Hoopnotism means hooping for fitness, dance and fun. The idea behind it was to share the hooping joy and introduce its benefits to everyone. Anyone can Hula Hoop, so don't dismiss it assuming it's tough and not for you. Just start doing it and at the end of one session you'll be good to go and practice on their own. It's pretty popular in the other parts of the world. Even Liv Tyler relies on her hoop to stay fit.
Hooping is now the new trend in the city and fast gaining popularity among men and women, across all age groups from five to 65-years-old. You can also organise hoop jams (hoopstock) in large groups on open grounds and see how everyone regresses into childhood.
Beginners Workshop: This entails stretching with hoop, waist conditioning, hand hooping, leg movements while hooping and eventually hoop dancing. It’s for absolute beginners who have always wanted to hoop and have never done it even as kids. They learn a routine with the hoop, which they can then use depending upon their own level of enthusiasm and passion for it for fitness or dance. In the advance and special Hoop classes you can do Interval Hooping and floor exercises with focus on Abs. Hoop Intermediate classes include tricks and dance moves with the hoop. Hula Hoops can be bought from sports stores across the country.
Hula Hoop basics
- Find the right size of the Hoop that suits you. Usually any Hoop that rests vertically from the ground between your belly button or the middle of the chest should work for you. Adults need an adult size hoop, kids hoop will not work.
- Place the Hoop firmly on the small of your back, wind it up and spin it in the direction that comes naturally to you.
How to Hula Hoop
- Remember not to start making circles with your hips after giving the Hoop the first push. The Hoop will only wobble and fall. The movement comes from your pelvis region and the core. It’s a to and fro movement or side to side. Whichever comes more easily and naturally to you. Find your own rhythm and then maintain it. It gets better with practice.
- Let the Hoop drop, make sure you don’t stop, pick it up and spin it again and then again.
- At the end of the first session, you will be able to hold the hoop on your waist.
- Once you make that connection with your hoop, you can then start walking with the hoop, making circles within the hoop, hand hooping etc.
Advantages
- Makes for a good form of cardio especially on days when the traditional forms seem boring.
- Get toned and tighten ab muscles
- Increases your fitness levels
- Improves your mood with a healthy release of endorphins
- Improves coordination and spinal flexibility
- It’s done to music so can make for a good dance
- Form of meditation with focus on your core
- One can easily burn up to 200 calories with just 20-30 mins of hooping. Also when you are learning a new skill you end up burning calories faster, since your body takes that much more effort
