You can buy the Curves hoops. I think they were $40 when I checked on them. They order them from the catalogue where they get their shirts and other merchandise.
I couldn't do the Curves hoop the first couple of times either. I just kept trying. Still couldn't do the cheap hoop until I'd been doing the Curves one for a couple weeks. I'd do the Curves hoop 5 to 10 minutes a day when I was in there, at least 3 times a week.
Don't know nuttin bout no belly dancing. I know when I do it, it seems as if my hip is jutting out to the right mostly and I'm kinda whipping it back and forth, with just a slight tilt to the front as I whip across. If that makes any sense.
Wow I can't believe this! I had never heard of these things until this thread... but today at a yard sale there sat one! BRAND NEW with the cellophane still wrapped around it. It was $10!!! It looks a lot like the one Diva is getting off eBay except mine does not come apart... LOL I went and double checked after I saw the picture of yours! Now I just have to learn to do it LOL.
It takes a bit to get it started, and the first few times it was difficult to keep it up. Keep trying, though, because it gets easier. I can't attest to weight loss contributions, but the first few times I did it my waist was a little sore. I can't do it anywhere but my waist yet, and I can't walk while I'm doing it either. It's really fun!!
Thanks! LOL my apartment is so small and not sure there is room on my deck... I may have to take it out in the yard to try it and give everyone a good laugh! I am expecting it to take time to learn.
Diva Exactly! Especially since as I am looking around more I am either going to have to go out in the yard or move around all my exercise equipment. My living room is starting to look like a gym! I think I will give it a try this afternoon!
The neighbors may get some entertainment seeing this 60 year old fat chick out in the yard with a weighted hula hoop. But I have learned not to worry about stuff like that and just laugh along with people! Hey at least I am TRYING!
I am anxious for you to get yours and see how you do with it! That being able to take it apart would be a neat feature, to take on vacations and stuff!\
Last edited by Misti in Seattle; 06-24-2007 at 10:29 AM.
I wish I could be there to see ya try! And GF, you totally don't look 60 to me at all. If that's your pic <-------over there, you look my age (40).
Anywho, I found another site that sells them for a bit more than the one on ebay, but they also have some beginner tips. Check it out. http://www.sports-hoop.com/
Well I cleared out a spot and tried it. I can do three revolutions before it falls LOL. But I think the main reason I can't do more is because it HURTS! I didn't expect that. However, I think once I "toughen up" a bit it will be a great exercise! But yes it would have been a site to behold. Thanks for the link! I will check it out. I had no idea how much they cost when I saw mine but figured $10 HAD to be a good deal. The brand tag was gone from mine and I haven't seen one like it online.
Oh and thanks for the compliment... yep that's a recent picture.
OOPSY, lol, I don't think it'll hurt anything..I hope....
I'm thinking this will be a fun way to tone our tummy muscles once we get the hang of it. I know that whoever laid the carpet in my living room forgot to put the cushion stuff under it first, so when I ly on my matt to do sit ups, it hurts me back and I get little bruises sometimes, so maybe the Hula will save me, hehe
I probably just made it harder to use since it won't be as slick. JUST what I needed! And I agree -- I think it will help once we learn to do it.
So I'm not the only one with a "mini gym" instead of a living room! I have a Gazelle, the collapsible weight bench that I also bought yesterday at the yard sales for $3... and my bike. On my deck is an exercise bike. Not to mention now the hula hoop, weight balls, weight bands and pool exercise equipment.
Hey I just tried it again and I can repeatedly do FIVE revs. LOL such progress! I think I could do better outside when I didn't have to be concerned about where it hits or it hitting the floor since I am in a third floor apartment... although I don't worry TOO much about that at the moment since my downstairs neighbor has mega complaints against her for her barking dog and I think will probably be evicted soon. So not overly concerned if she has to hear my hula hoop hitting the floor now and then LOL
The neighbors may get some entertainment seeing this 60 year old fat chick out in the yard with a weighted hula hoop. But I have learned not to worry about stuff like that and just laugh along with people! Hey at least I am TRYING!
I do mine in my garage or on my driveway, which is on a heavy-traffic street (both pedestrians and cars). I figured the same - it isn't often that people get to see an overweight woman hooping around her driveway! At the very least I hope it makes them smile, because it would make me smile to see the same.
I am expecting it to take time to learn.
Diva 
I think I will give it a try this afternoon!
