Hula Hoop Fitness
The trend for the narrow waist
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Hula hoop fitness is THE hype in recreational sports. No wonder! Rarely has a sport provided such results with so much joy.
Influencers and celebrities are wild about the new trend sport: hula hoop fitness – or, as the experts say, “Hullern”. However, anyone who now thinks of children’s fun with colorful tires is wrong. The sports variant differs in a few points from the version from our childhood days. What’s up with the trend, how you with one Hula hoops to add variety to your exercise routine worry and maybe even one or the other lose pounds we can tell you now.
Hula Hoop Fitness: With hoops for a narrow waist
It’s becoming increasingly common to see people on social media adding hula hoop fitness to their workout schedule. Whether influencer Angelina Pannek or GZSZ actress Olivia Marei – they hull like crazy. And not without reason.
Hullern is THE hit when it comes to a fun way to get some exercise or to spice up a hard workout with something new. But we must warn you: However, hula hoop fitness is exhausting and, above all, harbors an enormous risk of addiction.
Hulling can bring you these benefits
Once you have internalized the halfway correct execution and the tires hold it in place for a while, practice, practice, practice. Then you should very soon benefit from your new hula hoop fitness. How exercise affects your body and fitness:
- more movement = increased fat burning
- your endurance experiences a boost
- your Abdominal, leg, butt, back and even arm muscles is strengthened/expanded
- Your core gets better blood flow, resulting in a tightening of the tissue leads
- increase your agility
So your body can only win. And your mood? Likewise. Because even if you might be frustrated at the beginning from time to time because it doesn’t really want to work out. With a little practice (and good background music), Hullern will quickly put a smile on your face. It’s not for nothing that we loved to play with a conventional hula hoop when we were children.
The best thing about hula hoop fitness, however, is that anyone can start at any time. There is a suitable tire for every age, every size and every fitness level. However, there are currently some delivery difficulties, which are not unusual with a new fitness hype. In the meantime, don’t worry, just while away the time with some helpful hula videos or the book “Hull Yourself Free” the well-known YouTuberin Elli by Elli Hoop.
What are they differences from hula hoops?
At first glance, the sports variants of the Hula hoop like ordinary tires from children’s rooms. Nevertheless, there are clear deviations that you can not only see but also feel. We have briefly summarized how you can recognize a suitable hula hoop for your fitness program:
- larger: A beginner’s model is significantly larger than the children’s toy – about 80 to 100 centimeters.
- heavier: under a weight of a kilo you don’t actually need to start.
- Expandable: Instead of being made of one piece, hula hoops for fitness consist of several individual partsthat are plugged together. So you can adjust your hoop to your size.
While you can only go by the taste (of the child) when choosing a hula hoop for children to play with, it is advisable to take a closer look at the individual offers before buying a fitness hoop. This is not so easy with the many different tires. So it is better to think about what you consider to be important criteria beforehand. Since your height and weight as well as your fitness level also play a role, we have summarized a few points for you.
How to find the right hula hoop:
- Your hula hoop should give you positioned as far as possible between the pubic bone and the navel. Since the hula hoops consist of a plug-in system, you can determine the perfect size yourself by plugging the appropriate number of sections into a ring. When buying, however, make sure that the maximum tire size is sufficient for your size.
- Beginners should start with a slightly heavier hula hoop. Then more weight means more centrifugal force and this in turn makes it easier for you to keep the tire in the air.
- Hula Hoop fitness trainer Elli von Elli Hoop recommends a hoop weighing around 1.2 kg for a body weight of up to 80 kg and a hoop weighing 1.5 kg between 80 and 100 kg. For those above that, it can be a 2-kilo tire.
Once you have found the right tire for your hula hoop fitness, you can start. Engage your core, swing your hips, and just roll away. In the beginning you will certainly fall off the hula hoop more often, but soon you will be able to watch TV, read or drink coffee. By the way: Your body must first get used to the unusual pressure. Bruising is not uncommon at first. Don’t let that irritate you. Just give your skin and body some time to adjust.
Lose weight quickly with hula hoop fitness?
Unfortunately, we have to deny one rumour: you won’t lose several kilograms of weight overnight just by doing hula hoop fitness. BUT: In fact, hulling will have a positive impact on your fitness – if you do it in addition to your previous sports routine. Due to the rotating movement, numerous muscles are required, tensed and thus trained. In order for an effect to become noticeable, however, you must 1. train regularly and 2. also over a certain period of time. Unfortunately, it is not possible to say in general how long you have to train for a result. However, if you are actually looking to lose weight, we recommend that you also take a look at your diet. It is well known that the combination of a healthy diet and regular exercise is still the best guarantee for health healthy (!) rapid weight loss.
Calories burned during the hula hoop fitness program
Also related to the desire to lose weight quickly through hula hoop fitness is the question of calorie consumption during a session. This naturally varies depending on the fitness level, weight of the tire, etc. There is also no extensive, well-founded research on the calorie consumption when hulling. After all, hula hoop fitness has only become a trend sport in recent months. However, it is roughly estimated that burned between 500 and 900 calories in an hour of hula hoop fitness can become. Not bad, right?!
Anyway, we wish you a lot of fun and say: Hull free!
sources used:Elli Hoop, instagram.com, youtube.com