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I will turn 60 this year and have been hooping for about 4 years. It's the only exercise I truly enjoy and it's proven to be both aerobic and toning for me. There are always new moves to learn and there's learning them in both directions, so it continues to challenge my body and my mind. I simply put together some music…
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Hi one and all! I'm Paula, an empty nester and I'll turn 59 later this month. Since January I've been pleased to lose 30 lbs. on a tried and true weight loss program, but an old friend started telling me about The Plan over the weekend. I was so intrigued because it sounds like there are actually answers to some long term…
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jrortega, people seemed to think I was silly, too, when I started. But little by little, most find they can't resist a spin inside one of my hoops. I've even gotten a couple people who said they could never do it smiling and laughing and excited upon discovering they actually could. Still, there are those who never quite…
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Hi, I'm Paula and hooping has been my passion for about 3 years now. I make my own hoops and bring a stack of them along to share anytime I go to an outdoor event. People unfamiliar with hooping think I'm awesome at it, but in truth I'm an intermediate hooper. I've really no desire to 'perform', just want to keep the child…
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Hi, I'm just starting to use myfitnesspal, but on a site I used a few years ago i would log hooping as walking the equivalent of 4 miles per hour. Can't remember where I read that it burns about the same amount of calories, but when I used to walk that was about my pace so I figure it's a fairly decent guess. Happy hooping!
