This is from her original WATP series and Leslie comes on in the beginning and says she has just turned 40. It is an interval workout -- about 3 minutes of her "walking" and then 3 minutes of weights. There are 4 background women with Leslie - one doesn't use weights, one uses 3lbs, one uses 2lb walk-away weights (balls) and one is wearing weighted gloves. Leslie uses 5lb dumbbells for the weight intervals. It starts out with a warmup "walk" and she introduces her basic 4 steps. Then the pace of the walking intervals is brisk -- she often adds arm movements, and gets your heartrate up. The weight intervals are surprisingly good! I say "surprisingly" because I expected beginner-type moves, and not a lot of reps. She actually does compound moves and does enough reps whereas if you use heavy enough weights, you can get a solid intermediate workout. An example of the compound moves are squats with side delt lifts, plies with upright rows, & squats with bicep curls. She does both sides evenly (for those of you who want to be symetrical!) For upper body, she works biceps, triceps, side & front delts, and back (she skips chest and abs), and does the most work on biceps and shoulders -- but triceps are done for a few sets (kickbacks and french presses.)
The workout clocks in at 30 minutes and Leslie tells us that it it the equivalent of a 2 mile walk.

I used 5lb weights throughout (because it is 100 degrees today and I wanted to go easy!) but next time I will raise the weights. The upper body work is done at a good pace -- not too slow but slow enough to use heavier weights than 5lbs.

The music was typical Leslie - although the walkinig music had some vocals in it. All in all, I liked this a lot as an interval workout which can be made harder or easier -- the workout goes pretty quickly, and for me, there is no dread factor. The workout does not seem at all dated, and is a nice addition to a Leslie collection.

Instructor Comments:
Leslie is not as chatty as on her other workouts, but still makes you feel like you are working out with a friend!

Jo