What's the best workout DVD for beginners?

Buy a piece of equipment that looks fun to use and follow the DVD that comes with it. That would be my suggestion. Ultimate Sandbag, Suspension Training, Kettlebells, anything!

Leslie Sansone has some good ones and they can grow with you as you can start with just 1 mile if you want and build up to 5.

I started using Leslie Sansone's Walk at Home DVDs. They are a lot of fun. Nice, peppy music to keep you going, and Leslie is very encouraging. You basically just walk in place. I got mine at Walmart.

you can find Leslie Sansone on youtube too to see if you would like along with alot of others.

Leslie Sansone "Walk Away the Pounds." Very low impact, you can do it at home in a small space and you can do it for 1, 2, 3, or more "miles" of marching, kicks, knee ups, and side-to-side movements paired with arm movements. She's made a TON of them for use with weights, stretchy bands or no equipment. The DVD called "Walk at Home 5-Day Slim Down A Mile Each Morning" that targets a different body part each day is one of my favorites. Each is about 15 minutes with an additional 5 or so minutes for Warm Up & Cool Down. You can do one or several based on your time and fitness level. I like this one since she is doing it alone on the DVD--many of her other DVDs includes a "class" of people and sometimes she can get a bit chatty which can be a bit of a distraction for some and become a bother after you've heard it over, and over, and over again.

I've used her DVDs to help me lose 75 lbs, and although I now go to the gym and can do more strenuous workouts, when I roll out of bed a little too late, or I just don't quite feel up to a heavy-duty workout, I pop in this DVD and "walk" a couple miles to keep my exercise on track.

Anything that doesn't have the word "walk" or "walking" in the title

the one where you go outside and run

I like the biggest loser power walk

whatever you decide, it'll be tough, because it'll be new. so when you find yourself losing your breath and needing to stop for a second, just pause the dvd and get some water. then hit play.

i see a lot of people saying that they could only do 8 minutes or whatever. just pause it and keep going. one day you'll be able to do it in one go.

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Prevention Magazine has some decent full body workouts that are low impact and easy to follow. Look for anything by Chris Freytag. Denise Austin does many low impact beginner workouts as well.

Also, not to sound obnoxious, but why would anyone need a DVD to walk? Just go outside and put one foot in front of the other for a while, then turn around and walk back home. And swing your arms. We learned how to do that as children, so I don't get the popularity of "walking DVDs." Again, not trying to offend anyone, I simply don't understand.

Prevention Magazine has some decent full body workouts that are low impact and easy to follow. Look for anything by Chris Freytag. Denise Austin does many low impact beginner workouts as well.

Also, not to sound obnoxious, but why would anyone need a DVD to walk? Just go outside and put one foot in front of the other for a while, then turn around and walk back home. And swing your arms. We learned how to do that as children, so I don't get the popularity of "walking DVDs." Again, not trying to offend anyone, I simply don't understand.

I started with these, because I live in Wisconsin and have a 13 month old, so going outside and walking in the snow and ice with a baby isn't the best idea. I dont find them a good workout anymore now that I've lost a few pounds and gotten stronger. I'm almost finished with 30 Day Shred and Leslie's videos are just way too easy and not very much of a burn for me now.

I deft suggest doing 30 Day Shred, and like someone else said if you have to modify at first that's ok. When I started I couldn't do jumping jacks at all (osgood makes jumping hard at times), so I modified and did step-touch instead of jumps, even though Jillian said no modifying them. But day 7 I could do all the jumping. YOu get stronger doing this video and you get stronger FAST. I am no Jillian fan, but you can't deny the results this one brings. (I lost 7 pounds and 16 inches, and I still have 5 days to go)

Then you also have the Biggest Loser DVD's which alot of them have level's as well and are pretty easy to start with

Prevention Magazine has some decent full body workouts that are low impact and easy to follow. Look for anything by Chris Freytag. Denise Austin does many low impact beginner workouts as well.

Also, not to sound obnoxious, but why would anyone need a DVD to walk? Just go outside and put one foot in front of the other for a while, then turn around and walk back home. And swing your arms. We learned how to do that as children, so I don't get the popularity of "walking DVDs." Again, not trying to offend anyone, I simply don't understand.

Because in MN when it get to be 40 below zero with the wind chill you want to be able to do something inside and not everyone has the time or money to run to the gym all the time. I would have to drive 20 minutes one way just to get to the gym and then work out for an hour and drive back home another 20 there went an extra 40 minutes of my day I already don't have. Plus some people are embarrassed when they start and don't want other people to see them. Also just because it says walk in it doen't mean that is all you do.

What type of exercise are you doing now? How often are you working out?