A Closer 2 Mile Walk

Leslie Sansone
Year Released: 2008

Categories: Walking Aerobics


I'm reviewing this workout after previewing it once and doing it twice. This 2 mile walk is set in Leslie's production studio. The infamous black curtain looms in the background. In the center there is a large banner in shades of turquoise & white featuring a photo of Leslie and some of her regular gang. There are three smaller banners off to the left, also in shades of turquoise & white, with motivational sayings on them. The walkers include Leslie, Carol who many will recognize from various other walks, Lucinda - from Walk Away Your Waistline, and two new to me walkers named Cheryl and Diane. Leslie is wearing a pale turquoise top, Cheryl wears a different style top in the same color, Diane wears a darker turquoise top, while Carol & Lucinda are dressed black & white. This is a faith walk and the song used for the warm up is a hymn with vocals. The second song also contained vocals, although I'm not sure that it was a hymn. The third and fourth songs were recycled generic workout music from other walks, the fifth song has vocals and then it returns to the opening hymn. I thought the music level was appropriate - not overbearing, but nicely featured and I enjoyed the different music. Leslie is happy, as always, but I wouldn't consider her downright giddy here like she is in some of her workouts - she never gets so chatty that she calls out one move and does another or stays doing endless reps of one thing forever. She talks a bit to the other ladies and they appear to be wearing microphones, but they keep their answers to one or two words. The warm up seemed a little slow and I thought perhaps the walk was going to be easy, but shortly after, Leslie kicks it up a notch or two. At one point she says she never promised a sissy walk. Leslie and crew are sweating profusely at the end and I was surprised to be sweating a little bit myself. There is no jogging and there are no gadgets to contend with. A few motivational/biblical phrases pop up on the screen. The 30 minutes went by fairly quickly and without dread, although I can't get the opening hymn out of my head now.

LAC

01/31/2010