ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It's a new-school workout using an old-school toy. Hula fitness is a group class that uses a hula hoop. Utilizing dance and different flow maneuvers with the hoop, participants ...

Mona Sevilla just dropped her hula hoop. Again. On the final night of a six-week fitness class, Sevilla, 44, has learned to twirl the hoop around her waist and chest and dance with it, twirling the ...

CEDAR FALLS — Breanna Parker has turned her passion for hula hooping into a way to help others get in shape and to try and build a hula hooping community in the Cedar Valley. “It’s been good,” said ...

Though the true origins of the toy hoop are unknown --Egypt?China? -- the hula hoop made its way into millions of American toy boxes in the 1950s and '60s. Now, the children and grandchildren of those ...

Team Evening tried out a hula hoop class with Susan Chase. She’s a real estate agent now, but when we first met Susan she was teaching fitness classes using specially weighted hula hoops. She no ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you remember hula hooping when you were a kid? It was so much fun it never seemed like 'exercise.' But to do it now? Really?

With an inspiring documentary film on Sunday (and new fitness classes), New York's hooping community wants you to know that hula hoops are not just for kids. A “hoop jam” in Washington Square Park.

A lot of people had to resort to at-home workouts during the pandemic. But even as gyms begin to reopen, many plan on continuing to get their sweat on at home. One downside of this is it can be easy ...