WATP Questions

[pixiesnake]

Hi. I've noticed several of you on the daily exercise thread mentioning WATP. At first I didn't know what that was and then I was out shopping today and saw a Walk Away The Pounds DVD. Is this what you are mentioning in your posts? If so I was wondering if anyone can give me their input on the workout. What do you like, or not like, about it? I only saw 1 DVD - are there different workouts? Any info would be appreciated.

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

I'd rather mall walk for walking and I'd rather something more complicated (read interesting to me) for an aerobics type workout. Just my oppinion - have friends that WATP 3 times a week and love it. I guess it depends on your style. I like interval workouts, yoga and steady low impact walking/biking with scenery changes - these are my style. I get great results from lap swimming but I feel the same boredom with laps as WATP. If WATP is your style, go for it - whatever works for you. Note there is no strength work other than walking with weights sometimes and there's not enough stretching for me, so you may want to do a few extra stretches and you'll need other strength work. Good luck and happy walking.

 

[Zoesmama03]

I love it. I find it works well for me. Its a good one to start with and build up to others.

My tip is get the 4 mile and you can work your way up by doing 1 mile and skipping to cool down. As you get endurance you can go all the way.

If you go for it I'd love to be a WATP buddies. I really need to get back to exercising and dust off my WATP and other dvds.

I've tried them with the "weights" and its really tough and I believe could be a decent "portion" of strength but still will need other stuff too.

 

[newholidayx2]

I spent the winter Walking Away The Pounds in the mornings and went to Curves at night. Im a walker and when it was too cold/wet in the mornings I would walk in my living room. A friend gave me the Three Mile walk DVD and I would use the 1st two miles.

 

[Kristi1357]

I have the 1, 2, 3 & 4 mile DVDs - I love them!

I tried some Firm DVDs since they are highly recommended and hated those. It all depends on what works for you.

 

[RAMWDWFAN]

I love WATP and have several tapes/DVDs. For the most part I do the 3 and 4 mile tapes and have started doing the PowerWalk which is a 30 minute interval DVD (3 minutes of walking then 3 minutes of weights/leg work). I'm seeing a lot of results by way of lost inches (I lose weight very slowly).

 

[pixiesnake]

Thanks to everyone for their comments. I think it is something I would only use when the weather didn't allow me to get outside. Maybe I'll see if the library has any of the workouts, so I can try them out before purchasing. Thanks again for your help.

 

[westcliffemom]

I just got these for when I can't get out or want to start earlier than daylight. I got the Deluxe 2 pack dvd edition, with Get up and Get Started, High Calorie Burn, and Super Fat Burning. I haven't tried them yet, but I've done Leslie Sansone before and liked her.