Walk And Jog

Leslie Sansone
Year Released: 2001

Categories: Walking Aerobics


This is one of Leslie's finest, and it fills a previously empty niche: an actual interval workout for beginners! The set is a nice homey-looking one, not a studioish-looking one. Leslie is joined by four other exercisers, one of whom always stays low-impact, and they're all dressed like normal people, probably somewhat like you and I are dressed when we're working out at home. The music is quite good, I was pleasantly surprised. It is also louder than it is in some of Leslie's other videos, loud enough to add significant enjoyment to the workout.

This workout is built around Leslie's typical steps (walk, front kicks, knee-ups, side steps) so the choreography is VERY SIMPLE. When it is time to jog, the music speeds up and you take the impact up. The intervals are pretty fun, jogging forward and backward, kicking with hops, etc. The jogging intervals are two to three minutes long, and the walking intervals between them are also two to three miutes long. If that is too long for you to jog, you can always take it back down to low impact with the one exerciser who stays low-impact. Even if you stay low-impact, the pace during the intervals is fast and my guess is that you could still keep your heart rate up significantly. Depends, of course, on how much of a beginner you are. This would be a great tape to get if you are a beginner wanting to take it up a notch to intermediate status, or an intermediate wanting to stay in condition.

Instructor Comments:
Vintage Leslie here: enthusiastic, chatty, encouraging; just remember she does tend to talk to you like you're a kindergartener and she's a friendly and enthusiastic kindergarten teacher!

susan p

02/05/2003