Julie McCaffrey
After watching
Grace Jones hula hoop her way through her Diamond Jubilee concert performance while singing, many are still wondering how the 64-year-old diva stays in such phenomenal shape. Could it be her hooping? Mother-of-three Julie McCaffrey decided to find out and met up with
Mazzula Hula from Edinburgh.
Julie writes for The Mirror: “Do you go to the gym often?” asks Mazzula. I stare at my shoes. “Neither do I,” she smiles. “Hooping is so much better fun than sweating it out in a gym. And it’s great for mum tums because it’s gentle but really effective at toning stomach muscles. One try and you’ll be addicted.” At first I doubt if an addiction to hooping could quash my addiction to Drifter bars, but one look at Mazzula’s pancake-flat tummy and I’m ready to give it a go. My first attempt is hula-miliating. I whirl my hips around with the gusto of a washing machine on spin cycle but the hoop clatters to the ground. My second shot sees me whizz my waist as fast as a parachute in a tornado but the hoop slides to my ankles. When my third try fails I stamp my feet and fold my arms in a hula huff. At this rate, I can’t see my moves having the same effect as Grace’s did on my hubby. He drooled when he watched Grace. He would cry laughing if he saw me. “You only need to make a very small movement with your hips,” soothes Mazzula. “Just nudge the hoop along with its momentum. Stand with one foot slightly in front of the other, bend your knees and relax.” Within minutes, I’ve got it. The hoop twirls around my waist and I feel the same eureka exhilaration I did when I first swung a spanking new red hoop in my parents’ garden as a child of the 70s. A huge grin stays on my face for as long as the hoop stays on my waist. A man and his son, who were playing football in the park and had been whooping at my hooping, cheer. I love this lark! Out of all the celebrity slimming secrets I’ve tried, I think I’ll stick with this one.”
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