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Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds Express - Super Challenge
Studio: Gaiam Americas Release Date: 04/15/2003 Rating: Nr
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Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds Express - Super Challenge Reviews
I love Leslie Samsone and I have done almost all of her workout DVD's over the years, but this is one of my favorites. It goes for about 55 minutes and uses no bands or weights-all you need to bring is yourself. I love the fast pace she uses for part of the workout and I love the easy to follow variety of moves she uses, too. This one will get you sweating and you'll feel so proud of yourself after it is all done, plus is really shapes you up.
This is a nice addition to the Walk Away the Pounds series by Leslie Sansone. In-home walking can be a good way to get in low-impact exercise whether you're beginning a new exercise program or need to break-up and compliment other routines that you do. But it's easy to become bored "just walking" without an engaging instructor to keep you motivated, some mixing up of the moves, and providing a bit of a challenge to the more experienced walker. This workout comes through on all of the above points.
The full four mile walk takes a little under an hour to complete, and you WILL feel as if you've gotten a good -- but perhaps not overly strenuous -- workout from it. No addiional equipment is required for this program, which is also a bonus, although I try to use light handweights when I do it to give my upper-body more of a challenge. If you're familiar with Leslie Sansone's other walking programs, you'll be familiar with the moves here. It's all her basic stuff: primarily kickbacks, sidesteps, kneelifts with some doubles and a little grapevine thrown in at the end. The kneelifts definitely will make your legs burn after four miles!
I also enjoyed that this video was not just Leslie walking alone, but with a full studio of other walkers. It's motivating to see people of all age groups (20 to 70+ in this case!) and of all different shapes and sizes doing the program. The musical score is decent enough, setting the pace to gradually increase through the first two miles and then slowly decrease at the end.
If you're used to doing long, very aerobically intense workouts, you may not feel like you're getting a lot of "burn" out of this program. However, there are ways to up the intensity, either by using light handweights as I do, or taking some moves to higher-impact versions (like doing skips or skaters instead of sidesteps). But it's also nice sometimes to take it down a notch and simply feel refreshed from taking a long, quick-paced walk. So overall, I give this program a strong positive rating, a good step up (sorry, no pun intended!) from Leslie's 2 and 3 mile routines.
First time I bought this dvd, I absolutely loved it. My room wasn't the biggest room, or at least I had too much stuff going on, beds, etc...yet I was able to get a good workout right in my own room and in front of my own tv! What more could a girl possibly ask for? Now this was way back in 2006. After using the dvd for about a month or so, I became a little careless with it and I think my then 1 year old probably scratched it and that was the end of my leslie sansone dvd :-( Now 3 years later, I have ordered for the dvd again, along with 3 other leslie sansone dvds, and I just got them in the mail yesterday...I am super excited and I plan to give you an update in a few weeks or months when I see results....and as it so happens I am the greatest female couch potato you ever met ;-)) All in all, I would absolutely recommend this dvd.
I thought originally it was 1-4. Just 4 is fine because it is my goal anyway and this helps me to achive it. If the routine is too intense I can always modify it or turn off the DVD sooner.
I have graduated from Leslie's 3 mile Super Fat Burning walk and decided to try the 4 mile Super Challenge. I was not sure what to expect, being that it's close to an hour, I thought it might drag and be a tad boring. Not the case at all, the time went by quickly and I really enjoyed the workout.
Leslie is joined by quite a large group here, mostly ladies but one man is also in the class, who is 70 and quite energetic. They are all dressed in black attire, and seem to be really enjoying themselves.
There are no balls, stretchie bands or anything else used, just the basic steps, plus a few new moves that add a little variety. The first mile is slower, miles 2 & 3 are brisker, and then you slow down again for mile 4. A part of me had trouble slowing down, I wanted to keep going! I would have preferred slowing down at the 3.5 mile mark rather than the 3 mile mark but that's just a minor quibble. Certainly not a dealbreaker.
Overall, I was very pleased with this workout, the music is lively and keeps you going. Very enjoyable, I am glad that I picked this one up. 4 and a half stars.
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