Walk Strong - Sansone

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So, I had to do a review of this one, as it really surprised me

today. I woke up feeling a bit off, and made myself go in the

basement to workout before I could think about it too much and talk

myself out of it, lol. You know those days?

Anyway, I did 30 day shred, level 1 for the first time and it went

okay. I had to go low impact on some of the cardio, and I can't

stretch my arms out all the way on jumping jacks because of the low

ceiling. So when I finished Shred, feeling slightly defeated, I

thought a nice 30 min would lift me up a bit and make me feel

more capable, lol.

This is the Walk Strong with the pink cover, and is 33 min. She has

another one also called Walk Strong from a different series that has

a blue cover and is 37 min. I guess I'll do that on Thursday so I

can compare the two.

The workout starts like all of the s, brief warm up, basic

moves. She mentions that we will be doing some weight training. For

the weight segments, uses 5lb dumbbells (heavier than I've

seen her use before) and others use 2lb balls, weighted gloves, etc.

Well, imagine my surprise when my pal goes right into REAL

sqauts, lunges, and combo moves - eerily similar to what I just

finished in Shred! I emphasize REAL because in my past

workouts, she only does " mini squats " and partial lunges, etc. And

usually keeps them to a minimum. I swear one lunge/upper body combo

was exactly the same as one that I did in Shred, lol. Rear lunges,

side lunges, plie squats, wide/narrow squats - she does them all, and

with delt raises, tri ext, bi curls, etc. She rotates between the

weight training combos and walking segments for the entire workout.

And it ends with a cool down and really brief stretching, as usual.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't near the level of intensity of Shred,

but since I had just finished Shred, this wasn't really what I had

planned to follow it with, heh. But since I lived, I'll do the same

thing on Thurs and try the other Walk Strong to see what that one has

in store for me.

But overall, a nice surprising workout! Another note - talks

the whole time, of course but mostly talks about form and counts reps

during the weight training. Not just random chat, so that might

appeal to some.