Walk Away the Pounds with Leslie Sansone- Get Up and Get Started - 1 Mile

These exercise tapes come as VHS or DVD. If you're older &/or have problems with your joints, I recommend her exercise program. Start with the 1 mile and skip using the hand weights until you feel ready. Save yourself some money and just buy 2 inexpensive 2# hand weights vs the weight balls she uses. Her programs really does work. I lost 95# using the L Sansone tapes along with the book by Joyce Vedral, "Bottom's Up". When you feel ready then move up to the 2, 3, or 4 mile programs. Another thing I liked is I was able to do these tapes any time of the day and the weather didn't matter. I could also do them in the privacy of my own home, which I really liked. The program really does improve your strength and balance and you don't need alot of space to exercise in. I found that her stretches at the end were inadequate for me and added some additional and different ones that worked for me.

The "Walk Away the Pounds" videos are great--especially if you have reached your senior years. I have never had an injury exercising with these tapes. You don't have to use the weights and my substitution of standard 2-lb. weights purchased locally take the place of the weighted balls used in the video.With my school-term schedule, I grew frustrated not being able to walk first thing in the morning. The "Walk Away the Pounds - 1-Mile Walk" was the perfect answer. It takes 20 minutes from start to finish and, while I might still be carrying around some of those pounds, I can move around much better than many of my younger co-workers.I used my first video so much it wore out which was why I made this purchase.

I sit at a computer all day and don't have a lot of motivation to exercise. This video has been great for me because it only takes about 20 minutes, the moves are easy even for the uncoordinated - like myself - and you work up a sweat. Other aerobics routines are just to "dance-y" or hip-hoppy for me and I have given up on them. But this video has taken off the pressure of having to figure out complicated moves. I have been able to work this video in my routine just like showering or brushing my teeth. I am hoping that with a little more time I will be able to work up to the next level. Leslie Sansone is very easygoing and the simple moves and transitions are great. The only minor flaw in the video is that there is no real warm up, she just starts walking. I would recommend some stretching to start off. I purchased this vudeo used and it came in brand new condition and the service was superb. All in all, a great video to start with and I will definitely be purchasing the next ones!

Wasn't sure about this video b/c I thought it wouldn't be enough of a workout but I was wrong. I sure felt it in my muscles the next day. It is a great video that is easy to follow if you have kids under feet and don't have an hour to spare for tricky routines and hard core body sculpting. This gets the job done without leaving you wiped out. Very simple but effective moves that even my kids join in once in awhile. I don't have those "I don't feel like working out today" days anymore b/c I just pop this in and am done with it in 30 minutes and that just feels great. The banter between the ladies gets old fast but it is so easy to follow that I just mute it and put on my own music. I am on ... right now to order another of Leslie's tapes. This 2 mile tape though is perfect for those who want to keep fit or lose weigh but who are controlled by time constraints and other demands. Definatley two thumbs up!!

This was one of the first Walk Away the Pounds videos I bought and I still find it (months later) to be useful & fun to do. I prefer to walk outside but with winter coming, I need to do something else that will not hurt my knees with a lot of lunges & difficult dance-like moves. I enjoy the quick pace, the distance meter & the ongoing encouragement - I tune it out sometimes but usually I find it takes my mind off the time. I have since bought several other, longer videos to vary the workout routines but I recommend this video as well as the 3-mile for a good, strong workout. I have never found an aerobic workout to benefit my weight loss goals but this program seems to be the exception. I am looking forward to trying more of Leslie's videos this winter!

This workout is very good for toning your muscles and burning calories; however, I would get bored if I did it everyday. It has has minimal variety compared to other workout programs (dance-based aerobics, etc.), and I like variety. Still, this tape is a great workout for those days when I don't feel like thinking and trying to remember the next step/combo. Also, during the summer, it is great, because you can walk inside in the air conditioning and only break a light sweat! Just a note--if you buy this tape by itself, make sure you purchase two pound weights. You will need them if you want to make your arm toning more effective.

I have five of Leslie's tapes this is the newest I have purchased. I love the workout but all the talking from the others in the video I find extremely annoying.I will defintely be muting this one and using my own music. I would have to say that my favorite videos from her are the ones when it is her alone. But I highly recommend any of her tapes, they are all great workouts without having to kill youself. I started weight watchers and using her tapes at the end of September 2001 and have lost 40 pounds, without using her tapes I am sure I would have only lost about half of that. Good Luck.