Hula hoops for fitness and fun!
The Benefits of Hooping
Thousands of people – young and old, and
from all walks of life – hoop on a regular basis. Why? The most obvious
answer is, “Because it’s so much fun!” But along the way they have come
to see that hooping has improved their health and well-being in ways
they never expected.
Take Our Quiz
Can you benefit from hooping? Take this easy quiz to find out!
Would you like to …
- Find a new hobby?
- Lose weight?
- Find a fun, inspirational workout routine?
- Get a great cardiovascular workout?
- Tone and strengthen your midsection and upper and lower body?
- Decrease your lower back pain?
- As an athlete, improve your performance by bettering your balance, and coordination?
- Feel a sense of accomplishment?
- Find a creative outlet?
- Spice up your dance routines?
- Boost your self confidence?
- Connect to the natural cycles of life?
- Relieve stress?
What Are the Benefits?
A Google search of “benefits of hooping” will take you to more than 30,000 articles. With results like that, who could doubt that hooping has health benefits beyond your wildest imagination?
In our experience, though, the following are benefits we hear most often from our fellow hoopers:
- Tones and strengthens core muscles, lower back, arms and upper body, glutes, thighs, and hamstrings
- Stabilizes your core – muscles that support the spine, RELIEVING LOWER BACK PAIN
- Aids in weight loss – one hour of hooping burns up to 600 calories
- Improves posture, balance, and coordination
- Strengthens body awareness
- Is a great cardiovascular workout (exercise that makes your heart and lungs stronger)
- Relieves stress
- Boosts self-confidence
- Increases libido
- Provides spiritual enlightenment for some
- Is FUN!
Get in the circle today
and start reaping the benefits
of this fun and healthy activity!
and start reaping the benefits
of this fun and healthy activity!
Success StoriesHooping and hoop dance is a transformative activity for many people. Four years ago, Stephanie, Boomtown Hoops' main performer and teacher, was very shy, anxious, and depressed. Doctors offered no solution other than antidepressant pills. But when Stephanie began hooping, she underwent a complete transformation. Now a happy, healthy person, free from medication, Stephanie is one of the most friendly, outgoing people you'd ever meet. She says, "It gave me something to feel good about, physically, mentally, and emotionally." She was able to connect to her body in a way she had never experienced before.
We have seen this transformation in others as well. When we first met one particular 11-year-old girl (name withheld), she wouldn't even look up from the ground. After a 10-week kids hoop class, though, she performed a choreographed hoop dance with Stephanie at the mall in front of at least 50 people. She went from being shy, with very little self-confidence, to a bright, confident young lady.
Melody, the founder of Boomtown Hoops – the one who keeps it all together – has also benefited greatly from hooping. Melody suffers from degenerative disc disease, leaving her with four collapsed discs that cause pain in her back and neck. She had a titanium plate put in her neck, to ease the bone-rubbing pain. Doctors said she would need back surgery as well. Thanks to hooping – and the effect hooping has of stabilizing and strengthening core muscles – Melody has avoided surgery and her pain is significantly lessened. She says on days she hoops, she feels better. In addition, Melody has undergone gallbladder removal, two umbilical hernias (both removed), and ab reconstruction surgery. After the proper recovery time, she was able to resume hooping, speeding up the healing process, strengthening once again.