Media in Ireland is reporting on the return of hooping. The Independent notes, “It’s a retro exercise that’s supposed to knock off pounds and even improve your sex life. Michelle Obama practices it in public, and singer Beyonce can’t do without it to maintain superb tone — in her abs anyway. Hula hoops (the gyrating exercise with plastic rings, not the crisps) are part of a popular fast-track programme swivelling thousands of hips into better shape. They’re part of the training circuit at a north Dublin fitness club, Contours Express, a small-scale gym chain with outlets around the country, where classes combine weight training, cardio exercises and hula-hooping.” Independent
