Now that I have two 36" hoops, I wanted to try some twin hooping. I think I definitely need a matching set of smaller hoops, maybe 32" for practice.
Twin hooping...I can sort of do a basic two-beat weave but cannot figure out how to flow into it. I'm still clumsy. I mean, it WAS my first time trying so....
Does this move have a name? I saw Rachael Lust doing it, albeit much more fluidly. I'm just calling it a side toss.
Ahhhhhhhh! My new hoop arrived. I forgot it's a collapsible, so it didn't need to uncoil. I still unfolded it and left it flat on the floor overnight. Rain was in the forecast today. Ain't no way mother nature was going to interfere with my first hoop sesh with mah new hoop...so I got it done early. All while I technically SHOULD have been at derby practice. Hooping is more fun. And burns about the same amount of calories, actually.
My new hoop is a good weight. It's 125 psi, 1/2" ID so it's about 3/4" thick. It's 36" in diameter. And look at the pretty tonal colors! Alas, white tape gets dirty quickly...it's still pretty!
Chillin' with some Cranberries, unchoreographed, unedited bloopers....
Rockin' out with a lil Roxette...
And in case anyone was wondering how you get cardio from a hoop, besides the above, I like to jam out with my bigger hoop (40"), mastering core hooping. This kind of shit burns hella calories!
(can you tell I like 90s music?)
Flow. It takes practice. Lots of it. Mine is coming along...I'm learning how to feel the music better, use musicality. I need to look like I enjoy it more. I really am having fun, even if my face looks constipated. *wink*
Bit of leg hooping, improving, and isolations, also improving. Then some unchoreographed flow (isn't it obvious?) with my favorite singer...
It's official. I was 199.0 this morning. ONEderland! What I'm doing is working. My life is about more, not less. More hooping. More skating. More fun. More vegetables. More deliciousness. More loving myself, inside and out. More healing. More forgiveness.
I'm almost 40, got just over a year to go. I'm not looking forward to 40. Hell, I didn't do well with 30. But here's to feeling my best and looking my best as I change decades.
Not quite sure the actual first day I hooped last year...but I know when I bought my first hoop.
April 22.
I started out with a weighted fitness hoop at 2lbs, 42" diameter. And just spun around my waist in my living room while watching TV or listening to tunes. I got a fibit in May and could see how gradually the same hoop workout burned less and less calories, so I would step it up a notch. I'd turn in a circle, walk forward/backward, side step, keep my arms elevated above my head, etc.
It was in August of last year that I discovered dance with the hoop. And other core hooping, like shoulder and hip hooping. I bought my first dance hoop at 20oz, 38" diameter and got to work. Dance hoops are much lighter in weight than a fitness hoop. I wouldn't recommend using a fitness hoop for anything other than waist hooping. You might get away with hip or shoulder hooping, but you might bruise. Anything else, that hoop is just going to be too heavy.
Happy 1st Hoopiversary to me!
Here's to many more years of vastly improved skills! And with that, here are three skills I've been working on:
