I selected a 5 pound fitness hoop to review from my last Amazon Vine newsletter. I remembered hula hooping as a kid and I thought this would be a fun way to work on my core muscles, which are sadly out of shape.
HA!
A five pound fitness hoop is heavy! It is especially heavy when it whacks you on the shin falling to the ground because you can't keep it spinning around your waist. Seriously. I have a nice black and blue mark just below my right knee.
I was feeling completely inept at my inability to keep this thing spinning. However, one of my coworkers kindly brought me one of her hoops, which is both larger around and much lighter in weight. I had very little trouble getting and keeping it going. So, obviously, it wasn't me, it was the hoop. Yep. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
I think I am going to buy myself a "plain" (i.e. unweighted) hoop, though. It is really good exercise. I was huffing and puffing after just a couple of minutes of keeping the hoop spinning around my waist. (Should I be embarrassed to admit that?)
Oh No! not supposed to bruise yourself! I remember hula hoops too! them and skip-it's were very popular when I was younger!
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I remember skip-its, too. If I find myself using a regular fitness hoop on a regular basis, I might go back to the weighted one, but for the moment, I'm passing it along to my coworker who "hoops."
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