Hula hooping burns this many calories?!

This article states that vigorous hula hooping with a weighted hoop (at least 3 pounds) burns the same rate of calories as an 8-minute mile, and that moderate hula hooping with a weighted hoop burns calories at the same rate as a 12-minute mile.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2003/07/09/hula09.xml

I've been using a 4-pound hula hoop for a few weeks and find this a little hard to believe because running an 8-minute mile gets me much, much more winded than hula hooping for an hour. What do you all think?

Wed. Oct 24, 11:17pm

I have my doubts...

Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 11:25 PM

Agreed, that seems a little unrealistic for the average person. However, it no doubt is good exercise to some extent, and is a pretty fun addition to normal workouts! My friend will chat on the phone while hula hooping every day, and she's definitely noticed positive results!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 11:47 PM

Try hula hooping with a weighted hoop (about) 2 lbs. I think you'll find the article to be accurate. And it's fun!

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 4:01 PM

Yeah, but is this something you can sustain for 20, 30, 40 minutes like running or biking?

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 4:31 PM

yeah! it takes time both based on fitness level (i'm a beginner fitness-wise) and the fact that your body has to get used to the way the hoop hits ya. but it's a worthwhile activity. burns calories and makes you feel sexy and innocent all at the same time!

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 6:39 PM

Being out of breath is about respiration. Calorie burning has a connection to respiration, but it's not measured by the difficulty you have breathing.

Thursday, October 25, 2007, 7:43 PM

Where do you buy the wieghted hula hoops?

Friday, October 26, 2007, 9:55 AM

Anybody else notice bruising from doing the hoola hoop? I have bluish purple bruising all around my waist/hip area where the weighted hoop hits me when I'm doing it. Is this anything to be concerened about or is it normal? TIA.

Friday, October 26, 2007, 11:34 AM

THis was happening to me in the beginning. I actually emailed one of the hooping gurus ("Betty Hoops", I believe), who reaffirmed that body eventually stops that bruising. How long have you been doing it?

Oh, and there's lots of websites.
- bettyhoops.com
- hoopgirl.com
and a host of others. Just Google "hula hooping," and the sites should start flowing. Good luck!

Friday, October 26, 2007, 5:13 PM

I'm the 11:34 poster. Been doing it not quite 2 weeks, about every other day. Good to know the bruising will go away. Looks like somebody;s been beating me up!

Friday, October 26, 2007, 5:19 PM

this is the thread starter

To Oct. 25, 4:31 PM: Yeah, some people can go for two hours nonstop! I do two half-hour sessions every day, one clockwise and one counterclockwise.

To Oct. 26, 9:55 AM: I got mine on ebay, one called Jemima Hula Health Hoop. It's a 4-pound hoop with zigzag projections along the inside. (for acupressure massage)

To Oct 26, 11:34 AM: Yeah, I had a huge fist-like bruise on the top of my hips during the first two weeks but now they're pretty much gone. It's normal.

I heard that the more fit your core muscles are, the less painful these weighted hoops with the bumps are.

Friday, October 26, 2007, 11:46 PM

Huyla Hooping

I have a 3lb weighted hoop and two regular lightweight hoops. What I find effective is using both the light weight hoop and weighted hoop at the same time. Keeping the both hoops going creates a more challenging working because of the weight difference in the hoops. I also like to hula hoop on one foot while extended forward or backward and I like to do salsa dance moves while hooping. I'm usually drenched after doing this for 10-15 minutes.

Monday, December 31, 2007, 1:18 PM

it helps

After only 10 days using my 3lb hoola hoop I no longer wake up with lower back pain.
Burning calories or not, I will continue doing it for as long as I can just for that reason only...:)

Monday, February 1, 2010, 11:07 PM

To poster 7:43 PM

Isn't respiration one of the main indicators?

Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 3:54 PM

PP ~ you replied to a three year old post. I doubt the poster will even remember saying anything. As to your question ~ actually respiration is not necessarily an indicator. I'm sure Michael Phelps can kick butt in the pool, burn hundreds of calories, and not be out of breath at all.

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