ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It's a new-school workout using an old-school toy. Hula fitness is a group class that uses a hula hoop. Utilizing dance and different flow maneuvers with the hoop, participants ...

A quick search online turns up everything from the basics to the breathtaking. “It evokes this memory of playing as a kid,” said Hoop Instructor Geri McNiece, who was a twirler in her teenage years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you remember hula hooping when you were a kid? It was so much fun it never seemed like 'exercise.' But to do it now? Really?

Hula hooping is an activity that can be done by the whole family. It’s fun, affordable, boosts your mood and counts as exercise. But sometimes, getting started can be a little frustrating — it’s hard ...

Materials needed: 125 PSI tubing from the hardware store, 1/2 inch connectors, pipe cutters and electical tape. Instructions: Cut the 100 ft. coil down. This should yield 10 kid-size hoops. So, just ...

A high-speed camera films a robotic hula hooper with an hourglass shape, which helps the hoop stay up. Credit: NYU’s Applied Mathematics Laboratory Successful hula hooping requires a body type with ...

Before Christina Berkshire discovered the hula-hooping blog Hooping.org, she led a pretty sedentary life. Berkshire, five years later, owns Hoop Dance by Christina and runs a weekly hula-hooping ...

FARGO - Ariel Waloch, of Fargo, started hula-hooping when she was a junior in high school because she needed a talent for a pageant competition. So years later when she found out Inspire Dance and ...

The circle tube is combining fun and fitness. Edwards' exercise routine is turning heads and creating visible results.Charity Edwards, a yoga and hooping instructor, created a company called Hoop Bug.

A lot of people had to resort to at-home workouts during the pandemic. But even as gyms begin to reopen, many plan on continuing to get their sweat on at home. One downside of this is it can be easy ...

It was way back in 2008 when I first started noticing that the hula hooping fad was making a comeback in Buffalo (see here). At the time, I wasn’t aware that there was one person who was taking the ...