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This DVD contains an indoor walking plan for five days, from Monday to Friday. For example, on Monday, you walk for about 46 minutes (the warm up, the 3 miles, and the cool down) and you do abdominal work for about 4 minutes, for a total workout time of just over 50 minutes. Here's the "5 Day Walk Plan". Monday (50:05) 3 mile walk (46:04) Abs session (4:01) Tuesday (1:02.24) 4 mile walk (59:01) Arms session (3:23) Wednesday (24:44) 1 mile walk (21:27) Legs session (3:17) Thursday (37:12) 2 mile walk (34:19) Chest and back session (2:53) Friday (1:14.18) This is the longest at over 1 hour and 14 minutes. 5 mile walk (1:10.45) Full body stretch (3:33) For long walks like on Friday, the flow is not as smooth as it should be because each mile begins slowly and then speeds up so that when you put them together, the long walks are a little choppy. But, I still enjoyed Ms. Sansone's personality and exuberance. ~~~ If you don't want to follow the 5 day plan, you may customize your own workouts from the 10 segments which are the foundation for the program. Here is a time outline for the 10 segments. Blue mile (1 mile, 12:34) Blue is the most intense of all the 1 mile workouts. Yellow mile (1 mile, 12:21) This color & the remaining colors are of somewhat similar intensity. Red mile (1 mile, 11:44) Each mile is roughly about 12 minutes each. Green mile (1 mile, 12:15) Purple mile (1 mile, 12:09) This is probably the easiest mile segment. Abs (4:01) For me and for many others, these are very short and very easy sessions. Arms (3:23) Legs (3:17) Chest/back (2:53) Full body stretch (3:33) All workouts have the same warm up (4:13) and the same cool down (5:29). ~~~ For those who have never done a Leslie Sansone DVD, here are the basic steps and moves. Walking in place Side step Kick Knee lift Arm reach to the front Arm reach to the ceiling or the sky Arm reach to the side Arm reach combos Hand claps Here are moves with a little more steps. Many moves are familiar if have other Leslie Sansone workouts. Hand tap to opposing leg/knee lift Grapevine, with kick back Mambo (easy) Fast or power walk Side tap, with turn, with punch Kick back, with arm pull Leg + foot shift, with punch Walk to front and back Kick with arm reach variations Walk and tap The blue mile includes two high impact moves. Jump rope (rope not needed) Half jacks (a modified version of jumping jacks) ~~~ I found the exercises in the non-walking segments very easy and quite basic. Each segment lasts about 3 to 4 minutes. You may combine them to do a longer workout which may still be very easy for many people. (But, I assume that Ms. Sansone is trying to help people who do not strength train, but need to do it.) 1. Abs: At four minutes and one second, this is the longest segment. Single leg raise Curl up The hundred Single leg raise Criss cross Stretch 2. Arms: This is the only segment in which you need a light pair of weights. Biceps curl Triceps extension 3. Legs Back lunge Squat Back lunge/squat combo 4. Chest/back Push up on knees Modified plank with opposing leg and arm hold 5. Easy and short stretches ~~~ This DVD features four new and pleasant young ladies who walk with Ms. Sansone. I thought the overall DVD was fine, although I do miss Linda, Jo Ann and the other walkers from the previous DVDs. It's like missing old friends.