HoopFit at Signature Fitness!
Colleen is teaching Beginner Hoop Class at Signature Fitness Belleville! Trim, tone and strengthen while having a blast!!! Fridays, 5:30-6:30pm and Saturdays, 11-11:55am, Studio 2 (Yoga Room),...
View ArticleLearning to Dance
For the last month I have spent most of my hoop time working on a routine for the UMD Congress of Jugglers performance showcase. They have one every year and I’ve done a little something both years...
View ArticleHooping.org on Hoop Bruising
Since a few of my new students have mentioned bruising, I wanted to link to this article on hooping.org. Philo Hagen explains why it happens and how to fix it: Hula Hoop Bruising: What it’s All About –...
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Your 7 Best Friends in Hooping – 1. Momentum (or) Sir Isaac Newton Hoops it Up
He had just finished his hoop break. True story (no prior knowledge of physics required) Whether you are learning to hoop around your waist or that last toss in the 5-beat weave, momentum is the...
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Your Seven Best Friends in Hooping – 2. Exaggeration!
If you can’t get it to work, make it bigger! Especially when you are first learning to move the hoop around your body, EXAGGERATION IS KEY. Hooping moves our bodies in, what is for most of us, an...
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Your Seven Best Friends in Hooping – 3. Posture (or) For Pete’s Sake...
I have had these posts planned out for awhile. I’ve always been shy about calling myself an expert on anything, because I consider myself of student of everything, even if I know a subject more...
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Your 7 Best Friends in Hooping: 6. Surrender
Photo by John Sparacio, Snapshotz, LLC In the beginning, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to control the hoop. We push and pull harder to keep it moving. We contort to make the hoop look the...
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Your 7 Best Friends in Hooping: 7. Laughter!
“There is little success where there is little laughter” Andrew Carnegie I am essentially an optimist, but I very much like to be taken seriously. One of the things my closest friends have in common...
View ArticleHyperbola Hoops Video Week!
This week, I take you on a journey through the worlds of three of my favorite hoopers of all time. You will see that each of them has a unique style, but when they rock it out, they don’t let anything...
View ArticleVIDEO WEEK!
I had a morning off in Phoenix, and it was so gosh-darn gorgeous I HAD to hoop! 3.5 Minutes of Fun
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