The 5-MILE ADVANCED WALK AT HOME program created by revolutionary walking expert Leslie Sansone is packed with exciting moves and toning exercises to take experienced walkers to the next level. Lose weight, get fit and bui... more »ld your strength with this total body workout! To help meet your fitness and weight loss goals, the program includes 4 fun and challenging advanced walking routines you can do at home. These programs were specifically designed to ramp up your workout and help burn more fat and calories. For those who want a greater challenge, try using Leslie?s walk boosters?the walk belt, the 2 lb. hand weights and the firming band. The routines can be done with or without the boosts, for an equally effective workout. It?s easy to follow and guaranteed to get your heart pumping. We all know that diet plays a crucial role in maintaining weight and good health, so as an added bonus, you will enjoy Leslie?s DVD segment "7-Day Healthy Weight Loss Meal Plan". Get excited, get fit and challenge yourself with the all-inclusive 5-Mile Advanced Walk at Home program!« less
"I am new to Leslie Sansone in-home walking, although I'm certainly not new to exercise DVDs and tapes. I have not been working out regularly for the past couple of years and was kind of skeptical about the walking DVDs, yet curious because they're so popular. I picked up the Walk At Home 5-Mile Walk and here's what it includes:
1-mile walk w/firming band
1-mile walk w/hand weights
1-mile walk w/walk belt
1-mile fast walk
1-mile walk like a runner
7-Day Healthy Weight Loss Meal Plan
You can select from four different walking programs. All four include the Walk Like a Runner and Fast Walk, but you have the choice between three-mile walks (those two plus one of each with the "extras") or the Super Challenge, which is all five miles. My DVD also included the firming band. Even though I would consider myself a beginner, I was able to successfully complete the five-mile walk on my first day. It was a great workout but not overwhelming. I don't have a walk belt, so I used the firming band for that segment and it worked fine.
I did take one point off of my rating because I can see Leslie getting a bit annoying if doing this DVD over and over again. She interjects a lot of motivational comments that have nothing to do with exercise. Personally, I wish she'd stick to talking about exercise, but if you enjoy her motivational talk, you'll probably find this DVD a five-star since the workout is great."
Great 5 Mile Workout!
lightnshade | Long Beach, CA USA | 02/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I absolutely love this DVD because it's chaptered! I think this is the first chaptered Leslie Sansone DVD! There are 5 walking segments: walk with weights (15 mins), walk with belt (15 mins), walk with bands (12 mins), 9 minute walk, 13 1/2 minute walk (yes I timed all segments!) I really don't know why some people are concerned about the supposedly lack of warm up because I find that 3 of the 5 segments have a gradual active warm up. That means, the workout starts off slowly and gradually builds up the pace. The 1 mile walks that use the weights, belt and bands all have that gradual active warm up. The 9 minute mile and 13 1/2 minute mile starts off at a pretty brisk pace and I love it! If one is concerned about the warm up then just program your player to start the workout with either the walk with weights, walk with belt or walk with bands. Then you can just add the 9 minute mile and 13 1/2 minute mile thereafter. I don't use her premixes, I make my own! The DVD is well-chaptered that you can just mix and match to your hearts content. I would recommend this: Program your player to do: walk with bands, walk with weights, 9 minute mile, 13 1/2 mile and finally walk with belt. BTW, I find that you don't actually need the belt and bands. Hand weights are just fine! My only complaint is that the music is rather faint. All in all I give this DVD 5 stars! Happy walking :)"
5 mile walk
S. English | 10/06/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This DVD is awesome. I really works you out. I love the faster pace and I feel like I've really burned calories and fat. I'm 59 years young and I can finish the entire workout. Thanks Leslie for inspiring me to "walk away the pounds"
Sheliah English
Killen, Alabama"
This is the best Leslie DVD yet.
L. Carlin | Western Pa | 12/11/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is set up so well. You can chose from several different exercise programs. You can pick a 5 mile including a mile with weights, a mile with stretchy band, a mile with interval training and a mile with the belt. Or it gives you a selection of three mile work outs with any combination you chose."
Leslie's the best
acatmom | Cleveland OH USA | 06/22/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Like alot of others...I'm a big fan of Leslie workouts. This is one of my favorite since it so easy to customize the order of the miles walked -- there are markers so you can skip to the next mile or go back by just using the "skip" button on your remote. Most of her workout DVDs don't have this feature. This routine is fast paced that's geared for the intermediate or advanced walker. I have workouts of Denise Austin, Kathy Smith, and others but always come back to Leslie. I've been using Leslie's workouts for over 3 years with incredible results. Just turned 55 and have am as just as fit, flexible and strong as I was 20 years ago. But you have to workout consistently 4-6 times a week to get great results along with watching what and how much you eat. What I do to keep things interesting with her workouts is increase the pace and add my own moves for variety, do my own warmups beforehand, and use weights, stretchie bands, as well as the belt throughout a good part of the workouts. As Leslie says, you don't have to follow her moves exactly -- the nature of her workouts makes it easy to customize to your fitness level. No workout DVD and no instructor is perfect so I don't focus on the imperfections -- I just do it because it's your attitude that counts. Obviously, some workout DVD's are truly horrible and should never have been made but Leslie workouts don't fall in that category. This DVD is one of her best."