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From Hoop Troupes and LED shows to music festivals like String Cheese Incident’s Hulaween, everywhere you look in the music scene shows an extreme increase in hula hoopers. Hooping has become so popular even celebrities such as Beyonce, Marisa Tomei, and first lady Michelle Obama do it. Why the sudden rise?

Hula hoops are no longer considered just a toy. With growing popularity in the workout world, on campuses, and around the music scene, anyone who can shake their hips can benefit from picking up a hoop.

An ACE-Fitness research article states that the history of hula hoops dates back to Egypt and ancient Greece when hoops were made from grapevines and used as workout equipment. Current day hoops are weighted and made from tubing (typically HDPE or polypro).

According to an AARP bulletin from 2009, hula hooping for 8 minutes alone can burn about 50 calories and works vital muscles. Not only is it a fabulous fat burner/cardiovascular workout, but will build stamina with practice and a new found confidence.

Hula-hooping can also lift ones spirit, just ask Jessica Cahill, the Founder and visionary director of the NYC-based hoop dance group called Hoopsie Daisies :

“I first began hooping in hopes we could all learn and teach each other something new that had begun to change each of our lives in the most positive and rewarding ways. I see my girls more comfortable in their own bodies, I see excitement in them and passion, and most importantly each of us have found something we are good at that makes us feel good…Since I have been hooping I have found other ways that I could explore this talent in dance and more and more each day I am learning new things about myself. Overall hooping just gives me a better quality in life.”

Experienced hoopers like Jessica and the Hoopsie team are able incorporate tricks and smooth flowing dance moves all genres of music and leave their audiences in awe. Example of this can be seen here:





A study to gauge the exercising potential of hooping was led by Jordan Holthusen, M.S., an exercise researcher with the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse and John Porcari Ph.D. They recruited experienced hoop volunteers to participate in the study. The results showed that the calories and heart-rate responses seen with hooping compared to other workouts such as boot camp or step aerobic, “Porcari suggests that given the variety of movements in hooping it should be considered a total-body workout that has the potential to improve your flexibility and balance while strengthening and toning the muscles of the back, abdomen, arms and legs. The rhythmic nature of hooping may also be relaxing and almost meditative for some.”

Quality hoops can be purchased online at such websites like http://moodhoops.com/.

Happy Hooping!



For more information on Hoopsie Daisies squad, see below:

www.youtube.com/hoopsiedaisies

www.Twitter.com/H00PSIEDAISIES

hoopsiedaisies.tumblr.com

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