Hula Hooping my waist away.
Hey all, I'm a hula hooper, and I love hula hooping.
I'm posting this in the motivation post, because I love to do it, and I hope to find some hula hoopers in CC land.
It's easy to do, and I enjoy doing it, and also having a few dance party's in my house with my kids. We just dance and hula hoop, and have a great time. Weight loss is all about having fun. Who said exerising has to be all weights, resistance bands, and walking yourself to death. No one... You can do other things to get some calories burning, and some weight to drop. I love what I do, and I would like to invite you all to do these things with me. Hula hoop & Dance for 15 mintues on fridays.
I call this. Thank GOD it's FRIDAY workout...
Join in on the fun.
I've burned 800 calories hula hooping and dancing last night, and hope to do it again.
Okay. This could be something that tips me over the edge into serious fun. Thanks Lynn; I am going to Youtube hulahooping for beginners and debate getting one.
(Oh and if I do, my neighbours are going to have so much to laugh at, as they watch me, while they sit on their lawn chairs among the pink flamingos.)
I have enough room to hula hoop in my home. I've been doing this for a while, and I made my own hula hoop after I learned they were pricey, so that was the best thing for me. You can also google how to make a hula hoop, and find the tools you need. You don't want a child hula hoop. Trust me. I've tried it was too light, but I can hoop a child hula hoop as of now.
And I can see people peaking at you...LOL
Makes me think about Bewitched.. LOL! That woman was always peaking out of her window and passing out. LOL!
I'm going to have to so another thing. I have so many new photos of me, and I haven't updated much of the new-ness in my life since coming back.
WOW! Thanks for that reminder... I have to update my gallery.
What a great idea!! Thank you lynnhaslost :D
I LOVE hulahooping too! It's seriously my favorite form of exercise... I can go forever, especially if I'm just listening to my favorite music. Do you know what is more effective for your muscles, a heavy hoop or a light one? Light ones are harder to use, but heavy ones... are heavy. ;) Anyway, I'm happy to find a hulahooper too! So great. And having one when friends visit is always good for entertainment. :D
Original Post by alanovna:
I LOVE hulahooping too! It's seriously my favorite form of exercise... I can go forever, especially if I'm just listening to my favorite music. Do you know what is more effective for your muscles, a heavy hoop or a light one? Light ones are harder to use, but heavy ones... are heavy. ;) Anyway, I'm happy to find a hulahooper too! So great. And having one when friends visit is always good for entertainment. :D
Aha, A great way to tone those abs is keeping them tight and solid while hooping. I have a heavy and a light (kids) hula hoop, and it's a challenge to hoop a childs hoop, you work more muscles working with a child hoop, because you are fighting to keep it going around you and for it to stay up. I love hula hooping with a childs hoop and different sizes for the arms and the legs. The more the merry I say, and I'm happy as all get out when I hula hoop. I act up when I do it. I go back to the age of 7 and I have fun. I have a 4lb hoop. I made my own hula hoop, and I went for 4lbs. My husband said we should make one and add some fishing weights to it. IDK, but my girlfriend and I made on last week and we added fish tank rocks to it, and that sucker is pretty heavy, and my abs are still sore from using it to show her how easy it is. I used beads& sand in mines. I love the noise. If you can't afford a hula hoop.... Ladies! Go a head and make one, you can google how to make a hula hoops and make them the weight to your liking. Are you doing tricks?
This is so inspiring, maybe I'll try making my own! So far I've figured out how to move the hoop up and down from my hips to my waist. If it's heavy enough I can do my chest too. I can walk with it and change directions, but I really want to learn how to do tricks :D Any advice on good videos to watch? I used some beginner ones on youtube but I'd like to get better. Right now, I only have a very light metal hoop and a heavy metal hoop (the heavy one hurts sometimes still). I'd love to try to make my own and learn some awesome tricks...
Original Post by alanovna:
This is so inspiring, maybe I'll try making my own! So far I've figured out how to move the hoop up and down from my hips to my waist. If it's heavy enough I can do my chest too. I can walk with it and change directions, but I really want to learn how to do tricks :D Any advice on good videos to watch? I used some beginner ones on youtube but I'd like to get better. Right now, I only have a very light metal hoop and a heavy metal hoop (the heavy one hurts sometimes still). I'd love to try to make my own and learn some awesome tricks...
I'm working on a smaller hula hoop right now, because I would love to learn how to do those hula hoop tricks. I went on youtube and watched these ladies doing the legs and skipping, and my baby girl who is now 13 taught me how to do that well with a little hula hoop, and then my husband got the idea to make me a ball on a rope, so I can do the skipping action like that instead of a hula hoop, because I was making too much noise. I can dance with my hula hoop, and it's all fun, the next time you hula hoop... put on some upbeat music, and dance. Mines has always been rap, and it gets the blood a pumping when I do that.
Well, I went out today , to Zellers and bought a hula hoop for 4.99.
I attempted it several times, laughing the whole time.
I can't get the hoop to stay up! My husband watched from the front room window and had a good chuckle.
I watch more videos and try again, maybe tomorrow.
At this rate, I won't be applying for cirque du soleil just yet.
Original Post by brightmoments:
Well, I went out today , to Zellers and bought a hula hoop for 4.99.
I attempted it several times, laughing the whole time.
I can't get the hoop to stay up! My husband watched from the front room window and had a good chuckle.
I watch more videos and try again, maybe tomorrow.
At this rate, I won't be applying for cirque du soleil just yet.
Okay, hun, you might have gotten a child hoop. If so, open it up and add some sand. I'm sure it has water in it. It might have water inside. I've gotten the child hoops at wal-mart for that price, and added some sand in them for extra weight for my teen girls, but you can goodle how to make a hula hoop. I made mines, and it cost me around 8 bucks. If it's not weighed you will keep on dropping it. So, give it a try. I have my home made hoop in my gallery of photos with me standing by it, and it's pretty big and wide, but I think the sand will help, but I do hula hoop a child hoop with water in it and no added sand or nothing, and yes it's a challenge to keep going, but I can keep it up. Works my abs really good.
Yes, I think I did Lynn!
Coincidentally, I was in the grocery store today (after I was at the gym!!!! ) and a woman dropped some avocados and I joked with her about her juggling. Feeling that I may have crossed a line, I let her know about my attempts at hulahooping.
She laughed and told me that I had a child's hoop; also mentioned the weight required and gave me the name of a woman who supplies the adult size hoops and who also teaches! hooping.
Look at that! A line on my next hooping adventure.
Found her videos on line. Apparently, this is how we hoop in Canada!
