"Making your own
hoop also means you can choose a weight that suits.
Hooping gives you one hula a workout! MUM?OF?THREE JULIE MCCAFFREY TRIES OUT THE CHILDHOOD SKILL THAT HAS GIVEN GRACE JONES A KILLER BODY AT 64
"I decided enough was enough." Jen booked a hula
hoop lesson to learn the technique, then began practising in her local park in New York.
I went from 21st to 10 ..with a HULA HOOP; ..and my husband was so amazed he gave it a whirl too
Hooping has become so popular that Emma now has six members of staff who hold hula
hoop workshops and classes across the UK.
Hooping crazy; Hula hooping is not just child's play, as Sophie Gidley finds out, adults are using it as a form of exercise too Club of the week
* Kelly is holding children's and adults' hula
hoop classes at Yarm Road Methodist Church, Stockton.
Has fitness got you in a spin?
Bethan Hobson, 11, of St Agnes RC school in Crawcrook, Gateshead, said: "It was really good fun learning how to do
Hoop Hop and it has been exciting.
In the swing of it; Hundreds have lessons in dance to stay fit and healthy
Hoops don't have to be expensive and actually can be homemade for a few dollars, using flexible irrigation pipe and connectors available at hardware or home improvement stores.
Hoop dreams
"I was really rubbish at the start of my first class but I got the hang of it by the end of the half hour and I don't find it too difficult to keep the
hoop going now.
Hoop for the best; Laura Davidson discovers shaping up with the latest fitness craze is a hula lot of fun
Meanwhile, I tried my very hardest to make my
hoop stay up longer than 20 seconds.
Exercise sent me round the bend
One of the simplest, most cost-effective methods is to build a
hoop hut.
Don't leave tender seedlings out in the cold: cover up!
With each rotation of the
hoop, internal organs receive a massage, too, as well as the benefit from increased circulation.
Hoop, hoop hooray! Melanie MacNeil demonstrates that it's okay to take the roundabout way to get in shape
By the time the 60s dawned, however, the fad was all but dead, although
hoops of one sort or another are still available to this day - and still being made by Wham-O, among others.
Did you have ... a hula hoop? remember WHEN?
We bring extra
hoops to entice passers-by and a great sound system to bring the beats into your blood.
Moving in circles: I expected exhibitionism but wound up with introspection
All registration and waiver forms for the 2007
Hoops Hysteria event are available online at www.isri.org/hoops.
Hooping it up
Fussy Adrian, 26, loved the
hoops as a baby and has refused to touch virtually anything else since.
HOOPY LOOPY; EXCLUSIVE Obsessed Adrian addicted to kids' spaghetti meals!
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