone!!!!
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Summary: Not Leslie's Best But Good for Variety
Review: I like several of Leslie Sansone's walking workout videos. From best to worst, here's how I rank the 5 I own:2-MILE WALK -- 5 STARS. Her best video. Good pace, lots of variety. Not too hard for a beginner. It has a mileage gauge, which helps keep me going. (1996) MIRACLE MILE -- 4½ STARS. A 1-mile walking workout in 15 minutes, plus a cool down and stretches. Great for those days when I haven't much time but I want to get some quick exercise in. Also good on days of cramps, if tired, etc. (1996) WEIGHT LOSS WALK -- 3½ STARS. Has 3 20-minute segments of 1 mile, 1.5 miles, and 1.5 miles. Excellent for variety. Handy for those days when I want a different distance. Segments can be done alone or combined for a wide variety of distances. A mix of familiar movements and different stuff, giving nice variety. Some of the exercises are a little goofy (i.e., "box step"). I don't like the silent gaps between songs, but I do recommend this exercise video. (1993) Not recommended:
PLUS 40 WORKOUT -- 2 STARS. A 2-mile workout, not nearly as good as "2-MileWalk". Seems somewhat amateurish. Has silent gaps between songs. (1989) WALK & FIRM -- 2 STARS. Leslie with hand weights doing safe and simple exercises. Unfortunately, I really can't get into it, and I've never finished the video. (1998) Leslie's videos are hard enough but not too hard for people just getting back into exercise. When I use them daily (especially mornings) I find I'm much less hungry all day. I've lost 9 pounds in 3 weeks. I try to exercise daily but usually do so 4-6 times a week. I feel better, sleep better, and have better posture.
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Summary: Hooray! A trainer who looks like a real person!
Review: I own about a dozen exercise videos, and boy is it refreshing to see a video where the instructor looks real. Sometimes I stare at my TV in disbelief at the perfect bodies of the people in these videos, and how they do endless repetitions like robots with perfect form. I find it actually DEmotivating at times. Leslie Sansone provides a nice reality check as she stresses the benefits of exercise rather than how far short of some ideal body we might be. She is warm and convincing and she cues well. Her style of simple yet effective moves suits me fine. You can vary the intensity of this workout with the addition of hand weights. She uses weighted gloves, which isn't indicated on the box, a minor complaint. Give it a try if you're in the mood for a lower-key style.
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Summary: Great for Couch Potatoes or Beginners!
Review: I'm a smoker and a couch potato and just recently decided I need to start making some changes. This video is great for us out of shape folks! It isn't that long (half hour), it has a decent amount of variety, easy steps and it's a good workout without being insanely difficult. Plus you can use weights if you want to make it more challenging (Leslie uses glove weights, which is a pretty nifty idea!) It gives a good workout for those who are out of shape, but I don't think it would be that fulfilling for people who are already pretty fit. I thought some of Leslie's comments were kind of goofy at first but I have to admit, she made me smile a few times and kept me motivated to finish the workout. I would highly recommend this to all the beginners out there who want to start with a tape that they can actually do!
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Summary: Good Beginning Workout
Review: I've done this tape 12 times in the last 15 days. I don't find it particularly entertaining, but I've lost four pounds in two weeks and I've gotten motivated to start looking at other forms of exercise. For someone like me--a die-hard couch potato who hasn't exercised at all in six months--this tape is great: it's simple, easy to follow, and meets its own goals. Leslie Sansone says at the beginning of the tape that she's just here to keep you moving at a brisk pace for the length of the workout and that's what she does. Nothing fancy. It isn't just marching in place, though. Aerobic intervals are interspersed with strength-training intervals (all done with 1 or 2 lb weights). The aerobics include side-steps, mini-squats, a forward-tap step and something that looks like that drill team move where the whole team carries their pom-poms by their waists and imitates prancing horses. Strength-training relies heavily on lunges and squats. It's a basic workout for beginners that still makes you sweat. The only downside to this tape is that Leslie Sansone doesn't do a careful enough job of teaching form. Though she gives lip-service to protecting your joints, if you have any real joint problems you may want to pause the tape when she introduces the lunges and squats and make sure that your form and stance match hers. As a person who is recovering from a shoulder injury, I find I have to be very careful about the upper body movements as well. Still, as Leslie says, this is a work-out that's "ready when you're ready" and worth the simplicity for its results.
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Summary: Good Beginning Workout
Review: I've done this tape 12 times in the last 15 days. I don't find it particularly entertaining, but I've lost four pounds in two weeks and I've gotten motivated to start looking at other forms of exercise. For someone like me--a die-hard couch potato who hasn't exercised at all in six months--this tape is great: it's simple, easy to follow, and meets its own goals. Leslie Sansone says at the beginning of the tape that she's just here to keep you moving at a brisk pace for the length of the workout and that's what she does. Nothing fancy. It isn't just marching in place, though. Aerobic intervals are interspersed with strength-training intervals (all done with 1 or 2 lb weights). The aerobics include side-steps, mini-squats, a forward-tap step and something that looks like that drill team move where the whole team carries their pom-poms by their waists and imitates prancing horses. Strength-training relies heavily on lunges and squats. It's a basic workout for beginners that still makes you sweat. The only downside to this tape is that Leslie Sansone doesn't do a careful enough job of teaching form. Though she gives lip-service to protecting your joints, if you have any real joint problems you may want to pause the tape when she introduces the lunges and squats and make sure that your form and stance match hers. As a person who is recovering from a shoulder injury, I find I have to be very careful about the upper body movements as well. Still, as Leslie says, this is a work-out that's "ready when you're ready" and worth the simplicity for its results.
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