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Aerobic walking fun
By TheAngelForever | March 6, 2009
Last weekend, I made a sort of confessional on my blog. In the post I need to move it move it, I admitted that I need to add exercise into my life. The WiiFit was not my thing and had to find something. Sunday night, while getting the little guy to settle, I turned on Exercise on Demand. I watched the start of several things and put them into my brain. After JSL was asleep, JL and I tried the DVD that I took out of the library. Problem: the wrong DVD was in the case.
We turned to Exercise on Demand and decided to try Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shed since I had been reading a lot about it. We ran into a few problems. First, we did not have enough space. Second, thanks to the lack of space, I encountered a jumping jack related injury from getting hit by my loving hubby. Third – damn Jillian makes you work hard! Talk about burning and hurting. I liked it in general, but until I have a bigger space it does not work well.
The next day I was sore. I knew that this was a good thing. It meant that I was working my muscles. I started to do more research on exercise videos to try. I kept coming back to the same person. That person was Leslie Sansone and her walking videos. Tuesday, when NHL got home from school, I put the Family Walking video on and gave it a try. Wow! The boys and I had a great time and 22 minutes later I had an amazing workout.
Wednesday morning the little guy and I set out to try another one of Leslie Sansone’s workouts. This time it was the Walk & Tone 2 mile routine. This was about 32 minutes and after I felt amazing. I was energized and wanted more. It actually made me obsessed with getting a DVD of my own. In the afternoon, I went out and purchased the only Leslie Sansone DVD that I could find.
Last night, JL and I tried it out. We did the one mile routine. That made 3 miles and about 46 minutes of exercise for me yesterday. The shocking part, I wanted more!
Early Thursday morning, the little guy and I were ready to "walk" with Leslie. I put on the new DVD and got ready to do 2 miles. I really liked it a lot and could feel it working, especially during the second mile. I felt like I could do more, but a certain toddler had other thoughts.
So my question this week is:
Have you ever done a Leslie Sansone workout? If you have, is there one (or more) that you would recommend? Any other suggestions would also be greatly appreciated.
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March 6th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I haven’t and I’m not sure what I would recommend since i haven’t but I do like dance workout videos
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Oh I used to do her workouts.. in fact I have several. I have the 1 mile and the 3 mile.. and the kick one. I loved it when I “did” it. lol I really think they are a good workout.. I remember when I first tried the one mile I was huffing and puffing just to get thru it lol I recommend them!!
You can’t go wrong with walking
March 6th, 2009 at 1:56 am
I haven’t–but maybe I should! I haven’t exercised since probably the first trimester of my pregnancy!
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:35 am
No I haven’t. I’m not very good with dvd stuff. I get interrupted a lot.
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:49 am
I Love Leslie! She is so much fun to walk w/ & I really enjoy “talking” w/ her while I walk! I have 5 & can’t remember what I have. But I love them all ’cause it doesn’t matter what your fitness level is or how you do them. You can’t do them wrong!
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March 6th, 2009 at 7:04 am
No I haven’t and to be honest, I’ve never heard of her.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:33 am
I have a lot of Leslie Sansone videos but I prefer to walk outdoors. I am a fitness walker and I use her videos in the winter when it is icy and unsafe for me to walk.
She is good for a beginner. I have more fun loading my iPod with fast dance music and going for an hour walk.
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Never done one, might try one now though!
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I have never tried those.
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March 6th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Gosh, I have never heard of her?? Sorry! But I power walk at least 5 times a week ~ I LOVE walking!!!!
March 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Sorry – I messed up my URL before!
Gosh, I have never heard of her?? Sorry! But I power walk at least 5 times a week ~ I LOVE walking!!!!
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March 6th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I am not familiar with her exercise regime. So, I am no help!!
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March 6th, 2009 at 11:36 am
No…I actually have never heard of her before!
March 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Sorry, I have never done one of them. I did give you an award over at my place today. Have a great weekend.
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
No, but I HAVE heard of her before and seen her on several morning shows and she seems to know her stuff!!
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
No just some pilates for my back strengthening.
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I think I have a video similar to this somewhere from when I was pregnant with child number one. I wanted to excercise but not over do it. I had not heard of Leslie but I have been looking for new things to try and it sounds like you really like it so it might be fun to try.
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I’ve never tried one of hers but I sure have a lot of Kathy Smith videos!
March 6th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I have not tried any of hers but now I am thinking I just might
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March 6th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I have one dvd of hers now, but haven’t started it.
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March 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
No, I don’t think the wife wants me to watch the video. What’s the rating?
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March 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I have not heard of her. I am sure I am missing a great leader in the fight for fitness.
The last program I used was Beachbody’s Tony Horton and other of their dvd programs. I am right now off the exercise and fitness wagon.
I just have too many wagons on the trail. As I jump from one wagon to another I sometimes lose my way and forget one wagon so much that it drops off the trail.
Sorry I can’t help with a recommendation, but thankfully I saw that other commenters have some suggestions.
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Thanks for stopping by my site. Your son must have an incredible story involving that bird. Thanks for the comment.
I have not tried this so cannot comment on it. Stop by again when you have a moment.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I haven’t tried that one. Good luck to you!
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March 7th, 2009 at 12:51 am
I haven’t heard of it but I would like to check it out. Glad that you’re enjoying it. I need to inject regular exercise back to my life. Thank you for sharing.
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March 7th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I have never tried one, but everyone sure seems to think they are great. I have always liked The Firm videos (especially the early ones) and I used to like Kathy Smith, because of her light touch and humor in her pregnancy videos. I haven’t done any of her recent workouts though.. Maybe I should do that one of these years
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March 10th, 2009 at 12:02 am
I’ve never even heard of her before! Good luck with the workout! :-)
March 10th, 2009 at 11:02 am
No and I am looking for a good workout video- got get in shape for a wedding. Let me know how it goes!
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