Leslie Sansone: Walk Slim - 5 Really Big Miles with Free Toning Band

I love Leslie Sansone's workouts, and have ever since I discovered her. As someone with fibromyalgia, her workouts were gentle enough for me to break back into exercise. But, honestly, the videos all started to look the same, always with the same old moves. Now, I can vary them on my own, but I'd rather do something different along with her. If I wanted to make up my own routine, why would I bother buying a video?! I also was not fond of the workouts that were Leslie only. I like her, but what I really love is the interaction between her and others. And it also gives you new people to look at and focus on, which makes it easier to do the same routine over and over. That said, this video is, in my humble opinion, the best workout Leslie has put out to date. There are plenty of new moves, some that have been in later workouts, and even some combinations (such as kickbacks/sidesteps), along with the four basic steps. The music is different, though "New Attitude" did make its appearance! I personally very much like the miles being broken up, because that allows me to pick and choose which miles I want to do, and I can get to the menu and choose them easily. Even the cooldown and stretch are separate, so you can stop whenever you'd like and not have to search for the cooldown. My one complaint with the DVD is that the 5th mile has a very long section of what really is cooldown, although it's not considered to be cooldown. By the time you get to the end of the 5th mile, your heart rate is completely back to normal, and you're just ready for a stretch. I would have liked to see the 5th mile end with a little bit brisker pace. All in all, this is my favorite workout and is one I will do over and over because it is so versatile, being able to pick and choose the miles and form different workout routines. Thank you, Leslie, for listening to your fans and giving us what we asked for!

I LOVE this new workout. I've been doing Leslie's workout for 10 years now and have dozens of them. I use her workouts at least 5 days a week since January. In recent months I've been using mostly her 4 and 5 miles and was excited to get a new 5 mile. In less than 3 weeks, what a difference already- my clothes are all looser. My legs and arms especially are toning up and slimming down more. If you do this video from warm-up to end of stretch it is 87 minutes. Sometimes on the weekend I even do it twice a day. At first I thought it was a bit slower in pace, but it picks up and with the strength training bits, it is a real workout! I even get out of breath sometimes in this workout and I never do in her other workouts. I don't understand the review which said this isn't a real workout. Sometimes instead of the stretch band I use Leslie's 2 lb. handweights during the strength training parts. Awesome! Yes, many of the same moves, but she nicely adds some new steps(love the cha cha wish there was more of it). I also like she changes between moves faster(less walking in place in between say sidesteps and knee lifts etc) which really bumps up the workout. Lots and lots of sidesteps in this one. There is a short pause transition between miles(this happens in her 5 mile fat burning too)- just keep walking, it's like 3 seconds. Why is this a problem for people? I use that time to grab a sip of water! Each mile starts off a bit slower than end of previous mile, but she bumps up the pace during the mile. This is how all her miles work in her other videos too. It is a better workout when you do it this way(like interval training), better than keeping a high pace constant. Don't worry about that. Is this video perfect? No. Is it an excellent QUALITY workout? YES!!!! I would not hesitate to recommend this. I love her new walkers(yes some of them really fit- inspirational!). Only thing like some of her other recent dvds the music is too quiet. I watch tv while I do this anyway(dvd playing on my laptop). I listen to her cues. Not sick of this one yet and do several times a week. Love what it's doing for my legs especially. People are noticing. Try it!

Okay, I almost gave this four stars. This DVD is such a mixed bag. I don't know why there are other reviews that talk about the repetitive moves as being a negative. I actually like that. Leslie stays with one motion long enough to really work that group of muscles. Then she very quickly transitions from one movement to the next, which I personally found wonderfully challenging (and sometimes exhausting). The new movements were fun. I thought it felt like a mini-bootcamp. I was sweating by the middle of the second mile. So, why was I considering four stars? For the same reasons I saw in other 2-4 star reviews: the music was like, meh. And the pause between miles was frustrating, but I just kept a power walk going until the next mile kicked in. And, yeah, each new mile seemed a little slow to start. And, then there's this silly sentimental thing...I missed seeing some of the old faces from the other DVDs. Nevertheless, this is a great workout, and I loved the stretchy band exercises. I thought that there was a lot of variety in this DVD, which kept it fun and interesting, which is why I'm giving it 5 stars. I got my heart rate up, I was sweating like a pig, and my muscles were feeling the after effects. This is a great addition to my growing collection of Walk at Home DVDs.

I've almost all of Leslie's DVD's, and all have been wonderful through the years. She has been instrumental in assisting me to stay motivated, and losing over 80 pounds. That being said--- this is without a doubt, Leslie's best dvd to date. She's added some new steps, new music, and every other mile is walking with strength training--which we all know keeps the metabolism up, up, up..for hours. If you are new at exercising-- this dvd might be a bit much for you. Seasoned walkers will enjoy the added changes...and the very fast pace. Take this one as a real challenge....and pace yourself....you will need to do so, to get through the whole thing---but the rewards are worth the time. This dvd is a MUST for all walkers...and fans of Leslie.

Hoooray for new moves! I'm really glad that Leslie has come up with a few new variations to her moves. I love doing her walks but I found myself getting bored with the same old thing. There is some new music in here too, and except for mile 1, the workout seems to just fly by! Leslie seems pretty focused throughout most of her dvd, which I greatly appreciate. I normally love her chattering on while we workout since it makes the time go by and even makes me smile even when I've heard it for the 50th time, but as anyone who is a fan of Leslie can understand, there are times when I've been kicking (or side stepping) for what seems like forever because she gets SO caught up in talking....that I just want her to shut up and do her job. Personally I prefer her either by herself (because she is essentially chattering to the cameramen) or with no more than 4 people. More than that seems to get her overly distracted. I also love the stretchie band miles! Almost every dvd of hers that I have where she incorporates some kind of gadget or prop (weights, belts, bands, whatever) makes the miles go by faster for me. In this dvd I felt like I got a really good workout for my upper back in mile 2 and it's unusual to find a video that payes enough attention to the back muscles. Some people noted that they didn't like the breaks between the miles. I understand that it was done so you can start anywhere in the video (rather than starting with mile 1 all of the time). I agree that it would have been nice if the pace didn't slow down quite so much at the beginning of each new mile. There are some major flaws in this dvd,however. It was obviously not filmed in order, and in mile 2 she queues a new move that "we saw in the last mile", however "we" did NOT do this move before. But apparently in the filming they had. There are also some issues with the sound. I found myself having to turn up the volume or I couldn't hear the music at all. There are also some times where you are doing side-steps with claps and the sound of the claps is WAAAY off from the hand movements. I'm not sure why this is, but it throws me off. I think there could have been some better editing done there. I plan to use this dvd for miles 2-4 mostly. Mile 1 is just SO slow I want to give up before it's even over. I would love to see a DVD that has these new moves with faster walking. Doing this DVD from beginning (including warm-up and cooldown & stretch) just takes too long (I think it was an hour and 20 minutes or a bit more). People who are looking for a 5 mile dvd are probably people who have been walking with Leslie for a while and want something a good bit more up-paced than this.

Love this workout video. I have lost a lot of weight working out to her videos. For all ages and levels of fitness. You can go at your own level.

I bought this dvd, because I needed another WATP dvd to go with my one and only WATP dvd. This is my favorite dvd yet. I love how airy it feels and I love the participants in the dvd too. It's a more comfortable environment. Plus the exercises were right on target. My body is still sore as I'm writing this, but that's probably because I did the whole 5 miles. :) Now for the bad news... The dvd lies when it says it's 75 mins in total. It's not. It's 78 mins not including the cooldown & stretch. The total dvd (warmup, miles 1-5, cool down, and stretch) is actually 87.5 minutes. This kind of messed me up, because I do my workout before work and I timed my alarm to allow for 75 mins of WATP and since I couldn't just stop the workout I was 12 minutes behind schedule. I know this doesn't sound like much but when you're taking public transportation, 12 minutes will get you left by the bus with your stomach growling because you didn't have time for breakfast. Other than the time, I really like this dvd and plan on using it to slim down. Now I know to get up even earlier.

Leslie Sansone: 5 Really Big Miles DVD is a great workout. I have several of Leslie Sansone DVD's and this one is the best so far. The work out is fast and keeps you moving to the beat. The moves are very simple and easy to follow. I love to walk, but my neighborhood does not have a safe place to walk so this DVD is a perfect way for me to walk away the pounds. It gives me a good workout. The best part is that I can choose how many miles to do. The DVD comes with a firm band that Leslie shows how to walk and use the band for upper body strength training. My TOPS group uses her DVD's as prizes to the biggest loser in our group.

Ótimo vídeo de exercícios aeróbicos !aseados em simplesmente andar, bastante eficazes

One mile at a time so the whole workout is easy and you don't realize that you walk 5 miles!

(Vorweg: Die DVD hat Region 1, ist also nicht auf allen europäischen Playern abspielbar). Diese DVD ist von 2011 - und die erste neuere von Leslie, die nicht in ihrem "Bat Cave"-Studio (unter Fans wegen der schwarzen Wände so genannt) aufgenommen wurde. Es erwartet einen genau das Gegenteil: Ein weites, sehr helles Setting, das frisch und offen wirkt. Seitdem hat sie nie wieder in dunklen Räumen gedreht, gut so ;) Die Energie ist hoch, die Mit-Walker gemischt, zumindest in der ersten und letzten Meile. Dazwischen sieht man Leslie mit ausschliesslich jungen, knackigen Mädels, was aber nicht schlimm ist. Klar war man Leslie immer mit Mit-Walkern allen Alters und Formen gewöhnt, aber es kommt ja letztendlich auf das Workout an. Und da hat Leslie sich wieder auf mehr Abwechslung besonnen - ihre 4-Basic-Steps schön und gut, aber nur das kann auf Dauer etwas langweilig werden. Hier kommen u.a. der ChaCha-Step zum Einsatz, Kombis aus den Basic-Steps, Grapevines und natürlich Übungen mit dem Stretch-Band. Einige Moves sind eher High-Impact, aber nicht viele, ist also ok. Die 5 Meilen und der Warm-Up sind seperat gestaltet, Meile 4 ist ein Intervall-Workout (Walking und immer dazwischen Toning-Übungen mit dem Stretch-Band). Der Cool-Down ist nicht separat anwählbar, sondern am Ende der 5. Meile zu finden. Insgesamt ein sehr gutes Workout - vor allem unter dem Aspekt betrachtet, daß es eine Art Wendepunkt in Leslies Schaffen darstellt. Ich persönlich mag ein paar andere Workouts von Leslie etwas lieber (deshalb nur 4 Sterne, auch weil ich das Stretch-Band nicht so mag), aber es ist immer noch eines ihrer besten!

I think this is one of the better Walk at Home dvds. Positives: - there is a countdown clock for each mile so you can see where you’ve got 2 - each mile runs on from the next which means you don’t cool down at the start of each new mile – miles two and four include HIIT sessions as well as using the stretchy band and these work well - mile three is a quick mile - the music is good and gets you moving - it’s easy to mix and match each of the miles to give a good warmup, exercise, and cooldown Negatives: – In the cooldown Leslie introduces friends and relatives and whilst this is mildly interesting the first time you watch it, it becomes distinctly annoying if you do this routine regularly. I’ve now taken to turning the sound off and just doing the movements. Overall, I really like this workout DVD and have found my fitness levels have increased significantly since I started using it and I have also lost weight.

This tape has 5 miles that you can either do one after the other, or, select the one(s) you want. It's done with the plastic stretch band included. I love the way I can select all or some of the miles, and her pace from slow to brisk, to stretching is always perfect. Leslie knows her stuff and does it well.