Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds - Super Fat Burning - 3 Miles

The title of my review is a direct quote from Leslie Sansone on this tape. I totally agree although it might depend on WHERE you take your walk--be it in oppressive heat and humidity as we are currently experiencing in Savannah, Georgia these days or safely at home. While I generally prefer a 4 or 5 mile tape,I see that this DVD, only a 3 miler, can also boost the metabolism as well or even better than the Leslie Sansone Walk Way the Pounds 4 Mile Super Challenge. What I liked about  Leslie Sansone - Walk Away the Pounds - Super Fat Burning - 3 Miles  is that, just about half way through the tape, Leslie starts using hand weights in the workout. Of course she will promote her trademark Walk Away Weights but the back of the DVD states that you can also use your own 2 pound dumbbells or opt not to use weight at all. I actually have a set of weighted gloves I held onto while doing the workout. It was great that Leslie gave special emphasis to the triceps which she often refers to as the "trouble muscle." I am NOT as fond of the stretch bands she uses on a number of her tapes however. Thankfully this is NOT one of them.Leslie begins this DVD by declaring that her (brisk) walking is a "really wonderful way to get that body in the best shape ever." She tells her audience to "Get happy. Think positive." Karen, one of the women who exercises with her, ads that "you can walk away a lot of health problems." Good job Leslie Sansone! Those of us who have been bored to death by treadmill walking and are not able to take our walk outside really appreciate this alternative.

Last fall, when I first heard about Leslie's workout tapes, I bought the 3-DVD set of the 1-mile, 2-mile and 4-mile DVDs. I was able to move quickly from the 1-mile to the 2-mile, but going from there to the 4-mile proved much more challenging. I thought I'd try a 3-mile as a middle step until I could easily get through the 4-mile and bought this one earlier this year.I love it! Things I like alot: 1) there are more people participating in the workout; 2) Leslie has MUCH more interaction with the people in the workout; 3) the set/studio where the DVD is filmed is a hundred times better; 4) the transitions in music/pace are a hundred times better; 5) the music, while not hugely inspiring, is good; and 6) while it's a shallow and silly thing, this DVD is MUCH more up-to-date than the others and I don't have to look at terribly outdated workout outfits and hairdos anymore. :)I have no major dislikes. After watching/listening to the DVD repeatedly over a course of months, there are LITTLE things that bug me like the fact that Leslie so often refers to "the girls" and ignores the fact that there is a man participating (Randy). I noticed that Randy was dressed differently than the girls (their outfits are all in a matching color scheme and by the same company), so I wondered if maybe Randy was a "fill-in" for someone who couldn't make it at the last minute and therefore Leslie was used to it being all girls and kept forgetting he was back there (he was in the back row).All in all, a WONDERFUL exercise tool!

I do the treadmill at the gym so this is a nice little replacement for that. It is a definite time saver when I don't have to run to the gym and back and the moves really don't take much space so I can do it in my bedroom.The instructor, Leslie Sansone, is a little bit scary to me. Don't get mad if you're a big fan - I'm sure she's a lovely person. Nonetheless, in this DVD she's very Cheri O'Teri-ish and at times I found myself wondering if I was watching an SNL skit. Still, it's bearable and the bonus is that her antics are distracting and make the time fly by.I especially liked the mile markers - they show you each 1/2 mile and mile increment. I found that it worked my butt and thigh muscles fairly well, especially just by adding the deeper lunges and heavier weights she recommends for the advanced users. (I use my own handheld weights - you don't need hers.)Overall I'm pleased with the workout and would recommend it to others looking for a low-intensity way to shape up. I also own her Walk and Jog DVD. I haven't used it yet, but I watched it and it looks like a good workout to use when this DVD becomes too easy and I didn't notice her behaving like she did in this one (yay!).

I don't typically leave reviews but this video was good enough to warrant one.I recently purchased several more exercise videos to keep my daily routine from getting stale and this title was among them. I usually do 3 miles a day on a treadmill and wasn't quite sure what to expect from this.The workout you get from this is much more thorough than what you can get from a treadmill alone while still remaining low impact. The miles speed by before you know it. The cueing was excellent and none of the moves were too complicated. I used 3-pound weights instead of the custom weights they were pitching and they worked just fine.Leslie was a little too bright and chipper to suit my personality but much less so than some instructors who make me want to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon.Overall I'm very happy with this purchase though with as much energy as I still have at the end of the session, I probably should have gone with the 4-mile workout instead. An additional feature added to the video to extend the walk would have been nice. I would also prefer they kept the meter on the screen that displays your progress in miles instead of it just having it pop up every half mile or so.

Pratiquant assidûment des activités sportives à mon domicile, je recherche régulièrement de nouveaux DVD... pour varier les plaisirs !Peut-être avez-vous lu mes avis sur les DVD de Kathy Ireland et de Denise Austin ?J'ai voulu tester les DVD proposés par Leslie Sansone et j'ai acquis 2 DVD de la série « Walk away the pounds » : « Super fat burning - 3 miles » et « Express super challenge - 4 miles ». J'avais volontairement renoncé aux DVD 1 et 2 miles qui me paraissaient trop « gentillets ».Les 2 DVD cités sont basés sur la même méthode : une marche dynamique sur place, en se servant des bras, alternée avec des « variantes » telles que faire un pas de côté jambes fléchies, lever les genoux à hauteur du bassin, élever la jambe tendue vers l'avant, toucher une fesse avec son talon, ... les bras aussi ont leurs variantes et participent aux exercices.Le DVD « Super fat burning - 3 miles » propose d'utiliser des petites haltères.C'est basique, c'est facile, c'est en gros réalisable de 7 à 107 ans, c'est sûrement efficace si on a le courage de s'y astreindre régulièrement... mais consacrer 45 à 60 minutes à des exercices aussi répétitifs est rapidement ennuyeux.Mon conseil : des 2 DVD cités, préférez « Super fat burning - 3 miles » et portez des bandes lestées aux chevilles pour renforcer la difficulté... prévoyez d'alterner avec d'autres DVD !Ces DVD sont en anglais, mais si vous n'entendez rien à l'anglais, les démonstrations vous suffiront. Suivant le type de lecteur de DVD, la lecture d'un DVD de zone 1 peut poser problème.

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