Hula Hooping

I hoop and I really enjoy it, it has built good stomach muscles for me too

I tried the weighted one, and actually got black & blue marks !!

The cheapy light-weight ones from Walmart ~ can't keep them up~better for little kids.

The mid-weight ones are great. but some people cringe at the $30-$40 price.

You can make your own with 160 psi ¾-inch flexible polyethylene irrigation pipe from Lowe's / Home Depot.
http://www.hooping.org/2011/02/make-your-own-hula-hoops/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBreLABeqlI
http://www.hooping.org/2011/01/hula-hoop-tape-talk-with-sue-wilkinson/

Look at all the Pretty pretty decorative tapes online !! Oh my!!:
http://www.tapebrothers.com/Hula-Hoop-Tapes-s/366.htm

Hooping is great!
If you can make your own do it, I make them and its easy
If you want to buy one, try a 100cm diameter hoop or bigger. The smaller a hoop, the harder it is to do. Likewise weight; the heavier, the easier but they can hurt if too heavy. Kids flimsy hoops will not work for you hun:frown:
Firetoys sell nice 100cm hoops that are not too heavy or light and look pretty cool too.
Shop around or go buy some blue water piping ,HDPE I think its called, and make your own. Oh and some grippy gaffer tape too, but google how to make a hula hoop and see what you think

I have an adult weight hula hoop and one called an accupressue hoop that has little bumps on it and is supposed to stimulate your digestive track (not sure this is true) the accupressure hoop does leave small bruises one me but i dont mind. I love Hula Hooping there aren't any places in my area to take a class but i have a DVD i follow at times. Most of the time though i just put music on and practice things on my own. Its a lot of fun and time flies while i do it. If i hoop for more than like 10 minutes i can really feel it in my lower back, abs and thighs. I highly recommend it even if its just on your own for 10-15 minutes a day.