Hula Hoop Exercises
Hula hoop is a very interesting hoop that is usually made of plastic. There are many hula hoop exercises that you can learn to twirl around your neck, limbs or waist to help you lose weight and stay healthy.
Indeed, hula hooping can warm up your body, especially the abs and back area. If you want a full body warm up, there are some hula hoop exercises that you can do to hoop around your arms and legs.
Hula hoop exercises are not only fun but also quite easy to learn and the best things about this form of exercise is that you won't feel stressed because you don't need to commit yourself to one of those difficult and hard workout exercises.
If you have never tried hula hoop exercises before, your first experience with hooping will be more like dancing. This is because once you have the hoop twirling in your body, you will feel your whole body moving by itself and after a few minutes, you will start sweating. Now, before you can do that, you need to get a hula hoop of the right size. If you're an adult, don't use a kid-sized hula hoop. Go online and shop for one that is suitable for your body size.
Choosing a hula hoop that is big enough for you is quite simple. Just remember that a hula hoop should as high as the height between your stomach and nipple. To measure this, just place the hula hoop on the ground and stand behind it. You should also take your waist size into consideration because you don't want to get a hula hoop that is too tight for you. It is important to note that in most hula hoop exercises, larger hoops are easier but slower to rotate while smaller hoops are harder but faster to rotate.
Some Hula Hoop Exercises
The secret to most hula hoop exercises is in weight shifting. All you need to do is to hold the hula hoop against your back and start twirling above your waist then push the hoop around your waist.
You will then shift your weight back and forth on your feet so that the hoop will keep twirlling. As you can see, weight shifting is very important because it is the key to controlling the hula hoop.
If you have never tried hooping before, you might be tempted to move your hips in a circular motion. This technique is not effective and therefore not recommended for most hula hoop exercises. The key to weight shifting is to place one foot in front of the other and then shift your weight back and forth from one foot to the other.
Indeed, it is better to consider most hula hoop exercises as a rocking or pumping motion because you're using the weight shifting technique to keep the hoop moving in circles around our body and waist.
In short, many of the hula hoop exercises are actually quite easy to do if you keep the weight shifting technique in mind. Don't give up if you can't get the hoop to twirl the way you want it to. Keep practising and you will soon find hula hooping is actually an enjoyable and interesting way to exercise your body and stay healthy.