I’m reviewing this workout after previewing it once and doing it once or twice.
N.B. This workout is also labeled Booster Mile.

General workout breakdown: This 16-min. walk moves at a moderate pace and includes the following steps: walking / marching in place, side steps, kicks, knee lifts, kickbacks (i.e. hamstring curls), and walking forward and backwards. There are a variety of arm movements, both holds and quick motions, incorporating the booster to boost the intensity of Leslie’s basic moves and give you some upper body toning. As with all of Leslie’s workouts, you do one move until Leslie says to switch, so there’s no choreography. The first song is at a slightly slower pace to serve as a warm-up. There isn’t really a cool-down to speak of, nor are there stretches at the end.
The DVD also has Firm Up with Firm Bands (9 min.), where Leslie does the following exercises using the pink stretchy band: chest press, pull down, open up, biceps curl, bent over row, triceps kickbacks (2 varieties), seated rows, and leg press (single and double). Although you could certainly work along with this segment, it’s more of a demonstration and instructional segment than workout.

Level: I’d recommend this to beginner with some previous experience with Leslie’s boosters through low, maybe mid-, intermediate exercisers.

Class: 6 women and 2 men join Leslie. The crew includes a nice variety of ages (teenager to senior) and sizes (thin to plus-sized).

Music: soft vocal and instrumental music.

Set: brightly lit interior courtyard-type space (the same one used for the Adv. 5-Mile Walk).

Production: crisp picture. The music is soft in relation to Leslie’s voice.

Equipment: sneakers and your favorite booster: Leslie’s belt with bands, hand weights (1-3 lbs.), weighted balls (1-3 lbs.), and pink stretchy band (which is just a light resistance band).

Space Requirements: If you can step to each side and kick in front of you, you have enough space. If you can take a step or two forward or backward as well, that’s even better.

DVD Notes: The main menu asks you to choose Full Workout, Firm Band Workout, or Credits. The walk is one chapter, the toning in another and the credits in a third.
My copy of this workout came on its own disc opposite a disc with 1-Mile Jog in the 1-Mile Workouts case.

Instructor Comments:
As always, Leslie is encouraging, chatty, and bubbly. She cues (more or less mirror cueing, although she often just points), she discusses how to use the boosters (including a little bit of plugging, fortunately only a little), and she urges you to get fit. She includes a good amount of form pointers and modifications and explains the purpose of exercises in the toning portion. I love that Leslie is focused on making exercise accessible and emphasizing how worthwhile it is.

KathAL79