Syracuse.com reports, "The Hula Hoop is back as a low-impact fitness sensation. 'It's fun!' Dawnmarie Raymond promises, as she explains how you tone your abs, back, arms, hips, buns and legs while swinging your hips and burning 400 to 600 calories per hour. Raymond owns the Go Figure studio in Camillus. She says her clients were at first reluctant to try the hoops. 'They never could Hula Hoop when they were little,' she explains. But she kept working on them, 'I kept telling them how easy it was.' She started them on hoops with a large circumference. As they built up confidence, she gave them smaller hoops. The hoops are weighted. She makes her own, filling them with water (1 pint equals 1 pound) and wrapping them in bright electrical tape." Full story: Syracuse.com