Hoop Bug

• Hooping AKA Hoop Dance is a form of dance using a hula hoop. It's not just the 1950's style of "hula hooping" anymore. It's evolved into a high-energy dance form that started when the String Cheese Incident passed out plastic hoops made of irrigation tubing at a concert about 14 years ago. Hooping is done with a different form of tubing than the cheap variety found in most toy stores. This tubing is resistant to kinking and is much sturdier making hooping something anyone can do.
• Hooping is also an excellent low impact cardio workout that burns approximately 300-600 calories per hour. It also increases coordination and is an excellent workout for building core strength.
• Hooping helps participants to feel more self confident & develop a better body image.
• Hooping utilizes both on-body and off-body movements that when combined together creates what we call "flow". However, flow is much more than that. Flow, as taught by Hungarian Psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, is a state of mind that is achieved when one is so immersed in an activity that they lose track of time. The result is a feeling of optimal fulfillment or bliss that makes this mind/body movement more than the ordinary gym workout. It's easier to stick with something when it provides you with more than just calorie burn.
• Hooping brings back an element of play & laughter. A hoop class will feel like you've arrived for a party not a workout. Like I tell my students, "you can't take yourself too seriously in a hoop". Hooping is fun & it brings people together. Throw down a few hoops at your next picnic or family gathering and let the games begin!

ARTICLES ON HOOPING:

• Michele Obama hoops it up at the White House
• Slim down with a Hula Hoop Workout
  
• What the Mayo Clinic has to say
• Hooping helps one girl overcome an addiction
• Knox News covers hooping