Michelle Escobar at Hello Giggles writes, “Let me start off by saying I’m not a very active person. I’m in my 20s and my day off includes lying in my bed for three hours with my laptop on my stomach and then taking 4 steps to my desk and spending the rest of the day there while my laptop charges. When I realize I should get off my lazy butt and see something else besides a computer screen, it’s to fetch the hula hoop I have stashed behind my headboard… Now, for the actual workout! I usually turn my television on to a show I love, but could easily rewatch, so The Daily Show, Colbert Report, or reruns of Mad Men feature heavily. I wait until the show starts and start hula hooping. I usually just keep my arms up above my head or just straight out in front of me, a la zombie pose. No one can see me therefore no judgement is passed. When a commercial break comes up, depending on my mood and how energized I feel, I either keep going or take a break and lift some weights. When I say ‘lift some weights’, I mean a three-pound dumbbell… If the girls during the 1950s and 1960s were dancing and hula hooping their way into tiny-waisted dresses, we should be able to as well.”
