Hula Hoop a good Aerobic Exercise!

Yeah, I read later how to size one for an adult. Of course, I've forgotten the formula, but I know I need a bigger one than what I was looking at. I don't know where to go to find one here, though.

I had one child's toy hula hoop that even as a kid I could never manage to spin well. I got a bigger one later which is technically still a child's toy, but it's a great hoop that spins really well. I'd really encourage you to get one, there's nothing foolish about wanting to spin a hula hoop! It really is great exercise. But I'd advise you get a bigger adult-sized hoop if you do get one, and don't be afraid to ask to try it out too! lol

It depends on if they are the hula hoops that are a child's toy or the fitness hula hoops. I got one from Wal-mart that was a child's toy and couldn't even begin to do it. When I went to my gym though and saw the ones that they have there I got one and it is sooo much easier to keep up.

I don't know about easy, but I bet you could. I eventually got the hang of hula hooping as a kid and it wasn't that hard to pick back up again for me, but everyone's different. I tried to get my sister into hula hooping, and she spent ten minutes spinning it once and picking it up off the floor before she called it quits. I think it just takes perseverance. There's no harm in trying!

I think you could learn to use the hoola hoop. It's not that hard, just takes a little bit of determination. The kind of hoop you use also makes a difference. Make sure you get one large enough for you.

You are right you don't need a wii to hula hoop, or a hoop as you just need to swing those hips around. Bonus of using a hoop is that when you drop it you have ot reach down to pick it up, another form of excerise you can't get with the wii. We are always moving about as well, we like ot keep on the move

The hoop also keeps me moving so I can't forget I'm supposed to be exercising and quit when I get distracted. If I hesitate and forget then the hoop will start to fall and I'll be reminded! Also, I look less silly swiveling my hips around when there's a hoop around them.

Well I don't have a wii, and I'm not going to drop the cash for it when I have a perfectly good hoop already at home. lol I bet it is funny to watch when you're not doing the hula hoop. I do that too, move my hips when I haven't even got the hoop. Nobody at home looks at me weird though. We're a fidgety family, everybody seems to dance in place.

So I've heard! Well, I've heard that the Wii-Fit has a hula hoop exercise on it. I don't have a Wii and I'm likely to never get one because I'm not a gamer, so the analogue hoop is more than good enough for me! But it does sound like it might be fun.

Great minds think alike! (So sorry for stealing your discussion idea!) For the first part of my childhood most of my experience with the hula hoop also involved bending down to pick it up. I thought I just didn't have the hang of it or something, but then I tried out a friend's hula hoop and found that I could spin it for more than two rotations! In that case I realized it was actually MY hula hoop that was the problem, it was too small and it wasn't weighted well. I got a bigger one (which is the pink one I still have) and I could spin it so much longer! Sometime before high school that poor hoop wound up in the garage where it sat for years. When I picked it back up again, I didn't have any problems getting back into the groove. I tried to get my sister to try it out, but she just dropped it a lot and then gave up. She wasn't really into it when she was younger, and I can't seem to get her into it now. It's still good exercise, even if you're bending down to pick it up all the time. I've seen the hula hoops that you can take apart and put back together again! I've thought about getting one or another fitness-type hula hoop. I love my old pink one of course, but it's technically a pre-teen toy and I wonder if I would get a better workout out of a fitness hoop.

Well, the fitness ones that come apart are not cheap. Mine was $45 CDN but I think it was well worth the price. They are great exercise and help to whittle inches off your waist and abdomen, which is what I need to work on. I like that it comes apart as well as I've been thinking about taking it when I go on vacation and doing it on the beach or something. That way I can still get my exercise in while vacationing. As for stealing my idea, no worries! You didn't actually steal it, lol. I'm just glad that I see someone else interested in hooping!

Ooh! Hula hooping on the beach sounds like so much fun! I actually hadn't looked at prices yet, just the hoops themselves but when I hear the price I'm not entirely certain I still want one! lol For now my pink one is just fine, but I think the portability of a hoop that you can take apart would be great if I wanted to take my hula hoop somewhere. So until I'm ready to do some vacation-spending or my pink one snaps or something, I think I'll save my cash for now.

Well everyone finds an exercise they enjoy more than others, and I think that's a good thing. We can all find our own special favorite exercise and no one has to do the exact same thing as everyone else.