Hula Hooping Exercise Routines – Most Fun Workout Ever!

If you’re new to the concept of hula hooping for exercise, you may be surprised to find out that hula hooping burns as many as 600 calories per hour!  That’s the equivalent to an hour of Zumba or even jogging!

The cool thing about hula hooping exercise is that you can do it from the privacy of your own home, when you find a few spare minutes.  Thanks to modern technology, you can learn hula hooping and find hula hooping exercise routines online in a variety of ways, including Youtube videos, videos shared in Facebook groups such as our group Ruby Hoopers, and on Instagram.

In fact, the online hula hoop community is so huge and resourceful that it can be a little overwhelming trying to figure out where to begin with hula hooping, or what the best hula hoop exercise routine actually is. 

The majority of hula hoopers learn many of their skills through online skill sharing.

I personally created an amazing new take-at-your-own-pace program to give you a broad understanding of hula hoop dance for ALL body types. It is definitely a great workout with daily guidance!  Check out my Six Week Beginner Hula Hoop Challenge for All Bodies to learn more.

Hula hooping exercise routines are not just for thin people or people who have small waists. 

I am naturally a large person and when I started hooping, I was very out of shape.  I struggled hard to stick with any exercise I tried to do.  Hooping was different for me.  It’s so fun you forget you’re working.  And with each new move you learn, you feel a keen sense of accomplishment.

Hooping has helped me lose considerable weight. I have also noticed my body appears more toned and shapely.  

Here’s my hula hooping before and after picture:

The picture on the left is from around 2005 or so.  The pic on the right was taken in February 2017.  My weight has yo-yo’d my whole life, but the hoop helps me stay more active even during times when I’m not as motivated.

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I’m always striving to be the best I can be, and thanks to hula hooping, for the first time in my life I have a sustainable workout routine I never get bored with and have consistently done for YEARS.

Hooping has become a very sacred practice to me, one I would not give up for the world.  I never felt that way about exercise before hula hooping, so it has been a hugely positive impact in my life. 

Anyone Can Start a Hula Hooping Exercise Routine

All of the moves in just about any hula hooping exercise routine can be done by anyone.  They are not difficult tricks to learn although some may take a little practice to get right.  However, from the moment you start practicing, those calories are getting torched!

Remember, this is your unique hoop journey, and you can easily adapt it to your own level of fitness.  Just start where you are, and do what you can!

Are Hula Hoop Exercise Routines Good Cardio?

Oh yes.  I often wear my heart rate monitor watch when I hoop to see just how hard I am working out while hula hooping.  I’ve found that as long as I keep that hoop moving, my heart rate gets into the perfect fat burning zone for my body and stays there until I stop hooping!   It’s pretty much the equivalent to jogging.

So let today be the day you start your hoop journey.  

A year from now you will be fitter, happier, and you’ll be doing amazing things with your hoop that you can’t even imagine right now!