Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

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 into regular cardio. At 29 minutes, you've done the 2nd mile. At around 37 minutes, there is one last little "Hit", then you start the cool down walk and stretch. The stretch is actually pretty thorough. After the stretch, the 3rd mile marker pops up. I still think that's cheating just a little to count the stretch in the walk. I think to make it a true 3 mile walk, the walk should be for 45 minutes, then the stretch. But that's just me. I like Leslie a lot. She is a wonderful, sweet instructor. Because of this, I want to do her workouts, even though they're not as intense as other stuff I have done, so I change up some stuff to make the workout more intense for me. Some of the ways that I add more intensity is to use more arms than Leslie instructs you to do. I also do knee lifts during the walk-walk-walk-taps (walk-walk-walk-knee). Another move that I modify is tap outs - I do cross punches. Also, I use a 3 lbs pair of walking weights. After doing her walks for a while, I've learned how to modify her moves to fit my needs, and now I like them better. As for the party songs, they are songs most people should know: "We Got The Beat"(by The Go Gos - this is the song that plays during the "Hits"); "Party Rock Anthem"(by LMFAO); "U Can't Touch This"(by MC Hammer); "Dancing On the Ceiling"(by Lionel Richie). One thing that bothers me is the few seconds of silence in between songs. I think they should have ran the songs closer together than that so that you're not just walking with no music for that time. This is a pretty fun workout that is filmed well. The background is colorful, the "walkers" (even though I think some of them are really dancers) look like they are having fun, Leslie seems to be enjoying herself. PS: I ordered this from a different website, so I got it before Amazon released it. I've already ordered another copy from Amazon for a friend's Christmas present.