Leslie Sansone: Walk to the HITS Party Songs

Walk to the "Hits"...Again!
I didn't really like Leslie's Walk to the Hits (Radio Remixes) at first, but it grew on me after a while, so I decided to give this one a try as well. It's good to use for an easier day (I usually do TurboFire, but this is a nice break from all that high impact). This walk is pretty much just a variation of Radio Remixes: it's the same background, about 90% of the same people, and the same cardio-"hit" cycle from before.

The workout breakdown looks like this:

Warm-up for 5 minutes, then 5 minutes of very fast walking and jogging. "Hit" starts at 10 minutes. These cycles consist of about 2 minutes of recovery, then about 30 seconds of hit. Personally, I think the recovery is too long and brings my heart rate down too much, so I bump up the intensity during the recovery to keep my heart rate up a little. This might be ideal for someone not used to high intensity exercise, though. At 15 minutes, you've done a mile. "Hit" continues until about 22 minutes, then you go...

Very similar to Radio Hits - if you didn't like that one, you won't like this one,,,
This reminds me a great deal of the Radio Hits workout that Leslie has. I still think the high intensity parts of the workout are too short and the transitions aren't very smooth (which surprises me since she's been insistent that this needs to happen on some of her other workouts), but I will keep doing it and hope it grows on me more. At least it's a nice switch to my other workout DVDs. I do wish she'd have a few people who aren't young and in great shape - even if they would be relegated to the back row. I do like Leslie. Very motivating instructor.

For grins
While I do like this workout, I feel it did not raise my heart rate long enough to be truly effective. Even though it was three miles it went way too fast. I was waiting for it to begin... and it was over. I like the fact that Leslie is putting more moves into her workouts, trying her hand at hiit training, but the interval changes are too abrupt, I hope her future efforts are smoother. Still it was fun and the music was upbeat and pretty well done for remixes. 4 stars from me.

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