Changing the view that the elderly can do only light exercise is Trasak Satrawatit, a former advisor to an education permanent secretary in Bangkok, Thailand. Trasak spun a stainless-steel hula hoop in front of the press recently. During the 30-minute exhibition, he spun it 1,280 times saying that he was addicted to exercise. From sit-ups, he graduated to the hula hoop two years ago and said he would be unhappy if he could not spin his hula hoop, that it would feel as if something important was missing from his life. "I just want to encourage people to exercise," he said. Nation Multimedia