Hula Hoops For Health

Just in time for Spring, the Newtown Visiting Nurse Thrift Shop has received a major donation of first-class, brand-new hula hoops in several bright spring colors. They will be available for purchase beginning at noon on Wednesday, May 27, and again on Saturday, May 30, at 9 am, at the Thrift Shop, located in the lower parking lot of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

For many generations hula hoops have been the signature sign of spring, crowding the sidewalks and streets of small towns and big cities.

The Newtown VNA has arranged for a hula hoop expert to be available at the VNA Thrift Shop on Saturday morning (May 30) to offer hula hooping lessons.

Hula hoops are popular in many forms. There are exercise hula hoops, weighted hula hoops, weight loss hula hoops, fitness hula hoops, and regular just-for-fun hula hoops.

Hula hoops represent some of the best exercise and some of the best fun around. Hoopnotica is an energizing, fat-burning cardio and muscle sculpting hoop dance workout that is endlessly fun, creative, and, yes, even sexy.

Using an adult-size hoop and blending hooping with elements of dance, hoop dance is easy to learn and great for boosting your mood while reducing stress. By hula hooping, you can burn 400 to 600 calories an hour, all at no to low impact on your joints.

In 1957 an Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores. The item attracted the attention of Wham-O, a fledgling California-based toy manufacturer. The following year the toy maker came up with its own version of the light plastic hoop that could be sent whirling around the body by the movement of one’s hips, for play or exercise. The company trademarked Hula-Hoop, manufactured in a variety of bright colors, that year.

Twenty-five million units were sold within the first four months of the hula hoop’s introduction in southern California.