How to hula hoop video

For better exercise, you should want to buy a hula hoop for adults. It is heavier and bigger than the children's hula hoop, so it will be more suitable for you to use. If you are a newbie, you should buy a hula hoop that meets two conditions: 40 inches in diameter and 1-2 pounds in weight.

2, straight lunge

Stand inside the hula hoop and raise your right hand flat forward. Keep your back against the hula hoop, your pelvis tight, your shoulders relaxed and your chest in an upward position. Bend your knees slightly and swing the hula hoop in the opposite direction of the clock, remembering to keep your balance. (If you feel a little awkward, you can step forward with your left foot as well.) When you feel the hula hoop falling down, you can stand up straight and apply force with your hips.

3. Side Lunge

Stand with your feet open and parallel, slightly wider than your shoulders. Try shaking the hula hoop first, and then you can sway your butt from side to side so that the hoop touches your lower back. During this process, you should tighten your abdominal muscles and consciously lift your chest and head upwards. The more force you give the hula hoop, the faster it will spin.

4, 360-degree rotation

First, don't use the hula hoop yet. Tie your left foot and step out with your right foot. Rotate your body and swing your right foot 360 degrees, then place it on the floor. (Left foot serves as the axis)

Then pick up the hula hoop and stand in a straight lunge position. Start by spinning the hula hoop in an anti-clockwise direction, and when it's spinning parallel to the floor, you can support your weight with your left foot and use your right foot to spin the hula hoop. The momentum generated by the hula hoop will carry your body around. When the hula hoop is spinning, you should get into the hoop right away. If you don't feel very comfortable, you can try switching feet and directions.

5. Aperture method

Standing, gently pick up the hula hoop with your right hand, palm down. Slowly begin to turn the hula hoop in the anti-clock direction, gradually making it to the head. Switch hands as you reverse the hula hoop with your thumb. Apply force to the hula hoop with your hand to turn it back and forth. In this way, the hula hoop will constantly touch the palm and back of your hand.

6, the praying man's circle of light method

With the basic method to turn the hula hoop, when the hula hoop around your left hand, raise your right hand, so that the right and left hands of the palms of the interlocking, as if in prayer. At this point, the hands become points of contact at the edges. Keep the thumbs of both hands straight. As you become more skillful, you may choose to incorporate a squatting position, and of course you can dance.

7. Walking Method

Prepare with a forward lunge position. Try to make the hula hoop turn as parallel to the ground as possible, and next use your hips to give the hula hoop a push every time you take a step forward. When you feel proficient, you can walk around a little faster. You can also walk backward or to the side.

8, transfer method

Gently hold the hula hoop with your left hand, palm down. Shake the hula hoop clockwise so that it is parallel to the ground. When it swayed behind you left and right, you transfer the hula hoop to the left hand, and then make the hula hoop in the turn to the front. Keep switching hands and practicing to complete the circle shape. When you are skillful, you can walk and turn the hula hoop at the same time, you can also use the squatting position to turn the hula hoop.

9, jump method

With the right hand to pick up the hula hoop, in front of your body into a figure 8, as if a helicopter straight up and down that way. When the hula hoop turns from right to left, lower your head, raise your knees and jump into the hula hoop. Bend your wrists, palms facing you. Then return to your initial position. Doesn't it seem challenging? Then you can grab the ends of the hula hoop and use it as a jump rope.