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Roy Wallack reviews gear to work your core for The Los Angeles Times, including the “Hula From Hell.” He’s referring to the Empower Cardio Core and More Fitness Hoop, a 3-pound, 40-inch wide foam-padded hula hoop whose eight sections (four heavy pink ones and four lightweight orange ones) can be reconfigured to make the workout harder or easier. What did he like? “As a man, it’s not easy to admit this: I love hula hoops — they hammer your core and improve your moves on the disco floor. Empower, which makes fitness products geared to women, adds real oomph to hooping with the weighted sections, which snap together and come apart easily. Alternate the pink and orange sections and the hoop spins normally; segregating the sections by quarters or halves, however, adds a pronounced imbalance to the spin, forcing you to work harder to keep it spinning. The three-pound weight alone works up a good sweat; a half-and-half set-up doubles it.” His dislikes? None at all.

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