New Orleans is Hooping for Fitness
It’s exercise in disguise! That’s what ABC’s WGNO-TV in New Orleans is saying about hooping and they spoke with Kimberly Lobert of NOLA hooping to find out all about it. “It’s a workout, but it…
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Exercise Should Be Fun!
[Hooping.org's Editor Philo Hagen defends hooping as exercise.] Jennifer Park, who writes for the Western Courier, seems to be seriously in need of a good time. When it comes to hooping for exercise she’s really…
American Council on Exercise Promotes Hooping
It’s been over two years since we told you about the first research study done on hooping. Conducted by the American Council on Exercise, what we learned were a few things we already knew. The…
Diane Gunder Has Northern Long Island in a Spin
Diane Gunder had never even touched a hula hoop until a year and a half ago. Then, one day, Gunder saw a Facebook post from her friend Jamie Doria about hooping and decided to give…
London Hula Hoopers Spin Up an Alternative Workout
When The Telegraph goes looking for their top ten alternative work outs, one of them simply had to be hooping of course. Katie Wright writes, “If you find visiting the gym tedious or too solitary,…
InStyle Magazine: Get Hooping For Summer
InStyle magazine, the leading source for fashion, beauty and celebrity buzz, are sharing their top ten tips to get ready for summer. What’s number one? Hooping, of course! “This ab workout rivals running for calories…
Sally Cox is a Hoopshaker
Sally Cox at Hoopshaker is on a mission to introduce more people to the benefits of working out with hula hoops in 2012. She’s become a full-time hoop instructor and runs fitness classes in Portsmouth,…
5 Ways Hooping Can Help You Survive the Holidays
[Hooping.org columnist Abby Schwartz takes on the holidays.] by Abby Schwartz Lately my life has been a blur, and it is not the happy spinning kind created in the hoop. It is that time of…