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Teacher Class Pack
Our Hoop Teacher Class Pack is your answer for needing a variety of hoop for beginners or people interested in physical fitness.
What's included in this teacher pack
- 10 strong polyethyelene hoops
- 5 large hoops
- 3 medium hoops
- 2 small hoops
- A variety of colors
- Free Hoop Fitness DVD
These Fitness Hoops are designed to take a beating and will last you a very long time! They are rugged, thick and weigh approximately 1.3 - 1.7 pounds, which is an ideal weight for students, fitness, and beginners.
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Our Hoop Teacher Class Pack is your answer for needing a variety of hoop for beginners or people interested in physical fitness.
What's included in this teacher pack
- 10 strong polyethyelene hoops
- 5 large hoops
- 3 medium hoops
- 2 small hoops
- A variety of colors
- Free Hoop Fitness DVD
These Fitness Hoops are designed to take a beating and will last you a very long time! They are rugged, thick and weigh approximately 1.3 - 1.7 pounds, which is an ideal weight for students, fitness, and beginners.
Can I Hoop While I'm Pregnant?
You better believe it! We have seen women 7-8 months into their pregnancy performing with hoops, but it isn’t necessarily a good thing for every person’s body or situation. If you or someone you know is pregnant, it is best to speak with a doctor or other medical professional before starting new fitness routines.
Hooping Before and After Pregnancy Benefits
- Lowered risk of complications during pregnancy
- Lowered risk of complications during delivery
- Enhances the expectant mama’s mood
- Speeds up postpartum recovery
- Lowers blood pressure
- Increases cardiovascular health
- Eases aches and pains
The Exercise Style Fitness Hoop is a great tool to utilize post-pregnancy.
- Go for a larger diameter hoop made with a lighter weight tubing. This is why we recommend the Dance Fitness Hoop for you!
- If you are new to hooping, and already into your second trimester, we recommend waiting until after your new mini-human is born.
- If you are new to hooping, and at the very beginning of your pregnancy, now would be the time to start hooping.
- If you are already hooping on a regular basis, you can keep doing it, but carefully. If you have been using a heavier hoop, now is the time to switch to something made with a lighter tubing and to pick a larger diameter.
- Regardless of your experience, please continue to communicate with your doctor about the exercises you do. The hoop can help keep you moving and strengthen your core, but please listen to your body and discontinue use if you feel any new pain or your doctor tell you to.
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Dance Hoops - The Goldilocks of Hoops
The lightest hoops in our fitness line (about 1 lb) are made from 100 psi polyethylene tubing. Our dance fitness hoops are great for the smaller sized beginner or an experienced hooper transitioning to another size.
The dance style is the Goldilocks choice of hoops: Not very heavy, not very light. It sits in a weight range that makes both dance and fitness programs accessible with the same hoop. A continuous wrap of grip tape helps with control, and the larger diameter options allow the practitioner to use slower body movements than the smaller polypro dance style hoops.
This Style is Great for:
- Beginner hoopers with smaller body types or previous dance experience
- The experienced hooper wanting to transition between a heavier fitness hoop and a polypro
- An off body and trick style hooper wanting to add more core work into their physical practice
- Beginners with physical conditions such as osteoporosis or other conditions that lead to weakened bones or easy bruising
- A fitness hooper who has become pregnant and needs a lighter option for waist hooping
Why is a Bigger Hoop Easier?
We usually recommend larger hoops for beginners because larger diameters make many things easier to learn.
Waist hooping is easier with a larger hoop! If you are learning to hoop around your waist, a bigger hoop is easier. The larger the diameter of the hoop, the slower you have to move to keep it going. If you try to use a smaller circle, your body has to move faster to keep up with the rotations.
Is Slower Hooping Easier?
Slower movements give us more time to think about what we are doing and allow us to pay more attention to each movement.
As we get older, or if we are recovering from injuries, our bodies (especially our spines) prefer slower movements than when we were children. When we are learning and still building muscle strength, it is helpful to ease our body into new movements.
If you were training for a marathon, you would pick a steady pace that you can maintain for long periods of time. A slower movement while hooping will make it easier to use for longer periods of time, so that you can hoop longer before becoming sore or fatigued.
Learning tricks can be easier with a larger hoop. There is a whole world of tricks and dance moves that move your body through the center of the hoop. Sometimes you might want to jump through the hoop or use your hand to lift it from your waist to above your head. The Dance Style Fitness Hoop is still light enough to use for tricks, so it is a great way to start adding more dance and flow to your fitness practice!
Does a Larger Hoop Make Tricks Easier?
If you are learning a trick that puts your body through the hoop, it is often more comfortable for beginners to move through a larger space.
Since the larger hoop allows for slower movements, there is more time to break down the mechanics of the trick and pay attention to each movement.
Are Heavier Hoops Better for Exercise?
It depends on what type of exercise you want to do. It is true that a heavier hoop is easier to keep going around your waist, but if you want to incorporate more dance into your fitness routines, the extra weight of Exercise and Weight Loss style hoops can get in the way.
If you have been struggling to learn how to waist hoop, or you are more focused on core hooping and resistance exercises, take a look at the hoops in this category.
Hoop Weight Loss
“I started hooping 5 years ago for fun to connect with my then pre-teen daughter. I soon found that this hoop was offering me much more than could have been expected. I was spreading the ‘Hoopiness’ for about 3 years before I found out about Hoop Fitness and Hoop Dance. I was fortunate to have Abby Albaum from Hoola Monsters close to my home town and took her Hoola-Fit Certification class. I now touch over 60 people a week and continue to be inspired by and through this ‘Hoop’ The weight loss was really just a side effect of the real work that was happening on the inside”
“Hooping has been a powerful tool for me. Finally I have found a workout that never feels like work because it’s so fun and the possibilities are endless! I will be a hooper for the rest of my happy, healthy life!”
“I noticed the change in the way I carried myself, in my mind and my spirit. The defined core is just a surprise added bonus! It also helped rehabilitate my hips after I flipped my car off of a cliff. Hooping gave me incentive to push myself up, and work to walk again; I’m so addicted to feeling that flow. Hooping changed my body when it was unhealthy, fixed my body when it was broken, and is completely a part of my soul.”
IS HOOPING GOOD FOR WEIGHT LOSS?
As you can probably tell from the photos above, YES, hooping is absolutely GREAT for weight loss!
There are many health benefits to hooping, and there are a variety of sizes to fit any body type and fitness goal. We find that hooping makes exercise a side effect of having fun, and in our opinion, that is the key element of the best fitness our weight loss programs. Hooping provides a low impact way to burn calories at home, in the park, at the gym, on your lunch break, or at a party. We even make multi-section fitness hoops so that you can bring your work out routine with you when you travel.
The Weight Loss Style Fitness Hoop is great for new hoopers who want to add hooping as a tool to pursue physical fitness. The larger diameter and heavier weight helps keep the hoop moving around the waist and can also be used for off body fitness exercises and resistance training.
CAN YOU USE A HOOPS FOR ABS?
Hooping is AMAZING for the abs! The Weight Loss Style Fitness Hoop is meant to be used on the core: your waist, your hips, your chest, your shoulders. Every movement uses your entire body, but you will feel it most intensely in your abdominal muscles and your lower back.
Don’t forget to practice with the hooping moving in the other direction! A “six pack” may be a fun goal, but we love to joke about the idea of accidentally getting a “three pack” from only hooping in one direction.
HOW ARE HOOPS WEIGHTED?
To create different weights of hoops, we use different sizes and weights of tubing. Adding physical weight separate from a hoop creates an imbalance in the circle that can make it more difficult to use. If you remember a hoop with marbles or water in it from when you were a kid, you might remember that the added weight helped the hoop go around. However, when you wanted the hoop to do anything else than that initial motion, the loose weights would fight against the change. By using material that evenly distributes the weight around the circle, and using various weights of decorative tape around the circle, you can enjoy the benefit of a heavier hoop, without the challenge of loose weights that move separately from the whole.
WHY IS THIS HOOP SO BIG?
The Weight Loss Style Fitness Hoop can look rather intimidating, but the extra size is really your friend.
The wider tubing width puts more hoop in contact with your body as it spins around your core. This helps many beginners feel more control over the movement of the hoop.
We prefer at least one round of grip tape on all of our fitness hoops. A wider tubing width means more grip tape is in contact with your body at all times, making it easier for your body to communicate with the spinning hoop.
The heavier material doesn’t allow as much give in the hoop when weight or pressure is applied to it. This makes for a great tool to use in for balance or resistance in different exercises.
The larger tubing means a slightly heavier hoop which helps many beginners keep the hoop going around the waist.
While the hoop is heavier, the weight is spread out on wider surface as it comes in contact with your body. Many people find the weight loss style hoop optimal for abdominal massage.
WILL A BIG HOOP HURT ME?
It is common for beginner hoopers to experience some bruising when first learning how to hoop, especially when using a larger and heavier hoop. For most people, hoops under 3 lbs are safe to use on a daily basis. However, we wouldn’t recommend practicing moves like tosses, foot hooping, or body rolls with the heavier styles of hoops! The Weight Loss Style Hoop is best when used for core hooping around your waist, hips, chest or shoulders.
If you are recovering from previous injuries, have a physical condition such as osteoporosis, or are pregnant, we recommend that you use a lighter hoop and consult your doctor before beginning new fitness routines.
