Hoops in the News

Minnesota News: Get Fit With The Hoop
KARE 11 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, let viewers know that hoops are not just for kids. Chris Freytag reports, "Hooping can burn around 100 calories in ten minutes. ten minutes in the morning, 10 minutes in the evening; not too hard! Hula hooping is also great for low impact exercise, you can do it at home and it's just plain fun. I have a client who had foot surgery and was worried about not being able to do any cardio exercise, she had a boot on her foot and could stand up but couldn't power walk, bike, etc. So I sent her home with a weighted hula hoop and she was able to get her heart rate up without using her foot. Now that's getting creative!" An event was held at the Mall of America.

Workout Hoopla in Iowa
The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, reports, "Cindi Haugen 'hooped' her way to a smaller waist.’In one month I lost 2 inches, in the second month I lost 2 inches and I have lost 5 inches since April,' Haugen said. Haugen used a weighted hula hoop to shed inches. The Dubuque woman thought so highly of the workout, she decided to create weighted hula hoops and she sells them to raise funds for her children's school, Resurrection Catholic Elementary School. ... 'I couldn't hula hoop when I first started -- I had never hula hooped before,' Haugen said.'"

Washington D.C. Hoops For Fitness
WUSA9 in Washington DC reports, "You need a little bit of rhythm at least to learn the basic stance, but once you get going participants say you don't even realize you're working out, because it's so much fun. A revolution is happening these days in the fitness world says participants like Jocelyn Gordon. Jocelyn is a movement therapist who teaches dance, yoga and movement, but these days she spends most her time teaching people the joy and benefits of the hula hoop exercise. ... From the kids at Camp Oje to the women working out in Arlington, Hoopers say, doing it for just twenty minutes and you will reap the benefits of building strength and muscle tone. Sheila Cordaro, owner and fitness instructor of Fit4Moms says don't mistake hula hooping just for fun. "It's an exercise that hits every part of your core. You get a full body workout," she explains

Take Care Of Your Waist!
Over at Women's Health Blog they're urging women to take care of their waists - by hooping of course. "During centuries-old existence a mankind thought up lots of ways to stay fit. Various diets, starvations, physical exercises… But hoop remains one of the most original and in many respects pleasant ways. ... We offer a list of advantages of hoop exercising: 1. Pleasant pastime. Hula-hoop makes struggle against superfluous pounds exclusively pleasant. 2. An irreplaceable assistant in training of muscles of hands, backs, feet and shoulders. Its use provides a set of various exercises on extension. 3. Effective organization of time. Hoop rotating for only 10 minutes a day in a waist zone will provide you a considerable effect in its reduction and strengthening. Each of us tried hoop in childhood. Now we matured and forgot about an old hoop. But, having left the childhood, we have not left our dreams: we dream, as before, of a beautiful harmonious body and smooth skin. There is a simple way to embody this dream in reality. It is a way from our childhood, it is a hula-hoop."

Hulaerobics Hits Scotland
Dozens of people have taken part in the first sessions of "hulaerobics" at the Cowdenbeath Leisure Centre in Fife, Scotland. Glen Rorrison, Fife's sport and leisure manager, told the BBC, "We have had to rush through an order for more hula hoops." Class instructor Debbie Leitch informed them, "Hulaerobics is a great body toning class in which you learn to hoop on your torso, arms and legs. It's ideal for losing those unsightly bulges around the waist and hips and it will also tighten your behind, improve your posture, elevate your heart rate and allow you to have a lot of fun while you are getting fit."