When I tell people that hula hooping is a way in which I workout aside from dancing, people start laughing.
‘Hula hooping?! Hahah!’
Yes, hula hooping!
Maybe people find it funny because it has always been associated with 6 year old children playing in the playground at school. Therefore it is understandable why they may find it amusing to hear a 24 year old adult hula hooping to keep fit.
This is a short piece explaining the reasons for why I hula hoop so regularly and the benefits I have found:
1. It is super fun! And I mean it. I find going to the gym to work out, or even working out at home an arduous task. Hula hooping however gives me an opportunity to watch a movie whilst my abs are working at their 100% to keep a hula hoop at my waist. It’s so convenient and brilliant because this way I get to catch up on any missed TV shows whilst I am hula hooping – multi-tasking at its finest!
2. It has definitely helped tone my abs. I’m a Sri Lankan Tamil girl which means rice is incorporated into every meal of mine at home. This then predisposes me to developing a ‘rice belly’. By hula hopping regularly, I have been able to keep my abs quite toned and my central control is pretty amazing if I say so myself.
3. For some bizarre reason, hula hooping has greatly helped with my stamina. I never sweat or am out of breath when I hula hoop, but I have realised that when I do spend half an hour to an hour hula hooping everyday, it does improve my stamina quite a bit.
These are all merely my own opinions by the way, and I do not whether or not scientific research has been done into its efficacy.
Ultimately, hula hooping has helped me elevate my mood and therefore I feel so much better in myself.
An Infinite Journey 