Sure, hooping is fun, but is it a real workout? In response to a hoop class participant who wanted to know how many calories we were burning, I did a little research. I knew hooping got my heart rate up and sweating profusely, but I was still surprised at how…
If you search online for “hula hoops” or “fitness hoops” you’ll find a lot of different hoops described as “weighted” or “heavy.” Consumers understandably wonder, is heavier better? For many kinds of workouts, you can increase the weight to work your muscles harder. Is this what you want to do…
Ouch: hoop bruises. Learning to hoop and practicing new moves can beat you up a bit. You might not even notice it happening until later when you change out of your sweaty clothes. The music courses through your body and you are just getting the hoop to do what you…
