Hula Hoop

I've gone and got myself a fitness hoop! Any tips on how to use it? I can't get it to spin, it keeps falling to the floor!!!

I've seen a video on You Tube. It sounds so easy from the expert but it certainly isn't!!!!!!

Anyone else got one and does it keep you fit?

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Lol.... yes, I use one at the gym for 10mins before I pack up for the day. It does help to keep you trim but when you first start using one it can make you feel a bit bruised around the middle - you know, on the bony bits around your rib cage if it hits them!!

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I'd love to watch you CC

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The WiFit I bought a few years ago has a hoolahoop game and that certainly helped my back problem.
No idea if a real hoop would be better ... as far as I can remember you don't actually swivel, once it gets going you just move your pelvis back and forth

Yes c'mon Joy ... VIDEO

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CC ... you are not alone.
I've got one too and it just plops down and hits my knees.

Please give me some tips when you manage it

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Didn't anyone use a hula hoop back in the day? or are the new one's different, you just girate going round and round your middle... Mind you if i got one now i'd probably get stuck in it

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You won't

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Someone brought a hoop into work and I was rubbish at it. With a bum my size too . Other folk were fab. It's all in the technique, which I don't have

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I used to hula hula with the best of them but a big hoop is much easier, the smaller the hoop the more difficult it is from what I remember.

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Oh my goodness - I had a hoola hoop when I was 15! Are they the fad again? I didn't know!!
Of course I was brilliant at it then but I never really bothered with one since.

Bet I couldn't do it now. Keep practicing Joy. There's a technique to it.