Stay In the Hoop

Meet Laura!

Some people start their day off with a cup of coffee to get them going.  I grab my Prayer Book and my favorite hoop.

Featured Hooper Corrie Novak: "I Still Want to Be Hooping When I'm 60+!"

Corrie Novak recently picked up her life and moved cross country to LA. Why? "I wanted to live in a place where I could hoop all year long." Well, viva la hula hoop and viva Corrie! Her adventurous...

Hooping Tutorial with Katie Sunshine: Hooping on One Leg

Keep Summer Going Strong & BYOS (Bring Your Own Sunshine)—with this cool series of tutorials that are guaranteed to turn up the heat in your hoop practice! Watch & Learn!    (MOR...

Oprah Celebrates "Butler" Release by Hula Hooping

Oprah celebrates her latest on-screen role in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" in true hooping style!We've been sending Oprah Winfrey hoops for years and we're so happy to finally see an action shot of he...

54 Reasons to Hoop for Fitness for Just 8 Minutes a Day!

1. Take a deep breath.... As many yoga aficionados know, taking time out of your busy day to just breathe relieves stress, improves mental clarity, and makes life just a little more pleasant in ...

"Hooping is My Release": Meet Master Trainer Pamela Crawford

Name: Pamela Crawford Hooping Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Years Hooping: 6 years Hooping Confession: "Because of Hooping I have completed one third of my bucket list!" Find out how much teaching Ho...

Hula Hooping Makes Summer Better

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="715"] Photo: Lisa Richards' 8 year old daughter giving her hoop a whirl![/caption] “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the tw...

The Benefits of Hula Hooping (AKA Why You Should Start Hooping for Fitness Today)

Hoopnotica lays out some of the benefits of hula hooping that are guaranteed to have you wanting to give hooping a try for at least 8 minutes a day. (Keep reading to find out why.)     Hooping...

Why Balance (And Hooping) Makes the World Go Round

Photo: Brenna Rose Fisher, Alberta, Canada

Ask A Hooper: How Many Calories Does Hula Hooping Burn?

  Hooping has been proven to burn over 400 calories per hour by the American Council on Exercise although the calorie-burn from hooping may be as high as 600 calories per hour when other parts o...