discovered Australian children twirling bamboo hoops around their waists in gym class. This inspiration led to them creating their own version out of hollow plastic. The Wham-O Hula Hoop hit the ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?' ...

If you want to get social, there are hula-based fitness classes all over the country. Standing with your feet apart, place hoop above lower back ensuring it’s touching your body. Leaning to one ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: "What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?" and "Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?" ...

I attended a couple of classes in Tokyo ... I took a huge stack of hula hoops to Yoyogi Park in the middle of the city. It's one of the bigger parks in Tokyo, full of musicians and artists ...

Some version of the Hula-Hoop has been around for millennia, but the popular plastic version was introduced by Wham-O in the 1950s and quickly became a fad. Now, researchers have taken a closer ...

5 best hula hoop exercises for weight loss If you want to try this fun workout to shed the extra kilos, try these 5 hula hoop ...

Hula hooping has remained a staple of modern US culture since the 1950s, but people around the world have participated in similar activities for thousands of years. The physics behind maintaining ...

Overlaid video frames reveal that an hourglass-shaped body successfully hula hoops. (Courtesy: NYU’s Applied Math Lab) Popularized in the late 1950s as a child’s toy, the hula hoop is undergoing ...