Should Hula hoop-ing be classed as exercise
mysticmagi
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Let's say someone "hula-hooped" for half an hour daily with a weighed hula hoop, at around 80 spins per min, would that be classed as some sort exercise even if it barely increased their heart rate?
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Sure.
How to log it? That's a whole other question.3 -
I look at it as upping my NEAT. Kind of like fidgeting. I never bothered to log it, but then again I was never great about logging.3
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Impressive. I can’t hula hoop to save my life.4
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I couldn't imagine 1/2 hour of hula hoop wouldn't increase heart rate. But yes, I would consider it exercise just like I would consider walking exercise. There was a lady at one of my old gyms that was always hula hooping.5
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it does raise your heart rate moderately, it's using core muscles.
per a study at the university of wisconsin, it burns about 7 calories/min3 -
Are you asking for yourself or someone else? Me, personally, I wouldn't log it. But that's just me.0
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Hula hooping should be considered exercise! However if you just stand spinning the hoop around your waist for 10 minutes you're not really going to get the best work out you can with hooping, start learning tricks and dance with your hoop and before you know it you'll be enjoying yourself too much to notice the sweat 😊0
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Weighted hula hooping is not easy! I would say for me, it is close to the number of calories I burn dancing. I just checked it and if I log 30 minutes of "dancing - general" under cardio it is roughly 7 calories per minute which matches what @mbaker566 found.2
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runnermom419 wrote: »Are you asking for yourself or someone else? Me, personally, I wouldn't log it. But that's just me.
For myself - I havent logged or counted it at all0 -
Who hula hoops for 30 min nonstop??1
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Sure. I would consider it exercise. I am surprised to hear you say that you don't think it is really raising your heart rate. Are you measuring it with a tracker of some sort or is that just a feeling? You don't have to raise your heart rate to crazy high levels to get a calorie burn. Even a moderate elevation is usually a sign that you are burning calories.0
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I do! I'll break out the hula hoop when I'd like to get in some cardio, but don't want to go anywhere. I've logged it as light / low impact cardio. I had a HRM on the last time I hula hooped and it raised my HR less than walking.0
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I hula hoop with a weighted hoop and it does increase my heart rate my Fitbit classes it as aerobics x1
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debrakgoogins wrote: »Weighted hula hooping is not easy! I would say for me, it is close to the number of calories I burn dancing. I just checked it and if I log 30 minutes of "dancing - general" under cardio it is roughly 7 calories per minute which matches what @mbaker566 found.
The kicker with this using MFP system - they already have accounted for you burning so much per min - your daily burn / 1440.
A sedentary woman say 2000 TDEE means 1.39/min already accounted for - so a low calorie burn for a short amount of time doesn't really add much.
7-1.39 = 5.6 x 30 min = 168 calories.
Slow walking makes that effect worse though - so it's not as bad as that.
Since most people that are busy don't seem to be sedentary even with a desk job - perhaps count this as just making sure you are in a Light-Active activity level and picking that.0 -
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Fire spinners are amazing to watch. I am sadly not that coordinated.0 -
@heybales I'm not sure if you were directing your answer to me or to the OP. I understand how MFP works - I've been here for 6 years. The OP's question was whether hula hooping for thirty minutes would be considered loggable exercise and, yes, it definitely can be. Anything that is movement beyond what one would normally do can be counted as exercise even if the calories earned is low. I personally count all exercise I get. It works for me and I am seeing the results I want.
I am one of the few who truly fits the desk job/sedentary description. The past two days, I worked 32 hours and accumulated less than 6,000 steps for those two days. If I move, I log. After all, 150 calories earned is four ounces more chicken breast I can have with dinner.
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Genuinely curious, why does it matter what someone else classifies a movement as?
I train for powerlifting four times a week and I don't consider that exercise, but if I did what difference would it make to me or anyone?
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debrakgoogins wrote: »@heybales I'm not sure if you were directing your answer to me or to the OP. I understand how MFP works - I've been here for 6 years. The OP's question was whether hula hooping for thirty minutes would be considered loggable exercise and, yes, it definitely can be. Anything that is movement beyond what one would normally do can be counted as exercise even if the calories earned is low. I personally count all exercise I get. It works for me and I am seeing the results I want.
I am one of the few who truly fits the desk job/sedentary description. The past two days, I worked 32 hours and accumulated less than 6,000 steps for those two days. If I move, I log. After all, 150 calories earned is four ounces more chicken breast I can have with dinner.
It was to OP, just building on your comment of what the calorie burn would be since you had a good figure and discussion seemed to move to how much to count and how.1 -
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I really wish I could hula hoop, never been able to no matter how much I've tried. I have problems with my lumbar region and I bet it would be good for loosening that up and trimming the waist. Also I think it's very sexy and sensual, like salsa dancing 💃 I can do fire chains though, does that count? 🔥
I want some hula hoops now1 -
It’s definitely a fantastic cardio exercise. I lost all my weight with this as my favourite workout.0
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If you count every single calorie you eat...then log every single calorie you burn. Maybe +/- 7 cals per minute on average 151 beats per minute (depending on your fitness level and intensity)... respectable1
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🙋♀️ I hula hoop for up to an hour. I change direction every 5 minutes, do squats and walk around. I'd like learn how to do more. It's a 2lb hoop and I just hoop while my husband and I watch a show after the kids go to bed.2
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