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Leslie Sansone Walk to the Hits All Time Favorites Review

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I received a complimentary copy of Leslie Sansone’s Walk to the Hits: All Time Favorites* for lesliereview. Associate links are marked (*).

In Walk to the Hits: All Time Favorites*, Leslie Sansone declares, “I want you to get excited about getting fit!” If you’re motivated by music, Sansone’s Walk to the Hits series might be a fun choice for you!

All Time Favorites includes three miles of indoor walking. The menu allows you to complete a single mile or do the entire workout. Don’t feel bad if you only have time for a mile. Sansone says, “Anytime you want to do a mile at a time, it’s fine.”

The workout includes a fun soundtrack, including “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “Let’s Twist Again,” and “Knock on Wood.”

The workout includes familiar moves like marching in place, forward kicks, and knee raises. “HIIT” (High Intensity Interval Training) is incorporated into the workout, but overall, the sessions would only be high intensity for true beginners.

The first mile is 20 minutes and includes the warm up. There is a short burst of higher intensity moves with impact (like jogging in place).

The middle mile is 13 minutes. This workout features “Let’s Twist Again,” and no surprise twisting is included in the workout! Once again, there are moves that are described as “HIIT” but are not that high intensity.

Mile three includes is 20 minutes and includes that cool down. Higher intensity  moves include bounces and jogging in place.

Sansone is–as usual–enthusiastic. She has a constant smile on her face, and she really seems to enjoy walking with the crew.

The menu allows you to do the workout with Sansone’s instruction or with music only. Unfortunately, you can’t build a workout (like just doing warm up, Mile 2, and cool down). The back of my copy of the DVD says the workout alternates five minute speed segments with 12-minute HIIT Sessions, but this breakdown is not entirely accurate.

This is the kind of workout you can do without getting discouraged by complicated choreography. It is perfect for a beginner looking to start adding some higher-intensity moves and for music lovers looking for some light cardio.