Weighted Vest Power Walk is a low impact cardio walk from Michelle Briehler. There are no complicated steps. It is all basic stepping with the most intense moves being knee raises and front kicks. I knew this wouldn’t be super intense but it was still tough on my shoulders. I wore a 15 pound weighted vest + 2 pound ankle weights and 2 pound gloves. I burned 250 calories and accumulated less than 3000 steps. I do not know exactly how many steps but after my shower I checked and I was only at 3,050 steps–and that included every step I’d taken this morning outside of the workout. So this is a lower intensity, low impact cardio workout. As I mentioned, the most challenging part for me was the weight of the vest on my shoulders.
There is a progress bar in the upper right hand corner of the screen counting down the workout time as a percentage. Michelle had 2 background exercisers. One was also wearing a vest and one was without a vest. The one without the vest is someone new that I haven’t seen before in Michelle’s workouts. But she did not introduce her.
Weighted Vest Power Walk is 37 minutes; 50 second intro, no designated warm up and 2:20 minute stretch. Equipment: weighted vest. Michelle’s vest is 18 pounds. I wore a 15 pound vest + 2 pound ankle weights and 2 pound gloves. The exercises are all done more than once but are only listed the first time they appear.
- March in place
- Step touch side to side
- 3 steps + one tap in front of you
- Bob and weave (legs wide, shift side to side, lowering into a partial squat when changing sides and tapping foot)
- Hamstring curls, reaching arms forward and pulling them back
- 3 steps + a front kick
- Alternate tapping one foot out to side
- Alternating low front kicks
- Step touches on a diagonal moving forward 4 steps and backward 4 steps
- Repeat #8 but add an alternating front punch
- Alternating wide leg knee raises
- Step forward and tap to one side on a diagonal, repeat on other side forming a V
- Repeat #10 but kick higher
- Wide leg march, turns to fast feet
- Samba (step forward then back with same foot)
- 2 side steps to each side
- 4 alternating knee raises moving to the front + 4 alternating hamstring curls moving backwards
- 3 steps side to side + tap one foot out to side and back
- Repeat #18 but instead of tapping foot out to side do a knee raise
- Tap one foot out to side and back while also doing a single arm side punch
- Alternate tapping one leg back while also doing alternating single arm front punches
- Repeat #4 but add alternating upper cuts
- One minute water break
- One wide step to side with jumping jack arms + 3 alternating knee raises
- March 3x + one front kick punching both arms in front of you
- Step wide then narrow
- Walk 3 steps forward then 3 steps back
- 2 side steps + 3 alternating leg taps while rotating knees inward when tapping
- Alternating heel digs to front
- Step forward into a knee raise then step back, alternate knees when stepping forward
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