I bought myself a dance hoop/hoola hoop

[slimandhappy]

I found it in a local charity shop. It is a professional hoop with an exercise dvd.
I have always been good at hoola hooping, but for the last hour, I have been trying to do one exercise, which looks so easy when the experts do it.
So every day next week, I am going to do one exercise until I get it right, then go on to the next.
My waist is killing me, so it must be working.

 

[skinny_fi]

I had always though about getting a hula hoop. Track your progess I would love to hear how you are getting on with it

 

[RM07]

I've been looking at these and wondered if they were just like a normal hula hoop that I could pick up from Tesco or is it weighted?

 

[tara40]

ADULT 38" HULA HOOP + HOOLA EXERCISES & TEACHING E BOOK on eBay, also Abdominal Exercisers, Fitness Accessories, Exercise Fitness, Sporting Goods (end time 06-May-09 13:17:45 BST)

i dont know if you are allowed to do this but i found this on ebay.

 

[*angie*]

Hello! I hoop!

I also use an adult sized (42") weighted (700g) hoop (I have my own) - and I go to a weekly class, it is enormous fun!

In fact I was in the garden this morning doing about 20 mins of practice, which I do every day I can get outside - I can hoop inside, but I do alot of the lifting over the head tricks (lasso, vortex, lifts etc) and I live in a tiny, low ceilinged cottage!!!

There are some good step by step videos on you tube if you ever need an alternative guide 'how to do something' ...

I love hooping. It is the first form of exercise that I have ever enjoyed, and am motivated to practice regularly - what a find in a charity shop lucky you - I paid full price for mine!

 

[slimandhappy]

Angie
Has hoola hooping made your waist any smaller. I lose weight from all parts of my body except my waist, so I was wondering if it would work? I have good old fashioned middle age spread.
I have a small lounge too, and was going to go in the garden, maybe tomorrow. I will look on u tube now. Thanks for the tip

 

[*angie*]

I don't know if it has made my waist any smaller, but it has certainly firmed up my abdominal muscles, and is more aerobic exercise than I have ever done before!

In some ways, it is hard to tell what the diet has achieved, and what the hooping has achieved, but I think it may have firmed up the tum and stopped a bit of the wobble

The you tube clips that are good are a lady dressed in a fetching pink tracksuit (!) 'expert village' or something - she has done a whole series of tutorials from the basic to the very complicated!

 

[slimandhappy]

Thanks for that, I will have a look on you tube to see if I can find her.