Hula Hoops
Will doing hula hoops with those big heavy hoops flatten my stomache?
I have a big, heavy hula hoop at home so I'm just wondering if doing hula hoops for an hour a day will help flatten the stomache? The hoop itself is very heavy and big.
Hmm, it depends.
Are you doing any other exercise besides this?
And *can you* really, continuously keep that heavy, big hula hoop going around your waist and hips for an hour?
Those questions are the most relevant, because there *are* better forms of cardio out there you could do, like running up and down flights of stairs, or skipping a jumprope. And it is the cardio-vascular workout that will burn the calories, the fat, and let your stomach muscles flatten and show their tone.
But....if you really can keep that "heavy" hula hoop going at waist or hip level for a constant, continuous hour, and it does in fact have you breathing deeper and sweating, then yes, it will help a little in terms of being weight-bearing cardio for you. But that effort has to be continuous....and fairly high intensity, meaning you have to go fast and hard with the hoop.
And truthfully....it won't work your frontal abdominal muscules as much as it will hit your lateral obliques and hip stabilizers. Not that this is a bad thing--as you lose fat and weight it would give you more of an hourglass figure--but it might not be *directly* what you are after.
At any rate....if you are choosing between this and doing nothing, eating nachos on the couch while watching _American Idol_, then by all means get the hula hoop, *make room* to go quickly with it, and train. Every little bit helps.
Take care, good luck and have *fun*! ^_^
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